Using Emoticons in Blogging
Sometimes, a blog post that contain words alone can sound plain or harsh without a wink or a smile to let readers know that you’re being friendly or humorous. 
So, emoticons came to the rescue by giving us emotional cues in our writing.
There are two broad categories of emotional messages that an emoticon can carry: positive or negative. Each has its own use in blogging.
A more detailed classification would be:
Emotion “sharing” emoticons – positive/negative.
Cue emoticons
Ornamental emoticons (all custom/animated emoticons) like these:
Well, emoticons are great in expressing your emotion in writing a blog post. But, consider not using it too many, especially the animated emoticons. Else, readers might find it annoying.
You see, standard emoticons are usually more effective. Because they are visually simple and have a direct relation to facial expressions of different kinds.
The non-standard emoticons have little emotional content and serve more as amusement elements, particularly the animated ones . 
p/s You can get some cute animated emoticons like the above samples here. 
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Comment by mama emma® on 13 August 2009:
i’m one of those ppl yg suka benda2 cute dlm blog.. tambah2 lg emoticon
tp sbb nnt spacing mcm x cun in between posting, maka i kurang pakai.. kalau pakai pun, i tempek lepas habis sentense tu…
mcm la xleh alter spacing tu, tp saje je, sengal.. haha
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littlemama Reply:
August 13th, 2009 at 2:09 PM
mama emma, memang spacing lari..tengok je la last sentence atas tu..ha..ha
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Comment by sitisifir10 on 13 August 2009:
Saya pernah install tapi dek sbb jd lembab makanya maleh nk letak…ha ha…so, org kene bayangkan sendri saya senyum sumbing gane, saya jerit mcm Tarzan gane…ahahahaha…
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littlemama Reply:
August 13th, 2009 at 2:11 PM
sitisifir, macam boleh imagine je u jerit macam Tarzan…muah..ha.ha
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sitisifir10 Reply:
August 13th, 2009 at 3:45 PM
Saya dah try…ahaha…idakle susah bebeno..apsal dulu kene ubah kod html lah..ape lah…kalau tau boleh kopipes gini kan sunang
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littlemama Reply:
August 13th, 2009 at 4:41 PM
sitisifir,
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Comment by Mrs Imran on 13 August 2009:
the screen scarf emoticon is soooo cute!! thanks to u ! i’m going to use it on my blog.
for sure my readers akan lebih memahami i selepas ini..huhu
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Mrs Imran Reply:
August 13th, 2009 at 11:44 AM
oh to think again..yer lah..nnt spacing lari and load jadi lembab…hmmm
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littlemama Reply:
August 13th, 2009 at 2:14 PM
mrs imran, nak letak emoticon cam gitu boleh..tapi berpada-pada.. satu dua ok la kot… banyak sangat tu loading lembab tu
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Comment by ummuilham on 13 August 2009:
suke tgk emoticon tu gerak2..
huhu tp dlm blog sendiri xde pown..
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Comment by Hanz on 14 August 2009:
Itulah..memang nak sangat2 letak emoticons ni either kat posting or cmment box tapi bila fikir loading bakal jadi lembab, lupakan ajeler..lagipun me ni bukannya reti bab2 html ni…
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Comment by adianiez AIDA on 25 August 2009:
bila free nanti da cuba gaks ni.
nice & cute if ada.
but, sikit-sikit jek la.
loading lembab, nyampah!
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Comment by mamaaerish on 22 October 2009:
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