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Just to recap:

Remember that I told you “wordpress more than blogging platform software”.

If you’re serious about blogging I begging you to use this following wordpress plugins which that I use myself. Don’t question me why?! before you finish read this entire article.

1. Akismet/Automattic Kismet - Is a spam filtering service by Automattic. Anyway it is necessary to obtain a wordpress.com API key. Create one account with wordpress.com and get your own API key.
2. All in one seo pack - Most blogger must have. Generates meta tag automaticall, avoid duplicate contents, automatically optimizes your title for search engine.
3. Blogcatalog side bar widget - Don’t miss this opportunity! similar to mybloglog but has a different features available. Allow you to easily to insert and manage your blogcatalog recent readers widget to your side bar. Some of my readers come from here.
4. Brian’s threaded comments -Make your blog more fun by install this plugin. Which your readers can threaded comments among themselves and you.
5. Dagon design site map generator - Site map generator, Simple just install within you plugin directory, active it and paste some code provider by this plugin to your pages. Features included, support for multi-level categories, add pages, page exclusion, multiple-level generation, parmalink support and etc (good for SEO). Like mine.
6. Feedburner Feedsmith - Redirect your original feed to feedburner service. Ensure count all of your blog’s traffic through feedburner (good for SEO).
7. Get recent comments- Wordpress 2.0 above already has this function itself. Simply to customize by drop the widget to your site bar. Another options that you can use by istall this plugin.
8. Google xml site-map - build your xml-site map of your wordpress blog. This xml format supported by google, yahoo, MSN and ASK.com.
9. Google Analytic - Great tracking system from google.com. Detail statictic provider through chart and map. (good for SEO purpose!).
10. MyBlogLog widget plugin - This widget plugin available as a member of mybloglog community. Attract their attentions and push your member pointer their browser to your lovely site.
11. Popularity contest - Enable ranking of your post by popularity then determine each post receive most viewers.
12. RSS Auto Submit - Automatically submit your blog RSS feed to several RSS directories once per/month. (good for SEO).
13. Show top commentators - Count your readers base on their name. It is encourage your readers to leaves more comments for your blog.
14. Simple tag - Allow you to create a list of Technorati tag at the buttom of your post. (good for SEO purpose).
15. Sociable - Are you social? just joke! this plugin that you can use add social media buttons to your post. Then, your readers easily push over the button and choosing which sosial media their like to put your articles in.
16. Subscribe to comments - Enable your readers to subscribe and get an e-mail notification of further comments on your blog. (good for follow-up system).
17. Wordpress.com stats - Tracking system plugin by wordpress.com. Tracks views, post views, referrers and clicks. It is necessarily to obtain wordpress.com API key similar to Akismet requirement.
18. Wordpress Automatic upgrade - Allow user to automatically upgrade their wordpress software to the latest version by5 step to follow. Automatically back-up home data and MsQl data bases. Useful and avoiding to consume of time.
19. Wp-contact form - Working great with wordpress 2.0 and above. Enable your readers to contact you by response to a challenge question. This contact form also fight against attacking by spammers. Like mine here!.

These is just several great plugins that a blogger much have to optimization of their blog. Either for SEO or all of benefit for their readers. Wanna try wordpress?. simply follow my toturial below:-

1. Follow my tutorial here How to install wordpress into local host using Xampp (please read this another tutorial before you begin. Using Xampp as your local host. that it!

Another resources worth to read:-

1. setting up your own wordpress blog domain by azwanhadzree.com
2. setting up your own wordpress blog the preparation by azwanhadzree.com

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Happy blogging!!

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