Facebook Share

Encourage your users to share your blog posts on Facebook using this simple gadget.

This is a simple yet effective gadget which enables you and your readers to share any post or page in your blog on their Facebook profile page by adding a linked button in the layout of your blog which automatically picks up the URL and title of the page.

My only quarrel with this gadget is that the button is not centered within the gadget space. On some layouts the positioning of the Facebook button appears awkward. Otherwise this is a truly useful gadget!

Developed by Barry Welch

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Add Facebook Share gadget to your Blogger blog

UpTweet

Encourage your users to 'tweet' about your blog posts on Twitter using this simple gadget.

This is a simple yet effective gadget which adds an "UpTweet" button to your blog layout, enabling readers to tweet about any post or page on your blog.

My only gripe about this gadget is that the button is not centered within the gadget area, making the positioning appear awkwardly on some layout styles.

Developed by Barry Welch

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Add UpTweet gadget to your Blogger blog

Members Links (Text Only)

This gadget enables members of your blog to add a linked URL to their name which will be displayed in your Blogger sidebar.

Visitors must be logged into their Google/FriendConnect account to add their name/url to the list. Once installed, type in your URL then refresh the page to find your name linked to your website.

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Developed by Karthik

Add Members Links gadget to your Blogger blog

SocialVibe

The SocialVibe widget allows you to get sponsored by a paying brand and earn donations for the charity of your choice.

This is a wonderful gadget for those seeking to earn charitable donations from their blog.

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To install this gadget, use the link below (or from the "Add a Gadget" section of your Blogger dashboard). On the gadget set-up screen, you will be able to choose the particular charity which you would like to support.

The list is updated regularly, but at the time of writing this post, there are  36 charities in total whom we may choose to support, ranging from Keep a Breast to The Nature Conservancy, DonorsChoose.org and many more between.

Once you have chosen the charity you'd like to support, click "update" to see the change take effect in the preview box and then save your gadget. The dimensions of the gadget do alter depending on the width available in your Blogger layout.

After successfully installing the SocialVibe gadget, view your blog in your web browser while logged into your Blogger/Google account.

You will notice a yellow panel within the gadget offering a link and means to sign up for an account with SocialVibe (or link this gadget to your account).

Signing up with SocialVibe enables many more benefits to using this gadget:

• Learn more about SocialVibe's mission
• Discover new ways to earn points (and therefore donations) to your chosen charity
• Control which sponsors appear in your gadget
• And much more!

SocialVibe's gadget earns donations by displaying media from sponsors. When your blog readers interact with the gadget's media, this earns points which translate as donations to the charity you have chosen.

Neither you nor your blog readers need spend a penny to interact with the gadget. Simply by viewing or interacting with your sponsor's media, you can generate valuable sponsor-led contributions to the organizations which matter most to you.

This gadget was developed by SocialVibe as part of Blogger's 10th birthday celebrations.

Add a SocialVibe gadget to your Blogger blog

Entourage (OpenSocial Friends Gallery)

This is an awesome, Flash-driven gadget which displays a gallery of all OpenSocial friends affiliated to your blog.

EN: At random selection of pictures of friends. NL: Gadget toont een willekeurige selectie profielfoto's van vrienden.

You only need to install this gadget with a couple of clicks: your OpenSocial friends are automatically generated and will display in your sidebar/layout widget.

Note: this gadget is quite wide, and is best displayed in wide sidebars and widgetized sections of your layout.

Developed by  Videgro

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Add Entourage Gadget to your Blogger blog

Members Links

A really useful gadget which displays thumbnails of members of your site, linked to their homepage.

When installed, you and your visitors will be welcomed by a greeting message, and a prompt to add your homepage URL to the database. Then once the page is refreshed, your thumbnail will link directly to your site.

Developed by Karthik.

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Add Members Links gadget to your Blogger blog

Social Events

Use this gadget to promote an event on your Blogger.com blog. Members of your blog can get details about the event (including images and video), see a map, indicate whether they will attend, and see who else has responded. Events can be added to a member's Google Calendar with a single click.

Developed by Google

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Add Social Events Gadget to your Blogger Blog

Scroller

Use this gadget to show images of your community scrolling across your website. Visitors can click on a member's photo to learn more about them and become friends.

Developed by Alex Sponker

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Add Scroller gadget to your Blogger blog

Guestbooker

This gadget enables you to add a guestbook in your Blogger sidebar:

A guestbook allowing visitors to your site to leave comments on your page. Customer feedback and word of mouth can be the most important selling point for your web site. Share what your users say about your page with this guestbook. 

To install in your blog, you will need to add a unique name for your guesbook. The colors and sizes of fonts may also be configured in the gadget options prior to installation.

Here is a screenshot of Guestbooker in action:

Developed by Fourth Floor Equipment

Add Guestbooker to your Blogger Blog

OpenSocial Demonstration

This gadget was developed by the Google team to demonstrate the potential capabilities of OpenSocial gadgets. Use this gadget as a basis for developing your own gadgets using the OpenSocial API, or simply as a "meta" gadget for explanations about your blog, readership and site community.

Here's a screenshot of this gadget:

Add OpenSocial Demonstration Gadget to your Blogger Blog

Friend Connect Comments

Bring your site to life by adding the comments gadget to your pages. This gadget enables visitors to post comments and links to videos on your site. Visitors can use the translation feature to read comments in their preferred language.

Developed by Google

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Add Friend Connect Comments gadget to your Blogger Blog

Get Answers

This gadget enables you to include a community style Q&A forum in your Blogger sidebar.

Add the Get Answers gadget to your site to encourage visitors to both ask and answer questions of other community members. This gadget allows them to browse questions, submit answers, and vote on answers they think are the best.

You can configure the questions which are displayed by default, and retrieve answers to unanswered questions using Google search directly within the gadget.

Developed by Barry Welch (App Home Page)

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Add Get Answers gadget to your Blogger blog

Google Sign In

Use this Google Friend Connect gadget to enable readers to sign-in, become members of your site, and invite others to join. This gadget fits neatly into small spaces and is non-obtrusive.

Developed by Google

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Add Google Sign In gadget to your Blogger blog

Recent Comments

Add recent comments to your blog sidebar with author name and configurable summaries of comments.

Choose how many comments to display, and whether to display the date the comment was made.

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Developed by Amanda Fazani (Blogger Buster)

Add Recent Comments Gadget