There are a lot of ways to integrate Twitter with your blog; the most popular method is via Tweetmeme’s retweet button. Well, now you can integrate Twitter with a JavaScript widget that can be customized to match your blog with Like it? Tweet it! Twitter blog widget. by pongsocket. The widget lets readers tweet about your blog and it will already have a shortened URL to your blog embedded in it.

So, while Tweetmeme lets readers tweet about your individual posts, Like it? Tweet it! lets readers tweet about your entire blog.

As explained on the site, the widget is based on Twitter’s new Twitter @anywhere API that lets you sign in once and stay signed in across the web. It is also very easy to add to your site and there are even quick guides for installing it on WordPress, Tumblr and Blogger.

You will also need to make sure that you have jQuery installed on your website. After all of that is done and you add the code (or plugin depending on your blog type), you’ll have a nice little tweet box on the bottom right of your blog.

The colors of the widget can be customized as well as a long of other things. If you’re not familiar with JavaScript, the Like it? Tweet it! site has you covered. They have provided a table with all configurations options available. So, it’s just a matter of changing the default values to something that suits you. You can change things from the text of the widget button to the text that appears above the box to the size of the widget. The CSS can be customized as well. So as you can see, there is really a lot of flexibility here.

With its seamless integration and simplistic style, this widget is ideal for any type of blog that wants to encourage user engagement on their blog. This widget is sure to increase traffic with a decent amount of use from your readers. Since Twitter is one of the top social networking sites, it only make sense to have some kind of integration with it on your blog.

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