101 Professional Blogging Tools

A
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
Build A Niche Store- add an eBay store to your site

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

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


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

ndo - News aggregator for Mac Users



F
Feedburner - RSS feed management tool - also provides Feed Advertising

Feedster - RSS search Tool

FeedDemon - RSS reader from NewsGator - email blog and RSS subscription service

Flickr - photo sharing and hosting

Flock - a browser with in built blogging

Furl - social bookmarking

Free Blog PollsFilmLoop - free photocasting network

Feedpass - RSS management - integrates with AdSense

Favicon Maker - make Favicons from photos


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 (a little dated but I was a tad desperate for a ‘H’


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

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)
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

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