How to Use Zemanta for Firefox

Zemanta is a free Firefox add-on. It is meant to help you generate content for your blog posts and add links and images to your email. It suggests possible images, tags, articles and links. It works with every blogging platform and in Gmail and Y!Mail. Here is how to utilize this versatile add-on.

Things You'll Need

• A Firefox browser
• The Zemanta add-on

Instructions

1. Download the add-on (see link in Resources below) and add it to Firefox.

2. 

   When installed, a Zemanta pane appears next to your blog post window. As you type your post, relevant images, links or tags are suggested based on what you are writing about. You can also search Zemanta for images or articles.

3. 

   With Gmail, a Zemanta option appears at the top of the email entry area. Click it to see what suggestions are available for images or content to add to your mail.

4. There is no need to register to use Zemanta, but you can register and find more information and locate friends when registered.

5. When you use Zemanta, you must agree to display the Zemanta logo with the content you find through them. And you have to agree not to change the size, scheme or format of any content they suggest. The Zemanta logo is a small icon that looks like a plus sign.

6. Clicking that icon allows readers to "reblog" the highlighted text with full attribution back to your blog. There's also a Reblog link with the Zemanta plus sign logo at the end of the entire post, which allows your readers to pick all or part of your post to quote. Readers can post (with a link and attribution) to their own blog automatically or can copy the HTML to paste into their own blog.

Tips & Warnings

• Zemanta suggests tags that are search engine optimized.

Resources

• Download the add-on for Firefox