Adding a bit of community to your own WordPress blog is easy with Google Friend Connect.

I just completed adding it to this site and it took about five minutes.

Adding Google Friend Connect in a few easy steps

  1. Go to Friend Connect at http://www.google.com/friendconnect/home/ and click on Get Started
  2. Agree to the Terms
  3. Fill in the short form (Website name, Website URL, Website Language) and press continue
  4. Get the code for the “Members Gadget” – tweak the colours to suit your site
  5. Go back to your site and login to – WordPress Admin -> Design -> Widgets (if you are using a widget enabled theme)
  6. Add a Text Widget, give it a good title (I called my ‘Friends’, and insert the copied HTML code from step 4. into the the Widget.)

Job Done.