ShareThis

By Sharethis (http://sharethis.com)

• Why it's awesome: Gives visitors the ability to share your blog posts using virtually every type of service they might already use

• Why it was picked: Dead simple to install, longevity of the product

• Manual Install URL: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/share- this

• Automatic Install search term: Sharethis

• Geek level: Newbie

• Configuration location: Settings | ShareThis

• Used in: Posts, pages

ShareThis is one of the most popular sharing widgets available online today. While this service is not specifically built for WordPress, it does offer a plugin for easily adding this sharing service to your blog.

Setting up ShareThis

To get ShareThis working properly on your blog, you will first need to register a free account with ShareThis at http://sharethis.com/publishers/register.

Once you have created an account, copy the code from the Your Code textbox.

Once you have copied the ShareThis code, you will need to paste it into the ShareThis code within...