Download WP Comments Notifier

Comments form a very integral part of any blog to generate communication and spark discussions. As a WordPress blog user, managing comments and replying to them is very easy, however, what if you can manage and reply to comments from your desktop?

WP Comments Notifier is a open source application written in QT/C++ for Linux and Windows, which will allow you to manage new comments and reply to them from your desktop. In addition to that, it will also allow you to edit, spam or delete the comments.

This app will also display comments summary when you hover over the system tray icon and alert you whenever a new comment is posted to your blog. The app also works for WPMU blogs.

You can download the installer for Windows by visiting the app homepage and also find instructions on how to build the app from source on Linux machines.

Now I also want to access another feature in the admin dashboard, so I go ahead and bookmark it. Bookmarking pages is definitely a good way to quickly jump to certain pages, however, it is not exactly productive.

That was until I came across an excellent bookmarklet, which will allow users to quickly access the the WordPress sidebar menu items with a single click. Once you drag and drop the bookmarklet to your browser bookmark bar, you can click on it to access the admin menu for a particular site. Take a look at the screenshot below to see it in action.

Once you click on the bookmarklet, a WordPress like menu will be displayed to you, you can hover over the menu to see the sub-menus and options available under the menu. Clicking on the link will take you directly to the admin page of the current site you are browsing.

I emphasized on the text above, as this is the only flaw I saw with the bookmarklet. It will only work for the site you are currently browsing and not a site you can choose it to work for. So technically you will have to browse to your own site before you can get this to work properly for you.

That aside, this is a really useful bookmarklet and will definitely come in pretty handy. Visit the link below to add the bookmarklet to your browser’s bookmark bar.

There are times when I have wanted to install a plugin on my blog. The usual process included loading the admin dashboard and going to the install plugin page, or bookmarking the install plugin page and then navigating to it using that.

WordPress Admin Toolbar Bookmarklet [via @smashingmag]

Miscellaneous
These should get you a quick overview about Google Buzz.

Google Buzz issues
You thought Google Buzz has only privacy issues? Yes, it has lots of them but that’s not all. You might also want to check out other shortcomings listed below before you dive in.

General resources and roundups
The overwhelming number of posts and articles covering Google buzz has made it difficult to get an overview. These postings manage to give you an idea about most aspects of buzzing.

Here you’ll find out how to disable Google Buzz but also how to work with it in order to reach your business objectives.

I bet there are some more resources out there you want to see added to this list. Ad more Google Buzz links in the comment section! After checking out this list 30+ Google Buzz how tos, tools and other resources you might want to join us over at Google Buzz. I’m here and Kevin is here.

• Disable Google Buzz
• Google Buzz Monitoring
• How To Search Google Buzz
• Integrating Posterous and Google Buzz
• How to Integrate Google Buzz into WordPress
• How to Pull Your Google Buzz With JQuery

Busy Bee Colony by No Minds Vision

• Buzzzy – A Search Engine for Buzz
• How to Make a Google Buzz Desktop App
• Radian6 Now Tracks Google Buzz
• Google Buzz Api
• 11 Fresh Google Buzz wordpress plugins
• Voting Site: How to Fix Google Buzz

Google Buzz How tos
Unfortunately Google Buzz is not as easy to use technically as Twitter or even Friendfeed. The interface is cluttered and some basic use cases are unnecessarily difficult. These resources should assist you when it comes to disabling Buzz, searching or blogging.

• Google Buzz FAQ
• Google Buzz Tips
• Google Buzz Privacy Checklist
• How to do Everything in Google Buzz
• 12 Undocumented Tricks for Google Buzz
• More Google Buzz Tips, Resources, Extensions…

Google Buzz tools
Google Buzz is still pretty new but there are already tools to enhance the Buzz experience. Whether it’s about search, analytics or WordPress tools, we have some valuable options by now.

• Google Buzz Privacy Issues Have Real Life Implications
• Google Buzz Trick
• Security bug opens Buzz to hackers
• Twitter updates need 12h to show up on Buzz
• Google Talks Spam Control for Buzz
• Google Threatens to Kill Users Video

• Google Buzz gets indexed instantly.
• Google and Yahoo are indexing Buzz
• Google Buzz’s SEO implications Video
• Google Buzz – How Will it Affect Local SEO?
• What’s the Buzz – Google’s Latest Platform to Outperform Twitter

Google Buzz SEO
Google Buzz SEO is still nascent. Most people in the SEO industry stay silent about what it means. A few not that well known individuals have tried to explain what Google Buzz means for SEO. It’s mostly speculation though. What’s certain is that Goole Buzz buzzes get indexed pretty fast.

• Introducing Google Buzz
• Google Buzz Changes Timeline

To deal with both I decided to compile a list of 30+ Google Buzz how tos, tools and other resources.

Earlier this week I wrote about how we can’t ignore Google Buzz even if we’d like to. Also I complained about the huge onslaught of Google Buzz news and resources.