Three Must Use Widgets for Professional Blogs:

If you have been using blogs since a while, you must already have been introduced to the world of widgets. Widgets are nifty sets of code that adds features to the blog, or make your blog more user friendly. Like everything else in life, there are several widgets available, and you would be hard pressed to choose which ones would be best for your blog.
Simply put, different blogs would require different widgets and it all depends on which niche your blog targets. For example, if you have a movie themed blog, you would require a widget that shows slideshows, while if you have a blog related to recipes, you would require a widget that allows you to easily create categories and sub categories, etc.  While these are widgets which would be useful for only a certain type of blogs, there are some must have widgets which should be implemented by everyone having a blog. Here are the top three among them:
Akismet: So useful is this widget that it now comes installed with WordPress, you just need to activate it. We all have gone through the stage where we got comments which we knew for sure were spam but did not want to delete them – they were our first comments! However, Akismet takes you out of this quandary by boldly going where you wouldn’t – and marks spam comments for what they truly are – spam, and then prod you on to delete them.
WP-Navi: WP-Navi is another widget that is quite useful for people who want a more professional look to their blogs. Traditionally, blogs have an Earlier Post and Newer Post navigation, which might make the readers lose out on some important posts. The WP-Navi  widget adds a page by page navigation to your blog.
WP-Cumulus: The tag cloud is a very important widget for those who do not want to bother with categories, and site navigation, etc. However, if you are trigger happy when it comes to tags, you might end up making a lot of tags, which would finally make the blog look spammy. This widget adds some beauty to your otherwise staid tag cloud.

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