Experience the Digg Effect: Adding the "digg it" button to each blogger(blogspot) blog posts

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Today, Digg is a most eminent place for we people to get linked with the notions, contents & information from anywhere on the web. Digg, the biggest online destinations is powered by the richness of great stuffs, information & contents from multiple sources(experts, bloggers, websites, news etc). Digg button can provide a real source of traffic to blogs & websites (increased number of readers) and for that adding the "digg-it" button to each blogger post is necessary to experience the Digg Effect.

First go for the following checks:
Digg LogoCheck 1: To start with first Register to http://digg.com/  to have an digg account & enter the digg world.( If already registered, skip this check)
Check 2: Make sure your blog is set to Enable Post Page.Click here to see how to enable post pages.

Now proceed with the following steps: 
1. Log in to your blogger account & click on the Layout tab of the blog which you want to add the digg button.
2. Navigate through Template –> Edit HTML and backup your blog template by clicking on Download Full Template. This backup will help you if in case the changes met are not fruitful & for uploading previous template to blogger.com.
    3. Click on and search for <p><data:post.body/></p> (Press Ctrl + F to search)and paste the  next code just before <p><data:post.body/></p>:
    <div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'>
    <script type='text/javascript'>digg_url = '<data:post.url/>';</script>
    <script src='http://digg.com/tools/diggthis.js' type='text/javascript'/>
    </div>
    4. Click on Preview to ensure that the Digg button appears at the top right of all your posts. If is located properly, click on the Save to save your blog tepmalte & view your blog.

    Possible Modifications:
    You can change  float:right; by float:left; in <div style='float:right; margin-left:10px;'> line in the third step, make the digg button appear on the top left of all blog posts. 
    Now you are ready to experience the digg effect. Enjoy Digging. 

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