50 Great Widgets For Your Blog
Widgets are a handy, easy and simple way to add some flare to your blog. Whether you’d like to display the number of currently online visitors to your site or simply the weather report for Los Angeles, you can do it with widgets. We’ve assembled a list of 50 useful or simply cool widgets for your pleasure. And remember, the first rule of widgetizing your blog is - don’t overdo it!
this widget can easily be called a hit amongst blog owners; its popularity even managed to convince Yahoo into buying MyBlogLog. The widget lets you see the avatars of recent visitors to your blog, provided they’re also members of MyBlogLog.
get the latest social networking news from this very site.
display images from your Flickr profile with a handy Flash photo stream.
see a live preview of outgoing links in a small popup which activates on mouseover. Some find this annoying, while others might find it useful.
if your life is so interesting that everyone must know what you’re up to all the time, then a Twitter badge is the ideal counterpart to your blog. It’ll proudly displays your recent tweets.
display the latest Digg links on your blog. Themeable and fully customizable.
real time traffic data directly in your blog’s sidebar.
inline comments for your blog. Very handy for blogs with frequent lively discussions.
display a stream directly from your webcam, so your blog visitors can always see what you’re up to.
lets your visitors send messages to your mobile phone, without them knowing your phone number.
with Jaxtr, your visitors can actually call you to your mobile phone; again, your number stays private.
show off your LinkedIn profile. Perfect for personal blogs.
enable visitors to use box.net’s online storage directly on your web site.
displaying gas prices on your blog might seem unnecessary to some, but it’s cool if you have a traffic/travel related blog.
Display weather information in your sidebar. Just like with Price of Gas, works great with travel-related blogs.
display time in various time zones with these nifty Flash clocks.
Film Loopsdisplay paintings from famous painters on your blog.
WhoLinkedshow your visitors which sites have recently linked to your web site. Works with all major blog platforms.
Criteo AutoRollembed a cute, fully functional mini web browser to your blog.
Leaflettercreate a mini website and embed it into your blog.
WikiSeeksearch Wikipedia with this simple widget.
FeedCountdisplay the number of links your website has from one of the biggest blog authorities - Technorati.
MyPageRankanother good way to show how “big” your blog is is to show off your Google PageRank.
CheckPageRankin addition to showing your PageRank, this widget also shows your Alexa ranking.
BlinkxItembed a link to related videos directly into your website.
Skype buttonnot something I would personally use, but some people are into horoscope. Hell, most people are into horoscope. Anyway, this widget shows horoscope (doh!) and does it in a nicely designed colorful box.
del.icio.us Tagometerthis badge shows your latest bookmarks from del.icio.us.
Timelinesneed to create a timeline? Seek no further. This widget makes it really easy.
PollDaddyPollDaddy lets you create beautiful polls in no time, and display them at your blog.
Vizuanother poll-making widget, compatible with all major blog platforms.
AnswerTipsdisplay definitions from Answers.com for various terms on your blog. The definitions are shown in bubbles which are activated on doubleclick.
AnswerBoxesgive your visitors a chance to enter a term themselves, and get a definition from Answers.com
Now Playingif you got to share your current playlist contents with the world, Sigamp will do the trick. Works with most popular music players, including Foobar, Winamp, iTunes and others.
BuzzBoostdisplay headlines from your RSS feed on any website.
LibraryThingshow off the latest books you’ve been reading.
Plaxo Address Book - let your most faithful visitors access their address books direclty from your site.
AuctionAdsa widget that displays auctioned items on eBay, and gives you a percentage of the price paid when sometimes buys an item.
aStoresimilar to AuctionAds, only for Amazon. Create a mini-store on your site and receive profit when someone buys an item through your store.
Plazestrack your portfolio with this widget, and share it with others. Let everyone know how much money you’ve lost.
Yahoo! For Goodcreate a charity badge and ask for donations for a worthy cause.
Giftspaceyour friends never know what to buy you for birthday? Let them know what you really want with this nifty widget.
MixMapadd a video search form and selected videos to your web site.
Odeo playerdisplay an Odeo player for and podcast right there in your sidebar.