After my visit to BlogWorldExpo in Vegas a week or two back I was impressed with a couple of different blog applications, and so have installed them on my Blog, and thought I’d mention them.
JS Kit Echo Comments
You may have noticed that all my blog posts had 0 comments for a few days. This was while the team at JS Kit imported my old comments into their system. Used by sites such as Technorati and Guy Kawasaki it essentially pulls in other places where your blog post is being talked about into your blog posts comments. This keeps your blog as the central hub for your online activity, which appeals to my sense of neatness adn order!
So Twitter tweets that mention your post, Diggs, or Friendfeed updates are added to your post comments. Facebook doesn’t seem to be on there yet but I’m hoping that will be added soon.
Give it a try below in the comments and see what you think. I’m still playing with it but it looks good so far. It costs $12 per year to use, and I was a little disappointed in how long it took for them to import my comments – 6 days. I did provide them with the wrong URL to login (oops), but over 24 hours for each email reply and no reply over a weekend is frustrating for a new customer.
Lijit Search
The second addition is the lijit search. I had a great demo from Perry Quinn at Blog World, their plugin essentially replaces the standard WordPress search sidebar widget. The search results are similar in a way to JS Kit in that they also show results from my extended network. So Twitter, YouTube, StumbleUpon and various other sites are also searched and relevant results displayed in a Content tab on the results page. It’s at the top right of each blog post page so give it a go and see if the results work for you. I’m not 100% it’s all working yet.
Although I would turn them off if I could, the ads that appear on the results page are part of a revenue share, so if you’re looking at earning some money on your blog it may be worth giving lijit a try.
As always, I’m interested in your comments so please let me know what you think below.
it's good! Thanks for the information. i will try on your blog soon…..
it's good! Thanks for the information. i will try on your blog soon…..
I noticed that a few minutes ago – looks great thanks! I adjusted the height of the results page as it’s now taller and it looks fantastic. Much appreciated!
I noticed that a few minutes ago – looks great thanks! I adjusted the height of the results page as it’s now taller and it looks fantastic. Much appreciated!
Joel, our support team has worked their magic and you should be seeing an improvement in your search results. We added thumbnail integration so when your readers do a search now, they’ll be greeted with a much more visual SERP.
Let me know if everything looks good to you.
Joel, our support team has worked their magic and you should be seeing an improvement in your search results. We added thumbnail integration so when your readers do a search now, they’ll be greeted with a much more visual SERP.
Let me know if everything looks good to you.
Thanks Tara, I’d be very happy for some “pimping”, much appreciated. Looks good so far!
Thanks Tara, I’d be very happy for some “pimping”, much appreciated. Looks good so far!
Joel, thanks for giving Lijit a try on your blog. I’m going to have our support team “pimp out” your search results, if you will, so that you and your readers have the best search experience possible.
If you, or any of your readers, have questions about Lijit, feel free to send them my way. I’m tara [at] lijit [dot] com and I’m happy to help!
Joel, thanks for giving Lijit a try on your blog. I’m going to have our support team “pimp out” your search results, if you will, so that you and your readers have the best search experience possible.
If you, or any of your readers, have questions about Lijit, feel free to send them my way. I’m tara [at] lijit [dot] com and I’m happy to help!