By now you've most likely seen Facebook's 'Like' button on articles you've read on the web. We've recently added this plugin to our website which you can see directly above this article.

A recent Mashable article, "What the 'Like' button means for web traffic," states that a Facebook user who 'Likes' your article has more than double the amount of friends than the average user. This is good for you because those users are more social or active, thus increasing your exposure on the web. It is reported that websites are experiening large increases in traffic specifically due to this social plugin.

Adding the button is easy, especially if you're running a Wordpress blog. Simply install a plugin and you'll be good to go. Here are a few plugins we found:

• Like -- Supports multiple languages, gives a number of display options and can be shown at the top or bottom of a post, on pages and on the front page, all based on what settings you select.
• Facebook Like Plugin -- Allows you to configure and display the button before and/or after each post and/or page, and whether or not you want the button to appear on your homepage.
• Facebook Like Button -- Lots of customization options and you can preview the settings at real-time in the settings section. Multiple language support.
• Facebook Like Button Plugin -- Provides a shortcode which allows you to indicate what posts to include a button on or not, in the post itself. You can also set default global options.

• Facebook Like Button Module -- A simple module that allows you to configure and output a Facebook "Like" button based on the configuration values specified by Facebook. The output is either as an iFrame or as FBML.
• Nurte Facebook Like Button -- Plugin that displays Facebook Like Button into your Joomla site articles. The Like button lets a user share your content with friends on Facebook. When the user clicks the Like button on your site, a story appears in the user's friends' News Feed with a link back to your website.

So if you like this article, be sure to show us some love and click the "Like" button at the top of the article!