You've probably noticed those little colourful graphic "buttons" that a lot of blogs, and some websites, have on their pages. They are a small-footprint way to promote a website, obviously taking up less space than the typical ad banner.

The idea is to not only visually "brand" your blog, but to also encourage others to use your button on their site as part of their "link love". You should, of course, do the same for blogs you like. I've noticed that blogs/sites created by graphic designers tend to use these buttons extensively to promote each other. However, they tend to use the 88x31 buttons more often than the 80x15 buttons.

If you've been wanting to make up one for your own website or blog, there are a number of sites that offer this. One is ButtonMaker, by BlogFlux. Another is Luca Zappa's "Brilliant Button Maker", whose webpage is nicely laid out, appears to have more options, and has a host of examples. If you want to see even more examples, check out the 80x15 gallery.

Links: Blogflux ButtonMaker, Luca Zappa Brilliant Button Maker, 80x15 button gallery.

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