Testing out a new free add-on to blogs…
mage by jim270 via Flickr
I’m currently testing out a new free add on to this blog which is called “Zemanta“. It’s not really so much as an add-on to this blog as it is an add-on to my firefox browser. It doesn’t matter which blogging platfrom you use, Blogger, WordPress, TypePad, etc, it will still work.
Here’s what intrigued me about it:
As I write, Zemanta picks up different keywords and phrases that I’m using in my post. As it does, it will then update information for me to my right (which you can’t see because I’m in the admin area) but Zemanta not only picks up photos that may be of interest to me but posts and news stories that others have made that might be of interest to me.
You see that image there on the right? All I did was click on it when it came up in my Zemanta gallery and it was added to my post in nothing flat.
Another nice part? Whenever you write a blog post, (and have the Zemanta extension installed), this blog post will now get recommended to others to potentially use on their web site.
Also, you see that little icon down below on the right that says “reblog”? If I click on that, I can write a brand new post, select a quote from this post, add my thoughts, comments, etc., and these will show in Zemanta’s “popular page”.
I’ve just started playing around with Zemanta and I’ll keep you updated as to how our relationship works out.
- K
