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How do I install a ShareThis button?

The ShareThis button looks like this

Sharethis_logo_tm

When a reader clicks on the ShareThis button, they can choose the link they want to submit your article to (e.g., kirtsy, Digg, Del.icio.us, StumbleUpon, etc.). It’s an uncluttered and very useful.

ShareThis actually has it’s own web site that walks your through setting this up on your blog. I’ll point you to the pages you’ll need.

One word of caution: When I installed the ShareThis button on my TypePad blogs, I received numerous e-mails stating my sites were loading incredibly slowly. Once I removed the ShareThis button, things returned to normal. Instead of the ShareThis button, I use the FeedBurner option of placing these links in the footer of each post. I don’t discourage you from using the button, but if you do, check with your readers to ensure the load time of your site hasn’t been compromised.

3 thoughts on “How do I install a ShareThis button?”

  1. thanks for sharing this i really need it for my blog sarkari naukri i want to use share this widget but it’s work perfectly…

  2. has anyone else had trouble adding the button to blogger? I walked right through the set up at ShareThis, but the button did not appear on my blog (only the title).

    I accepted all the default settings ShareThis offered.

    what did I do wrong?

  3. While ShareThis hasn’t slowed down my blog, there is one tiny annoyance I’ve come across. (I’m not sure if this is universal, or just on the Blogger platform.) If my post title has an apostrophe in it, the ShareThis button doesn’t show up in that post. Weird. I emailed their support and did some Google searches and it looks like this is just a glitch I have to live with. I can work around it, but have been surprised at how often I include apostrophes in my titles. 🙂

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