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\"web<\/a>In a previous article in this series<\/a>, I discussed\u00a0plugins\u00a0for WordPress, which are\u00a0tools to extend the functionality of WordPress, that will help you as a webmaster of a WordPress blog.\u00a0This\u00a0article\u00a0will discuss a number of plugins to help your readers enjoy your blog and web site.<\/p>\n

1. <\/strong>FeedBurner FeedSmith<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The FeedBurner FeedSmith<\/a>\u00a0plugin\u00a0makes it easy to redirect 100% of traffic for your feeds to a FeedBurner<\/a> feed you have created. FeedBurner can then track all of your feed subscriber traffic and apply a variety of features you choose to improve and enhance your original WordPress feed. Some of the FeedBurner functionality includes the reader’s ability to easily e-mail articles,\u00a0subscribe to the feed, and add the articles to Digg, Del.icio.us, Facebook, StumbleUpon, Newsvine, or Netscape (Propeller).\u00a0Feedburner also allows your readers to subscribe to your feed via e-mail instead of through an RSS reader.<\/p>\n

2. <\/strong>Gregarious<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Gregarious<\/a>, a\u00a0social bookmarking plugin,\u00a0allows users to submit and\u00a0comment on\u00a0web\u00a0sites. The Gregarious plugin allows for seamless integration between your WordPress blog and social bookmarking sites such as Digg, Del.icio.us, Reddit, and more. It also allows your readers to e-mail your articles to a friend.\u00a0If you are not using Feedburner, Gregarious is a good alternative to\u00a0give your readers easy access to social bookmarking sites and e-mail functionality.<\/p>\n

3. Include Me In That <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

I searched for months for a plugin like Include Me In That<\/a>.\u00a0Since our site is now a decade old and\u00a0information is plentiful,\u00a0I wanted to help our readers find similar articles of interest and to unite content from our blog on WordPress and our web site newsletter, which the blog basically replaced. This plugin allows you to\u00a0include external HTML files in any post.\u00a0You just add some code into the post in the position you want the file to appear.\u00a0You can see this plugin in action at the end of many articles in the blog. I am also using it for the author information at the end of each article so that if I need to change something in the biographical information, I only need to do it once to change it on all pages of the blog. I did experience a few issue with Feedburner when implementing the plugin and found that simple text files or html files with minimal html coding work the best.\u00a0It did take a few days to set up all the files and add the code to the pages, so if you don’t have much time, I’d suggest the following plugin.<\/p>\n

4. <\/strong>If You Liked That<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Before I found Include Me In That, I was using If You Liked That<\/a>.\u00a0At the end of each post, this plugin\u00a0inserts links to a user-selectable number of other posts in the same category as the main post.\u00a0This is a simple tool for you to add to help your readers find related content.\u00a0Although I use Include Me In That now instead of If You Liked That, I’d recommend this plugin for its ease of use.\u00a0<\/p>\n

5. SimpleTags<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The SimpleTags<\/a>\u00a0plugin allows you to create a list of Technorati<\/a> tags at the bottom of your post by providing a comma separated list of tags between the [tags] tags.\u00a0These tags help your readers find additional blog articles on the same topic as your article.\u00a0If you are using Windows Live Writer<\/a>, you can\u00a0set your tags for various web sites such as del.icio.us, Flickr, IceRocket, Live Journal, and Technorati instead of using this plugin.<\/p>\n

“Beginner Business Blog: Top Reader Plugins for Your WordPress Business Blog” is part\u00a0three in a series of blog articles designed to help you start your own business blog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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