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Free blog hosting service providers
Blogger (Can also be used to blog on your own URI)
Free blog software (needs to be installed on your server)
b2evolution (Multilingual multiuser multiblog engine)
Paid hosting
- Directories & Link Blogs
Desipundit Best of the Indian Blogosphere
Indian Bloggers (Directory for indian bloggers)
- General tools/services related to blogging:
Technorati - Searching, Tagging blogs
- Add-ons for your blog
Haloscan - For comments in Blogspot blogs)
Sitemeter - Tracker for blog statistics)
Statcounter - Tracker for blog statistics
FeedBurner RSS Feed management for your blog
MyBlogLog (For tracking clicks for outgoing links)
FeedBlitz (Subscribe to blogs through email)
Adsense or Yahoo Publishing Network (Earn money from your blog by displaying Ads)
ClustrMap (Show geographical view of your blog's visitors)
Tools for publishing content to a Blog from the desktop
Feed readers
Bloglines - Web-based RSS feed reader
Google Reader - - Web-based RSS reader
Alphabetical List
- A
AdSense - contextual ad program by Google
Adbrite - sell text ads
Amazon Associates - popular affiliate program
AdGenta - text ads by Qumana (see �Q')
AdRotator - WP ad rotating plugin
Akismet - Comment Spam Fighting Tool
Adhearus - pay per click advertising
AdWords - the advertisers side of AdSense - many bloggers use it to promote their blogs
AzoogleAds - advertising system
- B
b2evolution - probably the most comprehensive blog engine you can find! It's open-source (GPL), it runs virtually anywhere (PHP/mySQL) and it's available in many languages!
Bidvertiser - bid based advertising
Blog Ads - blog advertising network
Blog Jet - blog editing tool
Bloglines - Web based RSS feed reader
BlogPulse - blog search tool
BlogPolls - tool for putting polls on your blog
Backpackit - useful organizational tool
Blogger.com - blog platform
Bloggers for Hire - bloggers looking for work and potential employers looking for bloggers
BlogSitter.net - service for find guest bloggers while you take a holiday
BlogBurst - syndicates bloggers content for mainstream medium
BlogFlux - blog services portal
BlogRolling - a blogroll management tool
Blogbeat - blog metrics tool
Blogger Jobs - a blog following the advertising of blog jobs
- C
Chitika eMiniMalls - advertising program
CrispAds - blog advertising network
Creative Commons - copyright licenses
Copyscape - tool for checking for content theft/plagiarism
Clicksor - advertising program
Clickbank - library of many affiliate products
Commission Junction - collection of many affiliate programs
Casale Media - advertising solution
- D
Del.icio.us - social bookmarking
Digg - social bookmarking
Drupal - blog platform
DomainsBot - a tool for finding domain names
Digital Point - useful forum for webmasters
- E
Ecto - blog editing tool
Expression Engine - blog platform
Endo - News aggregator for Mac Users
Ether - lets readers book a consulting call with you from your sidebar
- F
Feedburner - RSS feed management tool - also provides Feed Advertising
Feedster - RSS search Tool
FeedDemon - RSS reader from NewsGator
FeedBlitz - email blog and RSS subscription service
Flickr - photo sharing and hosting
Flock - a browser with in built blogging
Furl - social bookmarking
FilmLoop - free photocasting network
Feedpass - RSS management - integrates with AdSense
- G
Google Analytics - Metrics Tool
Gabbly - add chat to your blog
Google Reader - RSS reader
Gnoos - Australian made blog search tool
Google News - tracking news - many use it as a source of content
Google Blog Search - Google's�. blog search
Google Sitemaps - get indexed in Google
- H
Haloscan - a free commenting system for blogs
- I
IntelliTXT - In text advertising
Ice Rocket - blog search engine
- J
Jar (as in Tip Jar) - many bloggers ask their readers for donations/tips - but few make much from them
- K
Kanoodle - Advertising program
Kontera - In text advertising
Keyword and Backlink Tracker - Search Engine ranking tool
- L
LiveJournal - Blog Platform
Linkshare - Affiliate Program
- M
Mars Edit - Blog Editing Tool
MyBlogLog - Metrics Tool
Mint - Blog Metrics Tool
MovableType - Popular blog platform
MeCommerce - Sidebar shop - in beta
MSN Adcenter - Coming Soon - Contextual ads
- N
NewsGator - RSS News Readers
Nichebot - keyword research tool
Nameboy - domain name generator
Nucleus CMS - open source blog platform
Netvibes - RSS News Aggregator
Netscape Beta - Social Bookmarking Tool
- O
Only Wire - social bookmarking service
Overture Keyword Tool - keyword research tool
- P
Performancing - great blog, firefox blog editor and metrics tools
Pheedo - RSS advertising
Post2Blog - Blog Editing tool - blog using Word, IE or Firefox
Pingoat - Pinging Tool
Pingomatic - Pinging Tool
pMachine - Blog Platform
Paypal - Payment tool - used by many affiliate programs and ad systems to pay publishers
PPCalc - Paypal Fee Calculator
PubSub - service that notifies you of new content
Photobucket - image and video hosting
- Q
Qumana - Blog Editing Tool
- R
Rojo - RSS feed reader
RocketPost - Blog posting tool
Right Media - advertising
Rmail - subscribe from any RSS feed to email
- S
Sitemeter - a free website stats tool used by many bloggers
Six Figure Blogging - learn to make money blogging
Scoopt Words - service to sell bloggers content to mainstream media editors
Sitening - Search Engine ranking tracker
Sparklines - sidebar widgets/graphs
Skype - VOIP tool for networking, podcast interviews etc
Spam Karma - WP comment spam tool
Sitepoint - Forums for webmasters
Slide - photo hosting, slideshows etc
SoloSub - RSS feed management tool
Squidoo - good alternative place to put content, make money and promote your blog
- T
Text Link Ads - text link advertising system
Topix - News service - used by many bloggers to find stories
TagCloud - tool for making tag clouds
TypePad - Hosted Blogging Platform
Tribal Fusion - Impression Based Ads
3bubbles - live chat on a blog
- U
Unobtrusive Sidenotes - a way of putting sidenotes in your posts
- V
ValueClick - Impression Based Ad Program (was FastClick)
Vizu - blog polls tool
Vox - a new blogging/social bookmarking platform from Six Apart (in beta)
- W
WordPress - Blog Platform - very popular
w.bloggar - blog editing tool
Webpad - web based text editor
Weblogs.com - recently updated blogs - aggregator
WebmasterWorld - forums for webmasters
- X
Xanga - Weblog Community
- Y
YPN - Contextual Advertising Service
Yutter - RSS/Blog Subscription Service
YouTube - Video Hosting/Sharing
Yutter - RSS/Blog Subscription Service
Yahoo News - Tracking News from around the Web
- Z **
Zookoda - RSS to Email and Newsletter tool
Zoudry - blog editor
Alphabetical List originally sourced from A - Z of Professional Blogging
Please add your own contributions under the appropriate headers.
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