I thought to post this much time earlier but never could find time and any good references to link to, so finally decided to post what all is in my mind. This list consists of all kinds of things, like tools, web resources, scripts, plugins, ebooks etc. which once you get in touch with, will make you a complete blogger who has some good talent and knowledge in blogging.
It is not just writing which would help you become a good blogger and make you money from the blog. There are many 3rd party things which you have to take care of and they would help you make some money.
So here it goes –
Blogging Platforms –
I had written about the platforms for blogging earlier, but will refresh it in short –
WordPress plugins – Although there are various blogging platforms, being a wordpress user i am sharing my favorite wordpress plugins, which one must use to make their blog run better –
- All in One SEO Pack
- WordPress Database Backup
- Wp contact form
- Sociable
- Akismet
- Subscribe to comments
- Crawl Rate Tracker
- WordPress Related Posts
- OIOPublisher plugin – Paid
- Max Banner Ads Plugin
- Democracy poll plugin
- Commentluv plugin
Blog Search tools, Search Engines and directories –
- BlogPulse
- Technorati
- Google blogsearch
- Gnoos australian engine
- Bloggeries
- Blogflux
- Blog Universe
- Blog search Engine
- Blogs.com directory
- Blogarama directory
- Bloglines
- Blogdigger
- Blogrunner
- Search4Blogs
- EatOnWeb portal
- Blogstreet search
Email subscription and Newsletters services –
Blogging related forums –
- Blogging Hop
Bloggeries Forums
Blog Premiere Forums
Blogger Talk.com
Blogger Talk.net
Blog Experiment Forums
Blog Flux Forums
Blogging Tips Forums
Ping Services for Blogs –
I used to use services like Pingoat and Pingomatic but both seem to be down right now, so not suggesting those till they are back.
Here is a list of pinging services given by DBT.
Working pinging services right now –
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.wasalive.com/ping/
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://blogping.unidatum.com/RPC2/
Social Bookmarking Services –
- Digg
- Furl
- Delicious
- Stumbleupon
- Blogsvine
- Mixx
- Yahoo Buzz
- Sphinn
- Newsvine
- Onlywire
- Propeller
- Fark
- Slashdot
- Clipmarks
Make money with ads –
- Google adsense
- Blogads
- Kontera
- Mediatext
- Adbrite
- Text Link Ads
- RevResponse
- Pay per lead by Market Leverage
- Linkworth
- Adgenta
- Chitika eMinimalls
- Casale Media
- Kanoodle
Promotion by Micro Blogging –
Traffic analysis for blogs –
Get paid to blog sites –
- Sponsored Reviews
- Payperpost
- Smorty
- Review Me
- Linkworth’s Link Post
- Blog to Profit
- Blogsvertise
- Pay me to blog about you
Tools for blog editing –
The same boring blog editor can be replaced by one of these desktop blog editors.
- Windows Live Writer – Desktop
- Ecto for both Mac and Windows – Desktop
- Blog Desk – Desktop
- Air Press – Desktop
- Scribefire – Browser
- Webpad – Web based
- Write to my blog – Browser
- Xinha here firefox extension – Browser
Video sharing websites –
To share videos that you publish in a video blog i.e. vlog. And these sites can be very much helpful for blog promotion.
- LiveVideo
- MetaCafe
- Youtube
- Revver
- Yahoo Video
- Blip.tv
- 12 seconds
- Vlip
- Vimeo
- Clipshack
Ebooks for blogging to read –
- Beginner’s guide to SEO by SEOMoz
- BlogBash ebook by Chitika
- Branding a blog – Free eBook
- Make money with John Chow
- Guide to google analytics with wordpress
- Handbook for bloggers and Cyber Dissidents
- The art and science of Blogger relations
- Killer Flagship content by Chris Garrett
- WordPress SEO for beginners
- How to start a business blog
- Viral marketing with blogs
- Successful blogging
- Launching a wordpress blog
Social Networking –
Photo Sharing Tools
- Facebook Photos
- Plogger
- Flickr
- BubbleShare wordpress plugin
- Flickr RSS
There are still many things to include and i know am missing many. But you can all help in making this list bigger. Please mention in comments if i missed any of them.
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