Tumblr is continuous growing in popularity as a personal blogging platform due to its minimalist design and rich features. Your Tumblelog can be customized and even enhanced for productivity by using widgets and tools. We have featured some of these amazing widgets here broken down by categories:

Communication Widgets:

Skype: Let your users see if you are online and even call you at your Skype number.

Meebo: With Meebo chatbox on your sidebar, you can do a live chat with your readers or let them leave a message if you are offline.

MSN Messenger: Love MSN? Embed MSN messanger on your sidebar so you can chat with your visitors and update your status.

Google Talk Widget: Addicted to gTalk. Use it on your Tumble to chat with your visitors and allow them to message you.

Music Widgets For Tumblr:

MP3 Player: Embed an MP3 file on your Tumblr. You can also set it to auto-play and/or loop it.

Tumblelog MP3 widget: Play a single or multiple MP3s on your tumblelog through this widget. Customize colors, height and width.

Weekly Free iTunes Downloads: Display free iTunes downloads on your Tumblelog.

StreamPad: Play from web or stream your own music. Streampad turns your music into a playlist for continuous streaming.

Tumbletape: Tumbletape is a mashup widget that takes latest songs from each user’s tumblelog and creates a playlist.

Connect:

LinkedIn: Network with peers and industry professionals by displaying your LinkedIn profile.

Twitter: Display your Twitter feed on your Tumblelog through this cool widget.

Message Greeting: Create a simple pop out message for your Tumblr readers.

News/Updates:

Yelp Search: Let your users search for local stuff and read reviews right from your blog.

CNN: Display latest news from CNN on your Tumblelog.

Google News: Display customized news from Google News on your Tumblelog.

Real Stats: Display the number of online users by using this dynamic stat counter.

Media Widgets:

Flickr: Display your Flickr photos or photos from any other user on your Tumblelog.

Netflix Queue: If you are a movie buff you’ll love this widget that displays your Netflix movie queue to your visitors.

Amazon Wishlist: Let people know what you want for your next birthday or christmas by displaying your Amazon wishlist.

YouTube Videos: Display YouTube videos from a particular user or for a particular tag.

Dijit: Socially distribute your photos, videos and music all from a single widget.

Sharing/Bookmarking:

Share on Facebook: Let your visitors bookmark and share your Tumblelog on Facebook.

ShareThis: Let people share your content on any popular social networks with a single click.

Weather Widget: Display weather for any city of the world.

Tumblr Tools:

Firefox Add-on: Easily update your Tumblr blog for links, photos, videos right from your browser. Simple drag and drop content into the icon and it will be posted on your Tumblelog.

Dial2Do: Post a message to your Tumblr by leaving a voice message.

Disqus: Easily add comments to your Tumblr through Disqus. It makes managing and moderating comments super

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