WordPress out of the box is already superior to Blogger and, in my opinion, one of the best blogging platforms for bloggers. But to max out WordPress you really need to get all the right plugins installed and working to your advantage for optimal performance and viral traffic generation.

I know the Internet is filled with posts about the best WordPress plugins but hey I can start one too right?

Here is a list of the Top WordPress Plugins For SEO And Web 2.0 I posted on one of my other blogs.

• Adsense-Deluxe - Place Google AdSense ads in your WordPress posts.
• Adsense-Deluxe+ Widget - Place Google AdSense ads as a widget. Requires AdSense-Deluxe Plugin. I don’t use this, as you can see all my AdSense is within the post.
• Akismet - Akismet is one of the default plugins, it checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.”
• All in One SEO Pack - Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog.
• FeedBurner Feed Replacement - Forwards all feed traffic to FeedBurner while letting through some important User-Agents.
• Google (XML) Sitemaps - This generator will create a sitemaps.org compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog, which are supported By Google, MSN Search and YAHOO.
• Gregarious - The ultimate social bookmarking plugin.
• MyBlogLog Widget - Adds MyBlogLog widget to your blog.
• OneClick Installer - Upload themes and plugins from the dashboard.
• Smart Update Pinger - Replaces the built-in ping/notify functionality. Pings only when publishing new posts, not when editing.
• Social Bookmarks - Social Bookmarks adds a list of XHTML compliant graphic links at the end of your posts that allow your visitors to easily submit them to a number of social bookmarking sites.
• Subscribe To Comments - Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry.
• Tagalize It - - Create tagged text by enclosing the text to be tagged in one of the following. [TAG-Tec] [Tag-Ice] and [Tag-self].
• Ultimate Tag Warrior - Ultimate Tag Warrior is a tagging plugin, that’s heavy on tag visualization.
• What Would Seth Godin Do - Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors.
• WordPress.com Stats - Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks. Requires a WordPress.com API key.
• WordPress Database Backup - On-demand backup of your WordPress database.

Most of these are for Web 2.0 and SEO, like all the social bookmarking plugins I included. In fact with all the Web 2.0 buzz around the web lately it seems a new social plugin pops up every day.

I know there are literally thousands of plugins available nd this list will grow and change over time. I also know everyone has their list of favorite WordPress plugins, so what do you think I should add to the list?

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