8 Most Popular Blog Sidebar Items

Today I want to you about the most popular blog sidebar items that.always used by many bloggers including me.Based on my experience in blogging and based on my experience in visiting other blog,I can summarize that below are the most popular sidebar itmes that much used by other blogger.

Sponsor Blog Space

This space is a space where owner of blog use to display advertiser ads or any referral program that they joint.Most of blog especially blog which have high PR have this space to display advertiser banner.By having this sidebar space it is a sign to any people that they have open advertising space to be rented.

This sponsor blog space normally already prepared by the template designer.Therefore the owner of blog no need to create it by theirself.The size of banner that normally used by them is 125 x125.This sponsor blog space important to owner of blog because this the way they generate income from blog.

Short Bio Including Picture

Based on my observation,sidebar is used by many blogger to display their short bio which describe a little bit about their self.At this space sometime they also put their picture so that visitors know that who are the owner of the blog.At the picture there have a link to About Me page.When visitors want to know more about the blogger they just click at the picture or link give.

Contact Information

This item normally use by blogger who sell physical product.For example of contact information given is telephone number and email.For more faster communication with buyer sometime they put yahoo messenger tool at their sidebar.By placing their contact information at sidebar make it as easy as possible for visitors to contact them.

Blogroll

Many blogger use blogroll to promote their blog by exchange link with other fellow blogger. Beside that many bloggers use blogroll for the purpose of promoting their other blogs,website or online business.For your additional information,blogroll also be used for generating income purpose by many popular bloggers.

List of Categories

To make it easy for your blog readers to find your old content,many bloggers use categories that link to archive of their post.By creating many categories on their blog it will make visitors easy to choose which category they prefer to read first.

By establishing many categories in our it is also can become a strategy to encourage visitors to come again in the future.However this item only available in wordpress blog and not in blogger.com

Archives Item

By having this item at sidebar it is another way to make it easy for readers to find old content on your blog.Archive item normally are arrange according to monthly basis.By arranging like this it will make more easier to reader which month they want to read first.If we have writing many article on your blog therefore it is important to you to have this item at your blog sidebar.

Recent Posts Links

Based on my observation to many blog this item is a compulsory item for many blog.This is because by having this items at sidebar it make easy for their readers to find their latest blog posts.This is a great way to encourage additional page views and keep visitors on your blog longer.

RSS Subscription

This is another popular sidebar items that compulsory used by blogger in their blog.Sometime blogger put it at header of their blog and sometime they put it at their blog sidebar.But most of blogger including me place this item at blog sidebar.This item is so important in blog because by having this item visitors can become article subscribers of their blog.

However even I have listed the 10 items,actually it up to you how many item and what items you want to at your blog sidebar.It depend on the concept of your blog and suitability of the item to your blog readers.For me all above items are very useful for any wordpress blog.

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