WP Blog Optimization Widgets & Plugins ?

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Hello everyone,

I am trying to improve the quality of my wordpress based blog, and was wondering if there were some plugins or additions you absolutely recommend.

I know I want to add some social medial tools in the sidebar, but I am not blown away by the standard ones on facebook and such.

And I am not sure which plugins / widgets / code is the best...

I am on twitter, myspace, facebook, linkedin... all the major players.

Anyway if you have any input on thing that have really helped make your blog awesome, I would appreciate the input !

Here it is currently, http://tradingharmonically.com/wordpress/blog

A header is in fact in the works, I am using optimize press which I absolutely love for capture pages.... but for blogging it is ok, and could be better. For now it will have to do.

Many thanks in advance !
#blog #optimization #plugins #widgets
  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    Before anything else, I'd clean up those confusing URLs:
    in one you have the directory /wordpress/ in others you don't. You abolutely don't need that directory, yet there are elements of your site that point to that path... Why?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jouvan Johnson
    I don't know if its just me but i clicked on the link you posted and all I got was a blank page :-s
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    • Profile picture of the author Marksv
      Besides creating 'follow me' buttons for social media, it's also a great idea to use 'share this' buttons for social media.

      I use diggdigg plugin at the bottom of my posts so that people can share an article with their friends and I can get extra traffic...
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    • Profile picture of the author corycrabb
      Nice page seems to be clear and easy to read
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  • Profile picture of the author Jouvan Johnson
    I can see it now

    I guess it was just me,lol.. your links to the "read more" is not currently working.

    Plugins I recommend are: (all free)

    Facebook Comments for WordPress
    Google Analytics for WordPress
    SexyBookmarks (by Shareaholic)
    WordPress Mobile Pack
    WordPress SEO

    hope these will be of benefit to ya
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    • Profile picture of the author imfusa
      Originally Posted by Jouvan Johnson View Post

      I can see it now

      I guess it was just me,lol.. your links to the "read more" is not currently working.

      Plugins I recommend are: (all free)

      Facebook Comments for WordPress
      Google Analytics for WordPress
      SexyBookmarks (by Shareaholic)
      WordPress Mobile Pack
      WordPress SEO

      hope these will be of benefit to ya
      Cool pack, i will try right now WordPress Mobile Pack and Facebook Comments for WordPress, but instead of Google Analytics for WordPress i would suggest "who is online with visitors map" because google analitics eats a lot of resource, believe me it is tested.
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      • Profile picture of the author Jouvan Johnson
        Originally Posted by imfusa View Post

        Cool pack, i will try right now WordPress Mobile Pack and Facebook Comments for WordPress, but instead of Google Analytics for WordPress i would suggest "who is online with visitors map" because google analitics eats a lot of resource, believe me it is tested.
        Thank you for the tip, I will look into that then. does it offer as much detail as google though?
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  • Profile picture of the author success1618
    Hello, and thank you to everyone who contributed ! I went through a whole slew of plugins between 75 - 100 easily, and I thought I would share which ones I found to be the most powerful.

    Also, just a note plugins seem to really slow down the upload of your pages. So I believe it is key to focus on quality not quantity. I tried to judge plugins by asking myself, are these tools going to make noticeable advancements in my marketing campaign.

    Anyway here are my favorites and why.

    Sexybookmarks - Wow, there are a ton of social media share buttons out there. Most of them look like trash, and these actually look amazing, are very functional, customizeable, and basically cover every social media site you could ever think of... so many most I had never even heard of.

    Platinum SEO - All In One SEO seems to be hugely popular and for good reason its awesome, well supposedly Platinum SEO is the newest version and has about 10 x the tricks. Overall very awesome !

    Pop Up Domination !!! Wow talk about a game changer ! This plugin is nuts. It is a paid for plugin, but it is going to single handily put your subscription percentage through the roof. Basically it is a fully flexible, pop up lightbox that shows up on your pages when you want. Ohh no your leaving the page, and didn't opt in. NOPE.... BOOM ! Wait don't forget to sign up for our bonus promotion ! Simply amazing look it up, and watch the intro video. I had seen this tool on a couple high end marketers that I have been following for a long time, but could never find the name of it. So I had the bright idea to take a look at the source code and was amazed to see what I found !

    Follow Me - Very awesome, the easiest and most beautiful way to organize social media links to your sites. I haven't heard this one mention like ever, definitely check it out. It is a gem !

    I have all the standards like Askrimet, Google Analytics, XML sitemaps and such... but these four I feel really put my blog over the top, of which there seems to be less awareness of them.

    Anyway, huge thanks to this forum as a whole, I have gone from total cluelessness to a fully functional blog and marketing campaign in about 3 months. A lot of it was all learning curve and discover, but this forum has been one of the single most important tools in my learning process. So thanks again, feels good to be able to share some content that I feel adds value back to the community ! Success to all Warriors ! Best of luck !
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  • Profile picture of the author jbeachum
    Thanks for all the plug in suggestions, there were a few I don't have and will look into! Always learn something in here.
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