Spreading the word
Yahoo! has released a bit of code to add action buttons to your blog. It’s a good idea, but I don’t like the look of the buttons (I know I could tweak the CSS) and the actual functions aren’t that useful. The actions they have are:
- Bookmark with del.icio.us
- Email it
- Blog with 360°
Most browsers have the ability to email and print from the file menu, so they’re not too handy. Given my lack of interest with 360°, I wasn’t too interested in that button either. But I do like the idea of the buttons, if only to feed my ego that other people might be interested in what I have to say.
I like what one Yahoo! blogger, Jeremy Zawodny has. His actions are:
- Find related posts on Technorati
- Bookmark with del.icio.us
- Submit to digg
- Submit to reddit
So in the true tradition of the web I nicked his idea and converted it to run with Wordpress. I’ve attached the HTML you need to embed in the templates if you want to add it to your own blog.
