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Wordpress plugin for the Wikio Backlinks Dashboard

After having shown you the Wordpress plugins for the Automatic Blogroll widget and the Backlinks widget, here is another. This one is available exclusively on Wordpress from version 2.8.3 onwards. It's the Backlinks Dashboard.

This plugin allows you to display an automatic blogroll that is based on the exchanges you have with other bloggers. So it will allow you to display this informaion in the dashboard of your articles.

As with the other plugins this one is available in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English, and it is still in Beta testing.

Installation is the same: just simply head to the dedicated page in the Wordpress Plugin Directory and you can take it from there. Your blog must be indexed in the Wikio database. If it is not already you can index it here.

Wordpress Plugin for the Automatic Blogroll widget

As with the Backlinks Widget, our developers have worked hard to create a new Wordpress plugin for the Automatic Blogroll widget, which we originally presented to you on this blog at the end of July. It allows you to display an automatically updated blogroll in your sidebar that displays the blogs that quote you the most, or those that you quote the most, or both!

Installation is the same as with the Backlinks widget plugin: just simply head to the dedicated page in the Wordpress Plugin Directory and you can take it from there. 

These tools are available in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English, and are still in Beta testing. They're very simple to install and use and update themselves automatically.

To use them your blog must be indexed in the Wikio database. If it is not already you can index it here.

As with the Backlinks Widget, our developers have worked hard to create a new Wordpress plugin for the Automatic Blogroll widget, which we originally presented to you on this blog at the end of July. It allows you to display an automatically updated blogroll in your sidebar that displays the blogs that quote you the most, or those that you quote the most, or both!

Installation is the same as with the Backlinks widget plugin: just simply head to the dedicated page in the Wordpress Plugin Directory and you can take it from there. 

These tools are available in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English, and are still in Beta testing. They're very simple to install and use and update themselves automatically.

To use them your blog must be indexed in the Wikio database. If it is not already you can index it here.

New Wikio plugins now available for Wordpress blogs

There are a number of new tools we have developed at Wikio especially for blogs, such as the Backlinks widget, which allows bloggers to display in their side bar other blogs that have referenced them.

These are now available in the form of free downloadable plugins, which are very easy to install on a Wordpress blog. You need simply go to the dedicated page in the Wordpress Plugin Directory.

These tools are available in French, German, Italian and Spanish as well as English, and are still in Beta testing. They're very simple to install and use and update themselves automatically.

To use them your blog must be indexed in the Wikio database. If it is not already you can index it here.

New buttons on the Wikio action bar

You might have already noticed that some new buttons recently appeared on Wikio. There are now three new services in the action bar below each article, which you can use to share your favourite posts and news stories.

The Facebook and Twitter share options have been added to the bar, alongside the possibility to add a comment or send to a friend by email. There is also the "share" button on the right which allows you to share the article using whichever of the other various share sites you prefer.

So there you go, now you can share your favourite articles however you want.

The Facebook and Twitter share options have been added to the bar, alongside the possibility to add a comment or send to a friend by email. There is also the "share" button on the right which allows you to share the article using whichever of the other various share sites you prefer.

So there you go, now you can share your favourite articles however you want.

A Wikio tool for displaying the tags corresponding to your article

The series continues with the presentation of the third of our brand new widgets. Installed below your posts, it displays the tags corresponding to each article you publish. These tags come from our semantic analysis engine, which, after indexing and analyzing every article, automatically extracts the news entities and topics that relate to it.

Here is an example:

To install it just copy the code below, not forgetting to insert your blog's URL:

<a href="http://www.wikio.com" class="wikio-tags">Tags Widget by Wikio</a>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.wikio.com/js/article/tags?country=us&url=URL_OF_YOUR_BLOG" charset="utf-8"></script>

Once again, don’t hesitate to contact us on widgets@wikio.com if you have any questions.

The Automatic Blogroll

Here is the second of our newest widgets - The Automatic Blogroll. It allows you to display an automatically updated blogroll in your sidebar. This blogroll will display the blogs that quote you the most, or those that you quote the most, or both!

This tool is available in the two different types seen below. Once again, the setup is very simple:

- Copy the code below that corresponds to the blogroll you prefer

- Insert your blog’s URL in the part of the code that is in bold

- Paste this code into your sidebar or in a widget

This is the “Light” version:

<a href="http://www.wikio.com" class="wikio-neighbours">Neighbours Widget by Wikio</a>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.wikio.com/js/source/neighbours?style=light&country=us&url=URL_OF_YOUR_BLOG" charset="utf-8">
</script>

This is the “Raw” version:

<a href="http://www.wikio.com" class="wikio-neighbours">Neighbours Widget by Wikio</a>
<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.wikio.com/js/source/neighbours?style=raw&country=us&url=URL_OF_YOUR_BLOG" charset="utf-8">
</script>

To choose which blogs will appear in your Blogroll, you need simply modify the “dir” attribute in the code. This is found in between the “style” attribute and the "url" attribute:
Example: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.wikio.com/js/source/neighbours?style=raw&country=us&dir=in&url=URL_OF_YOUR_BLOG" charset="utf-8">

- To display the blogs that quote you the most: dir=in

- To display the blogs that you quote the most: dir=out

- To display both: dir=both

And it's that simple. Don’t hesitate to contact us on widgets@wikio.com with any questions you may have on this widget. And stay tuned for the third of our newest widgets, coming soon...

New Wikio tools for bloggers

At Wikio we aim continually to provide bloggers with specially developed services for their blogs. Our latest tools allow you to display on your blog the origins of your incoming links, an automatic blogroll based on your exchanges with other bloggers, and also the tags corresponding to each of your articles.  

Let’s begin by introducing the first of these tools: the Backlinks Widget.  

This widget allows you to display in your sidebar articles on other blogs that have cited you. It is automatic, so you need only install it and that's it.  

The setup is very simple: copy the code below, selecting whichever of the two styles you prefer, and then paste it into your sidebar, or in a widget. Don’t forget to insert the URL of your blog in the code.

The first is the "Light" version:

 

<a href="http://www.wikio.com" class="wikio-bl-source">Backlinks Widget by Wikio</a>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.wikio.com/js/source/backlinks?

style=light&country=us&content=1&url=URL_OF_YOUR_BLOG" charset="utf-8">

</script>

The second is the "Raw" version:

<a href="http://www.wikio.com" class="wikio-bl-source">Backlinks Widget by Wikio</a>

<script type="text/javascript" src="http://widgets.wikio.com/js/source/backlinks?

style=raw&country=us&content=1&URL_OF_YOUR_BLOG" charset="utf-8">

</script>

Don’t hesitate to contact us on widgets@wikio.com with any questions you may have on this new widget. And please check back here in the next days: we will be revealing all on the other tools for bloggers mentioned above.

Our New Home Page

As you may have noticed we have changed our home page: the Blogs section is now above the video bar, and has thus changed places with the Breaking news section. Consequently, we have also changed our old tagline "News your way" for a new one - "Blogs your way". Not a dramatic change but enough to illustrate our commitment to providing the best visibility to blogs. 

How to install the Universal Share Button on Blogger

Here is a simple way to insert the Universal Share button right after each Blogger post.

First of all, Copy the script which you'll find here.

Then go to your Blogger Dashboard

Click on Layout

Then Page Elements

Add a Gadget

Then click on HTML/Javascript

Paste the script copied earlier

Save

The buttons should now be visible after each post, but you won't be able to seem them directly on the home page.

Here is a demonstration:

Install the Wikio Universal Share Button for Blogger US
envoyé par wikioblog. - Vidéos des dernières découvertes technologiques.

In some cases this method may not work properly. No problem! Here is another way to install the Universal Share button under your posts.

Choose the type of button you like most and copy its code:

<a style="float:left" expr:href='"http://www.wikio.com/sharethis?url=" + data:post.url + "&amp;title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>
<img src='http://www.wikio.com/shared/images/wikiothis/buttons/wikio_btn_partager_plain_en.gif' alt='http://www.wikio.com' style='border-style:none;padding:0.1em;'/>
</a>

<a style="float:left" expr:href='"http://www.wikio.com/sharethis?url=" + data:post.url + "&amp;title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>
<img src='http://www.wikio.com/shared/images/wikiothis/buttons/wikio_btn_partager_rounded_en.png' alt='http://www.wikio.com' style='border-style:none;padding:0.1em;'/>
</a>

<a style="float:left" expr:href='"http://www.wikio.com/sharethis?url=" + data:post.url + "&amp;title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>
<img src='http://www.wikio.com/shared/images/wikiothis/buttons/wikio_btn_partager_rounded-open_en.png' alt='http://www.wikio.com' style='border-style:none;padding:0.1em;'/>
</a>

<a style="float:left" expr:href='"http://www.wikio.com/sharethis?url=" + data:post.url + "&amp;title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>
<img src='http://www.wikio.com/shared/images/wikiothis/buttons/wikio_btn_partager_plain-blue_en.gif' alt='http://www.wikio.com' style='border-style:none;padding:0.1em;'/>
</a>

<a style="float:left" expr:href='"http://www.wikio.com/sharethis?url=" + data:post.url + "&amp;title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>
<img src='http://www.wikio.com/shared/images/wikiothis/buttons/wikio_btn_partager_rounded-blue_en.png' alt='http://www.wikio.com' style='border-style:none;padding:0.1em;'/>
</a>

<a style="float:left" expr:href='"http://www.wikio.com/sharethis?url=" + data:post.url + "&amp;title=" + data:post.title' target='_blank'>
<img src='http://www.wikio.com/shared/images/wikiothis/buttons/wikio_btn_partager_rounded-open-blue_en.png' alt='http://www.wikio.com' style='border-style:none;padding:0.1em;'/>
</a>

Then go to you Blogger Dashboard

Go to Layout

Click on Edit HTML

Check Expand Widget Templates

Paste the code copied earlier just before this line: <span class='post-comment-link'>

(Don't forget you can easily find that bit of code by hitting Ctrl+F on your keyboard and searching for it)

Then click on Save Template

The button is installed under each post

Here is a demonstration:

Install the Wikio Share Button for Blogger US (2nd method)
envoyé par wikioblog. - Regardez plus de vidéos de science.

Wikio’s Experts

Wikio is launching a new collaboration with webmasters and expert bloggers to show our team’s determination to work with bloggers in order to perfect our rankings. This idea was born in France following the requests for such a system from many bloggers.

We want to create new rankings for bloggers and do so with their help. This involves continuing to index new blogs and categorising them into the right categories, as well as creating new categories so that we can better reflect the discussions going on in UK blogging.

We would like to collaborate with a blogger for each category who will act as a moderator. We also wish to benefit from this blogger's expertise in the form of advice and suggestions on Wikio’s selection of websites in the given category. We want to improve our sourcing and elevate the number of blogs present in each category, thus improving quality and coherence on a continual basis. We would also wish to benefit from the blogger's network in order to offer other new categories. In exchange, the ranking concerned will highlight this expert blogger, using a screenshot of his/her blog and a description of its author.

We ask all interested bloggers to contact us via (info @ wikio.com), and to spread the information to their networks. And don't forget you will be able to check out our blog to get the latest new on the new rankings created by our Experts.