A few of us at Widgetbox spent the weekend in Las Vegas at BlogWorld Expo (more to come on why!); and after interact with hundreds of bloggers, I thought it would be useful to showcase twelve of our best blog widgets – designed for bloggers and by bloggers!

Must Haves

If you have a blog, these three widgets are necessary additions to your blog’s template. Each widget is customizable, showcases your content and drives traffic back to your blog!

The Blidget
Making a blidget is simple: enter your blog’s URL, customize and embed! Widgetbox has served over 1.5 billion blidgets:

The Blog Badge
Use your blog to build your brand and promote your content on other internet sites such as Digg, LinkedIn, Facebook, etc.

Widgetbox Blog Network: Channel Widgets
Widgetbox launched the Widgetbox Blog Network last week with 29 channels of blog categories. Pick your channel, add the widget to your blog template and your blog posts will be featured across other blogs in your channel.

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Content Additions

Surround your blog posts with other relevant, interesting content around the web:

Twitter Badge

Skype Me Button

RSS Feed Scroller

Digg Ticker

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Social Sharing

You spend time writing on your blog… use these widgets to submit your content to social websites that will share your blog with 1,000s of users:

Social Sharing Badge

Digg This

Facebook Share

StumbleUpon

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