Firstly, a plug for SimpleTags.  Adding Technorati tags is a piece of piss using SimpleTags – no editing involved, just download the plugin, put it in the plugins folder on your web server and activate it.  Tagging is simply a case of putting keywords between [tag] tags just like formatting a post in a forum.  For example, putting [tag]plugins[/tag] into a post will insert a Technorati tag for “plugins”.  Alternatively, you can finish your post with [tags]Technorati, Digg, Del.icio.us[/tags].

One word of warning though – be careful when using inline tags because I found one bug/feature straight away.  On the first post I tried tagging, I had a right-aligned image right at the start of the post and tagged the first word.  WordPress put the [tag] tags around the image as well as the text which meant that the image was repeated again as part of the Technorati tags it lists at the bottom of the post!

That’s that one out of the way, now on to the social bookmarking bit.  You should see three small icons – one for Technorati, one for Digg and one for Del.icio.us.  Clicking one of the icons will open a new window allowing you to bookmark the post.  Adding more is easy if there’s a need for it.  Does anyone use anything other than those three for social bookmarking?

Edit:
Also added an icon to share the post on Facebook.

Technorati Tags: plugins, Technorati, Digg, Del.icio.us, Facebook