Everyone wants to spice up their blog and add fun options to keep readers reading. Blog widgets are hands down the best way to increase interest and enhance your reader's experience at your blog. Not sure what a widget is? Blog widgets are mini web applications that add interactivity to your blog; polls are a popular widget many bloggers use. The only rule of thumb when adding widgets to your blog is that less is more.

Some of the best blog widgets can be found at MajikWidget.com. Users sign up and can search a database of hundreds of different blog widgets. The most popular is the MajikWidget Poll. Want to find out what your readers are thinking about a topic? A MajikWidget poll will do just that. MajikWidget is also always adding more blog widgets to their database; checking out their news blog will keep members up to date on the latest additions. 

Some of the best blog widgets available are:

The Flickr Flash Photo Stream Badge - Allows readers to view your Flickr photos right from your blog. This is fun for personal blogs and allows family to keep up to date on what you’re doing.

Price of Gas - This is one of the best blog widgets for the travel blogger, allowing both you and your readers to stay posted on the latest prices.

ClockLink - Shows the times in the different timezones throughout the world. Also great for a travel blog, or anyone interested in international goings-on.

Daily Painters - This widget displays random paintings from famous painters on your blog; it's a great way to add a little class to any space.

Now Playing - Allows readers to see exactly what the blogger is listening to at any given time. This blog widget works with most of the popular music players, including Foobar, Winamp and iTunes.

LibraryThing - Displays the latest books on your bookshelf.

Yahoo! for Good - This widget allows bloggers to make a difference with a cause they believe in. It asks readers to donate to any cause the blogger chooses.

MixMap - A fun and interesting application allowing your visitors to mark their location on the map.

Giftspace - Your friends never know what to get you for your birthday? Now they will when you add items to this widget.

MyPageRank  - This is one of the best blog widgets to keep track of how big your blog really is. It displays your Google Page Rank for all to see.

3Jam - Lets your visitors send messages to your mobile phone right from your blog! Your number always remains private.

LinkedInABox - Great for personal blogs, this widget allows you to show off your LinkedIn profile.

MyBlogLog’s Recent Readers - This widget allows you to see the avatars of your recent blog readers, providing they too are members of MyBlogLog.

Flixn – A blog widget displaying a stream directly from your webcam, allowing readers to see exactly what you’re up to.

FEEDJIT - A great widget for webmasters, this application keeps the blogger up to date on real time traffic.

RockYou Horoscope - A fun blog widget that allows both you and your visitors to put in their birthday and get their daily horoscope.

There are also some widgets available for the blogger who wants to make money. AuctionAds widget displays eBay auctions and gives you a percentage of the selling price when someone buys an item. aStore is another widget that links to items at Amazon. The blogger creates a mini-store containing only the items they want on their blog; when a reader buys an item, the blogger receives a profit.