Add Social Bookmarking Buttons Easily

accelerator · May 29, 2012

Hi Guys

I'm looking for a good solution to add social bookmarking buttons.

It needs to go into a .php include and then work across all pages that use the .php include.

It needs to go into the top and bottom menu on pages such as this.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Alien · May 29, 2012

I'd use AddThis.com - easy to implement in one file include and you get free stats, etc.

accelerator · Jun 2, 2012

Thanks for the recommendation, I've now added it to my washing machine guide page, and it does the job nicely.

Some issues:

1) It's adding on a unique ref to the end of my url. I hope this isn't bad for SEO??

http://lowprices.co.uk/washing-machines.php#.T8pUX2OHuSo

2) It seems to be spreading the buttons out a bit. Anyone know why it might be doing this (although not decided whether I like it or not).

3) I've put the text:

Please share this page:

above the buttons. Who thinks this is a good call to action? Or should I change it to something like:

Think this page is cool?? Please share it:

4) If anyone would like to test the buttons and Like or Tweet it, that would be very cool.

Thanks