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Free blog hosting service providers:
- Blogger.com
- Wordpress.com
- LiveJournal.com
Free blog software(needs to be installed on your server)
- Wordpress from Wordpress.org
- Movable Type from MovableType.com
Typepad is another popular blogging service which hosts your blog on its servers but it is a paid service. More information on typepad.com.
General tools/services related to blogging:
- Desipundit (Best of Indian Blogosphere)
- Technorati(Searching, Tagging blogs)
- Haloscan(For comments in Blogspot blogs)
- MyBlogLog (For tracking clicks for outgoing links)
- Indian Bloggers (Directory for indian bloggers)
- 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)
- FeedBurner (RSS Feed management for your blog)
Tools for publishing content to a Blog from the desktop:
- Performancing plugin for Firefox 1.5
- Inbuilt blog poster of Flock browser
- BloGTK for GNU/Linux
- Blog Poster for GNOME Panel
- RocketPost
- Add for Windows
- Add for Macintosh
(will expand on this later...)
List from A - Z of Professional Blogging
== 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 ==
Bidvertiser - bid based advertising
Blog Ads - blog advertising network
Blog Jet - blog editing tool
Blog Desk - 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
Memeorandum - Tracking and Aggregating news from blogs
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 (one of my blogging resources)
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
Technorati - Blog Search engine
Topix - News service - used by many bloggers to find stories
TagCloud - tool for making tag clouds
TinyURL - make long URLs tiny ones
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
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