I just installed the new Social Profiles Wordpress Plugin that was provided by Sugarrae and Joost de Valk this morning.  I read about it yesterday and debated on where to put it.  Then this morning I spent a whopping 15 minutes total to download, upload, tweak and let it fly.  It looks to be a yet another way to spread your social seed around the net.

Why do I care you ask?

Well, if you take the 3 minutes necessary to register to comment on this blog, you will be able to not only leave a great comment, but you will also be able to link your social profiles on major social networks to your comment.  So lets say you want your fellow commentors to see where you are on Digg, Sphinn, or other major social network.  If you spend an extra 10 seconds scrolling to the bottom of your profile page, you will be able to enter your username on your networks.  Then next to your comments you will find a link to your profile on that network.

What if your favorite social network is not an option?

The beauty of this plugin is that it allows the blog owner to make simple code modifications (just adding an extra array value really) and have new networks show up. Obviously your new social network needs to have a simple, consistent method for linking to your profile.  For most networks this is the case.

Isn’t this a waste of time?

I guess you might think that.  But take a look at the HTML behind the link then re-answer that question to yourself.

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