Not so long ago I started my blog and seemed to spend an absoulte age looking for various buttons and gadgets I wanted to add to my blog. To save you pulling your hair out I have listed three basic ones to get you started.First one is a follow me button for twitter, there are lots to choose from,and just add your shop name and then just copy & paste the code. Open "add a Gadget" on your blog, then paste the code into the html, same applies for the other two.
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1. http://www.twitterbuttons.org/ Follow me on Twitter
2. http://www.tweetmeme.com/ Allows you/visitors to retweet your post.
3. http://www.flagcounter.com/ This lets you see how many visitors and which countries they are from:
4. http://www.askdavetaylor.com/ Fantastically easy to add a u tube video to your blog, change the size to 200 fits well on the blog
I know this is basic stuff but this took me quite awhile to sort when I started, ok call me slow if you like, just thought it might just help someone new to blogging. By the way my hair has almost grown back too! If I find anymore will add to this.