Testing out Zemanta

Image via CrunchBase

I am testing out this new blogging plug-in for IE and Firefox. It's called Zemanta and what it does is analyze your post as you are writing it and it'll give tips on how to "jazz" up your post. So far I've typed 3 lines and haven't got anything back. Oh wait. Here it goes.

Image by chucks via Flickr

This is what it would look like:

It gives you possible links to use based on words you have typed. Recommends tags, related images and anything that has been written about key words.

Zemanta is super easy to use. You can take the suggestions or leave em. Either way it is all there for you. I dig it. My only grip? Why will the images only float to the left of my text? Sort of annoying that I can't move them elsewhere. I see now that if I go into Preferences at the bottom of the side bar I get the option to either have my images to the left or right of the text. Hmm. Don't like that.

Either way, Zemanta is great if you're a hardcore blogger...something I ever was or will ever be. This post is random enough considering I haven't been blogging...but that's another story for another day.

Note: After I finished bitching about have all the images on one side I was able to go into the "Edit Html" and move the images where I want them. Yeah....easy.