Outbrain Star Ratings Widget: Very eager to know what your readers think about your posts?
Here is a cool star rating widget by Outbrain. The insttallation is very simple,
just follow the step by step instructions on their site.

ShareThis or AddThis : Sharethis or Addthis social bookmarking buttons makes it easy for your visitors to share your content with others. It is a good way to increase your link popularity and publicity. Their nice css dropdown icons reduces the clutter on your pages and eliminates the need to add a different button for each social bookmarking service.



whos.amung.us : This is a real time visitor tracking widget and displays
the number of people currently on your site and what pages they are
reading. You don't need any sign-up's to grab this widget.

Web2PDF Online : With this widget installed, your visitors can easily download
your articles in PDF format with just a click. The downloaded PDF's are
free of any advertising and you can get full access to download stats,etc.

ZOHO Creator: With Zoho Creator, you can create professional online
contact forms/web forums in minutes. The good things about this is
there are no data limits and readers can also upload attachments while
submitting the form.

Google Talk Badge: Google Talk Badge will let your visitors to
chat with you.The badge will active whenever you sign in to
Googletalk. The nice thing is your visitors can chat with you even
if they don't have a google account.

Yahoo Media Player: With this very useful widget, you caneasily add a simple media player to your blog which can auto detect mp3 links and create an embedded player. This tool is very useful for especially audio,music blogs.


Cbox: Cbox or Chatbox is a chat widget which can be easily embedded
in any web page. It is free and have many features including message
history, spam blocking,etc. It can be easily customizable to fit your
blog layout.

Google Translate: This widget lets your non-English speaking
visitors to quickly translate your webpage in their native
language with just a single click.

Whew, it has been a while since our last Bloggers Face-Off. I will work harder this year to bring you guys one new face-off every month at least, possibly more.
To kick start the 2009 season, however, we got a terrific pair of bloggers. The first one is Chris Coyier, the owner of CSS-Tricks.com. With over 16,000 subscribers, the site is a must read for CSS and design lovers. You will find tutorials, videos and even a nice community on the Forums there.
Our second blogger is Noura Yehia. You must have come across her popular site Noupe.com in the past. It features some outstanding tutorials and collections with the best tools and resources for web designers and developers.
Without further ado, to the interview!

Chris Coyier	Noura Yehia
1. When did you start blogging?	I had fiddled around with it year prior, but my first serious go at it was mid Summer 2007	Since July 2007
2. Has it been worth it so far?	Absolutely	Well YES! Forget about just making more money, it’s incredibly fulfilling to learn something new each day and interact with other bloggers
3. How long did it take for you reach 1,000 daily uniques?	Only a few months, 3 maybe. But then for almost a year afterward I was fairly stable between 1,000 and 2,000	After one month from launching Noupe
4. Do you think that any professional should have a blog?	I think any professional should have a website. Blogging is a real time commitment and I can appreciate people who don’t have the time for it	Yes
5. What is the best way to gain RSS subscribers?	Write great content (and then put a subscribe button right next to it)	1- Write something people would be looking for 2- I’m constantly impressed by number of subscribers i get from StumbleUpon & Delicious
6. Is social media essential to the success of any blog?	If your definition of success is traffic, yes, I think it is essential. But that doesn’t mean you write content that panders to social media sites	Definitely
7. What is the biggest mistake you see in blog designs?	I don’t like it when blogs do TOO good of a job blending them in so it’s hard to tell what is an ad and what’s not	Getting distracted with others designs
8. Is there an ideal posting frequency?	One great post is worth 50 mediocre ones. If you are about to hit publish on a mediocre post because you feel some need that you HAVE to get something out this Tuesday, don’t. Stop, rework it, make it better, make it a great article on the subject and publish it on Thursday	3 posts/ week works great for me
9. What is the best way to monetize a blog?	I am using BuySellAds, which allowed me to keep the exact same layout for the ads, but handle everything else for me	Banner ads and Adsense
10. What is the secret of your success, expressed in one word?	Work	Passion