AddThis: An All-in-one Solution For Social Bookmarking

If you have tried to add different social bookmarking links to your website or blog, you surely aware of how painful it can be. In order to avoid some of the stresses that may occur, I strongly suggest trying out AddThis. Their little widget offers a very clean, simple, and unique alternative. At the bottom of this blog entry you will see a little toolbar that says "BOOKMARK," and when you cursor over it a small menu pops up, which displays different bookmarking tools such as digg, Reddit, Technorati, del.icio.us, etc. As of right now, 8/16/2008, it contains about 30 different bookmarking options -- and you can view them all by clicking on "more" in the menu, or if you just click on the toolbar itself.

If you do not use Blogger, you need not fret, AddThis is compatible with nearly all blogging software. Just go their website and get the code that you need.

If you want to use AddThis in your Google Blog (Blogger), use the following code:

NOTE: This method will only work if you are using the remote hosting option (remote FTP).


< type="'text/javascript'">addthis_url='< $BlogItemPermalinkURL$ >'; addthis_title='< $BlogItemTitle$ >">'; addthis_pub='yourusername';< /script >
< src="'http://s7.addthis.com/js/addthis_widget.php?v=" type="'text/javascript'">< /script >

1. First, remove the extra spaces from the tags.
   
   
2. Switch out "yourusername" with your AddThis account username.
   
   
3. Add it to your page template. (It is probably best to put it right after the <$BlogItemControl$> tag.)
   
   
4. Save & Republish
   
   
5. All done!
   

If you have any questions or comments about this article, either post it on here, or email me at: blog[at]abwebsitedesign[dot]com.