Social Media Examiner | Best Blog Widgets | Topic Replies http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/feed/ Best Blog Widgets - Forum Topic in the Group Blogging Thu, 20 Jun 2013 09:47:20 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 en http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-3235<![CDATA[Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-3235 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:55:55 +0000 Robin Carlisle replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging Now I realize why my favorite blogger is a pain to load. He's a widget warrior for sure. I'll have to pass this on to him. It would sure be nice to speed him up a bit. Thanks.

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1348<![CDATA[Are Morch replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1348 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:29:14 +0000 Are Morch replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging @kristi-hines Thanks a lot :)
Seems like I am doing a lot of what you said here. Did not realize that I actually followed some good principles here. 
I use Jing and I have Camtasia (paid version) - great products […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1340<![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1340 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:54:17 +0000 Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging @aremorch Just an unnecessarily large image file sizes. Using my photography site as an example, I could upload the photos in two ways.  I could upload the full resolution file image (4.7MB) and resize it on the […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1338<![CDATA[Are Morch replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1338 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:38:43 +0000 Are Morch replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging @kristi-hines Great tip on uploading image to your own server. I use images a lot in my articles. How do you define a un-optimized image? Here I for sure has something to learn. 
Cheers..
Are Morch
Hotel Blogger
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1328<![CDATA[David Perednia replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1328 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:42:37 +0000 David Perednia replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging I like to look at widgets as part of the website design and content. You widget areas and sidebars should add to the content and complement the website design.
If you have a blog on Social Networking would you […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1318<![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1318 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:02:34 +0000 Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging @aremorch Widgets, plugins, and un-optimized images - those are the worst on site speed.  Widgets especially are bad because you are not just dependent on your own site's speed - you are dependent on the site […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1275<![CDATA[Are Morch replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-1275 Fri, 16 Dec 2011 14:42:17 +0000 Are Morch replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging @kristi-hines Yeah I noticed that it takes a bit longer to load websites with many widgets. Noticed you hardly used anyone. Interesting, I might have to look into take out some of my widgets. 
They dont slow my […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-991<![CDATA[Eugen Oprea replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the group Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-991 Tue, 13 Dec 2011 16:55:06 +0000 Eugen Oprea replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the group Blogging One you install them, check the load time with this tool or the Developer tools of Chrome and remove the ones that are taking too long to load.
I have removed my Facebook social plugin […]
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-834<![CDATA[Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-834 Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:28:28 +0000 Kristi Hines replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging @bradfordshimp  I agree with @eugenoprea.  The more widgets you have, the more time it takes your website to load.  I have a few social buttons in my sidebar, but nothing besides that. Even those I look at warily […]

]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-775<![CDATA[Eugen Oprea replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-775 Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:12:46 +0000 Eugen Oprea replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging @bradfordshimp I would recommend you to keep it as simple as possible.
Try adding a signup box first, some promotions you may be running, popular articles and if there is still space, your categories.
]]> http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-752<![CDATA[Are Morch replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging]]>http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/clubs/blogging/forum/topic/best-blog-widgets/#post-752 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 23:58:06 +0000 Are Morch replied to the forum topic Best Blog Widgets in the club Blogging Hii @bradfordshrimp. I figure you refer to third party widgets. 
Here primarily use Social Network widgets from Facebook, Twitter and Google+. Also use some social share plugins through my widgets. 
I use the […]
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