What we all forget as bloggers is to just make it as easy as possible to bookmark (favorite) your blog. What do I mean by that? I’m not talking about bookmarking your blog on all those new web sites. What I’m talking about is bookmarking it the old-fashioned way.
Why do I think that’s a good idea? Because not all people use the newer web sites that you can bookmark a blog or blog posts. Not everyone understands how to use a RSS feed. So why not give the other people that do not know how to use these web sites the option of bookmarking your blog or a post the old-fashioned way.
This just gives you another avenue for people to save your blog. I know that I use all the new web sites for social media but for some reason I still continue to bookmark some of my favorite web sites. I just find it easier to bookmark web sites and then quickly go click on them in my bookmarks. I know there are a lot of my friends that still continue to do the same thing you do because they do not even know a lot about social media.
I mean they use web sites like Myspace and Facebook but they never save a web site on there. And what can it hurt to give someone another way of saving your blog. And not a lot of people go through their bookmarks on their browser and delete any. They usually continue to just pile up the web sites so if they forget about your blog they are likely to someday come back when they see your blog in their bookmarks. “They will never be able to completely forget you.”
Below is the code that you can copy and paste somewhere on your blog so by clicking the Add to Bookmark, the dialog window will pop up so they can bookmark it to the browser they are currently using. This should work for the browsers Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera.
<script language="JavaScript1.2" type="text/javascript">
function CreateBookmarkLink() {
title = "Webpage Title";
// Blogger - Replace with <$BlogItemTitle$>
// MovableType - Replace with <$MTEntryTitle$>
url = "Webpage URL";
// Blogger - Replace with <$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>
// MovableType - Replace with <$MTEntryPermalink$>
// WordPress - <?php bloginfo('url'); ?>
if (window.sidebar) { // Mozilla Firefox Bookmark
window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url,"");
} else if( window.external ) { // IE Favorite
window.external.AddFavorite( url, title); }
else if(window.opera && window.print) { // Opera Hotlist
return true; }
}
if (window.external) {
document.write('<a href =
"javascript:CreateBookmarkLink()");">Add to Favorites</a>');
} else if (window.sidebar) {
document.write('<a href =
"javascript:CreateBookmarkLink()");">Bookmark Page</a>');
} else if (window.opera && window.print) {
document.write('<a href =
"javascript:CreateBookmarkLink()");">Add Bookmark</a>');
}
</script>
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I’ve been reading over your entire blog. It amazes me how right you are.
When I open my browser, I usually bust out about 5 websites at the same time–all from my bookmarks.
I guess for the code-freaked out there, you might also tell them that Ctrl-D performs the same action for the end user, and that they just need to tell them to hit ‘Ctrl-D’.
True. It’s easier to get people to click though.
I agree with you on that for sure.
Great tip! I don’t know why I didn’t think of this. Thanks!
It is so darn simple too.
That’s cool, although you’re not using it
I think that most people surfing the web now know how to bookmark sites. However, having a ‘bookmark me’ link right there in the text might serve as a gentle nudge or reminder. I often find myself forgetting to bookmarks sites that I later wish I had.
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This is a cool idea. At first I thought you were talking about how to create a little icom down the bottom where people can digg or stumble your blog. I would love to see a post about how to best create an area where people can stumble or digg you. This would be really really helpful and would be a great read
There are javascript widgets available for both StumbleUpon and Digg. So, these are easy to create. The question that is interesting to me is where they should be placed. I have tried placing these widgets at the top of the post – thereby making them one of the first things a reader sees. Yet, I also feel like putting them at the very end of the post would be better, as people are probably more likely to rate the post *after* they have read it. And if they reach the bottom of the post, chances are good that they at least skimmed it. Give people the chance to take action where they are most likely willing to do so.
It is interesting you say this. I was just trying to find a way to put this kind of thing on my new blog. Thank you so much for this help. I will make sure to the other people know about this because I think it is a really good thing especially for people that have used the Internet and only know how to bookmark or favorite a web page.
I like the ones that have them all listed like. Do you know what I am talking about. How would you add something like this. Where you see all the different icons for stumbleupon, digg, reddit, etc. Does anyone know if there is a plug in or how do that one?
Thanks
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In what particular place should we cut and paste this code in our blog? This is a good strategy.
But where should we paste this code particularly? Was it in every post? Should we edit the .php files? Thanks…
I use my “Favorites” button as my number one tool in bookmarking. It’s quick, it’s simple and it works.
One of these days, I’ll add Franklin Bishop to my Favorites.
Maybe.
just kidding.