IT Thursday (2) - Social Media Bars

IT Thursday is a meme hosted by Cassidie @ Rebook424, featuring mostly blog-related technical tips and tricks that are easy to understand for everybody. These guidelines include how to use certain programs or create some sort of HTML code, how to do this and that on blogger (or WordPress) and so on. You can create your own advice, too. If you want to see the official rules click here.




On most platform there are instant, ready-to-use buttons available without requiring any kind of further exercise. However, these are usually too small, there are just a few availabilities, etc. How can you help it? Well, you can install a different one. Today, I'll be featuring the best and most famous Social Media Bars.

1. AddThis

Pros:



- Mobile friendly

- Different variations of style

- Language support

- Free (up to a point)

- Extra features (you have to pay for them, though)

- For numerous platforms

- Easy to insert



Cons:



- Not so many type of share buttons

- You have to pay for really useful features

2. ShareThis

Pros:


- Mobile friendly

- Free

- Extra features

- For numerous platforms

- Different ways to install



Cons:



- No different styles

3. Shareaholic

Pros:


- Free

- For numerous platforms

- Different, very creative and cool styles

- throughout settings


Cons:



- Confusing instruction on how to install