Dear
reader do you know? A to Z of Professional blogging including blogging tools,
blogging platforms, blogging services and ways of making money
from blogging.
A for
AdSense
– contextual ad program by Google
Adbrite
– sell text ads
Amazon
Associates – popular affiliate program
aStore
– add an Amazon Store to your Blog
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
Audio
Blogger – adds audio to your blog
B for
Build A Niche Store-
add an eBay store to your site
Bidvertiser
– bid based advertising
Blog
Ads – blog advertising network
Bloglines
– Web based RSS feed reader
BlogPulse
– blog search tool
BlogPolls
– tool for putting polls on your blog
Blog
Poll – another blog poll tool
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 for
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 for
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 for
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 for
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
Free
Blog Polls- Blog Poling
FilmLoop
– free photocasting network
Feedpass
– RSS management – integrates with AdSense
Favicon
Maker – make Favicons from photos
G for
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 for
Haloscan
– a free commenting system for blogs (a little dated but I was a tad desperate
for a ‘H’
I for
IntelliTXT -
In text advertising
Ice Rocket - blog search engine
Ice Rocket - blog search engine
J for
Jar (as in Tip Jar)
– many bloggers ask their readers for donations/tips – but few make much from
them
K for
Kanoodle
– Advertising program
Kontera
– In text advertising
Keyword and Backlink
Tracker - Search Engine ranking tool
L for
LiveJournal
– Blog Platform
Linkshare
– Affiliate Program
M for
Mars
Edit - Blog Editing Tool
Memeorandum – Tracking and Aggregating news from blogs
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 for
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 for
Only
Wire – social bookmarking service
Overture
Keyword Tool – keyword research tool
P for
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 for
Qumana
– Blog Editing Tool
R for
Rojo
– RSS feed reader
RocketPost
– Blog posting tool
Right
Media – advertising
Rmail
– subscribe from any RSS feed to email
S for
Sitemeter
– a free website stats tool used by many bloggers
Six
Figure Blogging – learn to make money blogging (one of my
blogging resources)
Shoplinc
– add a Chitika store to your blog
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
Snap
– a preview tool to give your readers a preview of external links on your blog
T for
Text
Link Ads - text link advertising system
Technorati – Blog Search engine
Technorati – Blog Search engine
Topix
– News service – used by many bloggers to find stories
TypePad
– Hosted Blogging Platform
Tribal
Fusion – Impression Based Ads
3bubbles
– live chat on a blog
U for
Unobtrusive
Sidenotes - a way of putting sidenotes in your posts
V for
ValueClick
– Impression Based Ad Program (was FastClick)
Vizu
– blog polls tool
Vox
– a new blogging/social bookmarking platform from Six Apart (in beta)
W for
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 for
Xanga
– Weblog Community
Y for
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 for
Zookoda
– RSS to Email and Newsletter tool
Zoudry
– blog editor
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