Everyone is raving about the new Google Buzz. Alright, maybe not everyone. Though if you are interested in it and want to know how to integrate Buzz in the best possible way into your WordPress blog read on.
As it currently stands, there is no direct way to Buzz something. There are a few workarounds such as the Google Buzz Button and WP Google-buzz, both of which are very good solutions. Though each has it’s own ups and downs.
The best, and most productive, way to integrate Buzz into your WP Blog is to use a plugin called WPBuzzer. Why? Because it has styling options, size options and even Bit.ly integration!
When you use the Bit.ly integration you are able to track how many people Buzz about your topic (just like on Mashable). How cool is that?
But what if you also want to display your Buzz to the public’s prying eyes, you will need Google Buzz ER. Google Buzz ER gives you a awesome widget to use with WP. It can go anywhere a widget can go. Once you install it, under the admin menu go to Appearance -> Widgets and place it in your sidebar.
To wrap up, you’ll need two plugins for maximum effect:
- WPBuzzer
- Google Buzz ER
Both of them can be installed from inside of WordPress by going to Plugins -> Add New and search for “WPBuzzer” and then “Google Buzz ER”. Both searches, you will want the first result with the same names. Good luck.
If you have any other great Google Buzz plugins for WP, let us know in the comments.
Original plugin list from Mashable.
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