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OK, so I have been out of touch with Blogger lately even as I just redesigned the template of my Blogger Food Blog. I just discovered today that they have new gadgets! I hope you’re not still on the ‘old’ blogger and don’t know what gadgets are. Gadgets on Blogger are like Widgets on Wordpress. They are the various elements you can put in your blog’s design without having to code them manually. Thank God for that!

Today while I was tinkering with the food blog, I discovered these new gadgets have been added. I hadn’t realized what I’ve been missing! It just reminded me why I love blogger even though I have other blogs on my own domain and Wordpress now. If you didn’t know about these new additions like I did, check them out. You just may end up tinkering with your template all weekend

Basic Gadgets:

Blog List - it’s an expanded version on the blogroll, this gadget shows new updates (like a reader) from your favorite blogs
Followers - displays a list of followers to your blog. It can display blogger’s profile picture and a list of their blogs
Slide Show - a slideshow of photos
Subscription Links - to make it easier for subscribers to subscribe to your content
Polls - no need to get a third party link anymore, you can poll your readers directly
List (not List Links) - this is not your blogroll either (that’s called List Links). This is where you can create a list to your books, movies or anything else that interests you
Newsreel - automatically add current headlines from Google News
Video Bar - display YouTube videos or Google Videos

Other Gadget Categories: You’ve got to check these out. I can’t believe how many bells and whistles you can add to your blog now! Yep, even games right on your blog.