[sohooo]

I'm also a fan of Pathogen (and tpope's stuff in general), but now I would recommend Vundle. It's like Ruby's Bundler for Vim. The difference is that you define the bundles (plugins) you want to use right in your .vimrc. With :BundleInstall/:BundleUpdate clones/updates these plugins.

https://github.com/gmarik/vundle

[gnosis]

I'm not really sold on vundle (or other plugins like it). I don't really like the automation it provides. I'd much rather just install stuff by hand in to ~/.vim/bundle and do my own updates. That way I have maximum control and full knowledge of what's going on in the install process.