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The main reasons why Wordpress is such a popular blogging script are : 

1. Frequent Updates to the script
2. New features are added in every release
3. Amazing wordpress plugins developed every day
4. Lots of cool wordpress themes
5. Secure blogging platform

Yes, I am very much fond of wordpress plugins and frequently browse the wordpress plugins list for new and updated plugins. I would like to share with you some of my favorite top wordpress plugins :

• Akismet Spam - A must and first plugin to fight wordpress comment spam.
• All in One SEO Pack - A all in one tool to make your blog SEO friendly
• Wordpress database backup - There are not many reliable hosts. So to avoid hosting plugins, keep backup of your databases.
• Google Sitemap Creator - Another good tool to make your blog indexed properly on google and get traffic.
• AdSense Deluxe - One of the top plugin to monetize your blog with Adsense, easily manage adsense on your blog.
• Exec-php - A must plugin to enable php features in your sidebar or posts. No need to edit wordpress theme files now.
• WP-Super-Cache - Make your blog fast, a great caching plugin. Avoids load on your host too.
• Subscribe to comments - Let your blog commentators know about reply to their comments.
• Sociable - Easily or automatically inserts social bookmarking icons to your posts.

There are lots many to be added in this list but these are my Top 10 favorites. What are yours ?

This WordPress plugin (the PingCrawler) was developed by Blue Hat Seo and Joshteam. It is designed to generate an endless flow of backlinks to your wordpress blog(s) without any extra. Sounds promising, right? I tested this tool and after just 1.5 month I had reached 650 extra backlinks due to this plugin.

So let me explain how it works. When you write (or copy-paste) a post, tag it and publish it on your blog, this smart tool will automatically search on Google for blog posts related to yours and link to them (with the post title as anchor text) just below your original post and ping them. If you do this on a none-spammy blog, like I did, about 40 - 60 % of the blogs you are linking to will link back to your post after one or two weeks. In other words, you will get extra backlinks (related to your content) every time you publish a post.

The effect on the search engines:
MSN - Extreme
Yahoo - Extreme
Google - Good

The plugin is called the PingCrawler and can be downloaded here:
http://pingcrawl.wordpress.com

As you know, I recently posted a LunarPages web Hosting Rebate offer for problogineer readers and someone asked me “whether wordpress blog hosted on shared hosting plan can survive digg effect (also known as digg frontpage, slashdot effect) or not ?”

Though I have not experienced this digg effect, but I can say WP Super Cache WordPress Plugin can make your blog digg proof :eek:. Once you will install this plugin, there is a special option/setting for Digg/slashdot effect.

Even they have following checkbox option

Proudly tell the world your server is Digg proof! (places a message in your blog’s footer)

Also read this articles :
Wordpress high traffic tips
Digg and supercache experience

If you know more such tips to make blog digg proof, let me know via comments. BTW - can you make this happen by digging this post to digg homepage !!