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1. fallout says:
   6/4/2006 at 8:57 am

   Ouch, nice tool list, I gotta apply some of that to http://pet-pictures.blogspot.com

   Mostly seeking a nice blog posting tool.
2. Mary C. says:
   6/11/2006 at 2:49 am

   Hey,

   I found this AWESOME tool The ultimate link swapper and traffic generator! Go to http://www.blogLinker.com

   It’s just a html code insert it in your blog and start linking.
3. BooTCaT says:
   6/11/2006 at 11:56 am

   Hey , Darren , i got a doubt … Would you help ??

   Actually , i use Blog Desk to post to my blog . So how do i control the Meta tags & keywords of my post .

   Is there a way i can auto generate or maybe ADD a field into the blog client inorder to enter keywords ???
4. Jack Murphy says:
   7/5/2006 at 12:07 am

   snapshot.jkn.com is a new tool that you can use to capture any web page as is today and link to it from your blog. It is like tinyurl.com except that the entire web page is captured and dsiplayed online, so it doesn;t matter if the web page changes.

   This is ideal for bloggers that want to comment and critique other web sites and blogs.

   If you link to another site without snapshot.jkn.com and the site changes, you will waste time trying to reconstruct the original web page and your credibility may be questioned.
5. Bill Stranges says:
   7/8/2006 at 2:41 am

   Take a look at snapshot.jkn.com. With this, bloggers can save pages and then refer to them within their blog. The pages are frozen and saved on the jkn.com server. Saving pages yourseld on your own local workstation usually doesn’t work well, and when a blogger refers to a page on the source site, it’s eventually removed or even changed. This service from jkn.com eliminates that problem.
6. seo guy says:
   7/17/2006 at 5:30 am

   I visited many sites about blogs but still havnt found any fine tool. Here I read all i think am very close.
7. Anish Jacob says:
   8/5/2006 at 2:09 am

   Thank you for the very useful list.
8. Pandapassport says:
   8/12/2006 at 12:06 am

   http://www.news4sites.com/

   This is good for anyone who wants to add a small news ticker to their site. Many different news catergories, to fit the subject of your blog.
9. Hotelguru says:
   8/21/2006 at 11:44 pm

   Great list – thanks for putting this together. Which tools have you tried and had positive / negative experiences with? Which tools can help you monetize your blog +vely?
10. Iseeku says:
    8/22/2006 at 3:39 pm

    Great list of good tools.

    But as everyone else said you left out a lot of RSS love :D
11. Traipse says:
    10/23/2006 at 11:03 pm

    Here are the tools I use in my blog:

    ImageShack – stores all kind of images and, better yet, flash animations.

    Geoloc – shows in a world map where the visitor comes from.

    Geobytes – a bunch of tools based on visitors´ location (city, state, country).

    Addfreestats – webcounter with an excellent statistcs manager, providing a tool that allows you to tell [in real time] how many visitors are online [seeing a given webpage].

    Stickam – flash based chat with video and sound.
12. Rui says:
    11/6/2006 at 10:48 am

    I would add a site in the “Blog Poll Tools” section: http://voto.void7.com
    voto.void7.com is a free toll.
13. TechGod says:
    12/13/2006 at 7:56 am

    Thanks! This post put me on my feet with my blog http://www.d4n.org and I really appreciate sharing your tips with us all :-D I’ve used a few editos and foudn Qumana to be the best so far.. keeps the tips coming!
14. YHG says:
    12/17/2006 at 1:17 pm

    YHG is FREE URL forwarding service.
    All webmaster and webmistress can use our service.
    Because URL of a map is long,
    I shorten the URL for an instant.
    Transfer of URL is easily possible.
    http://yhg.in
15. Sasha says:
    12/28/2006 at 9:40 pm

    You can also use ensiting.com for letting your readers recommend their sites to their friedns. The site will take care of sending the emails and keeping track of the recommendations.

    Read more at http://www.ensiting.com/tools/webmasters.
16. Joseph Mainwaring says:
    2/28/2007 at 3:16 am

    I bookmarked this site as a reference as I continue to develop and deploy my site to it’s intended volume.

    Thanks.
17. MrMooo says:
    3/16/2007 at 12:52 am

    What I’m looking for is an email and website keychain. I have about 50 email addresses that I blog on about 400 different forums. I would love a program that allows me to just click on my email or the list of forums and BooM, up pops the page with my username and password already entered so I can start blogging. I hate having to click the link to go to the site, trying to remember what username and password I need to use today(rotate on a 12 schedule) I would also like it to recommend blogs and forums that are climbing the rankings, so that I might start blogging there. My boss demands that I get in about 50 new posts an hour with links and photos and this must be on at least 10 different forums/blogs 7 Days a week, I love doing this but I just need some better tools!!!! I need the swiss army knife of blogging/posting tools and I just haven’t found anything close.
18. Niko Neugebauer says:
    3/17/2007 at 5:34 am

    OpenId becomes more popular with each day, it solves your problem, mrMoo =O) In general it will be very useful, though the security as always is a big issue in this case especially.
    http://www.myopenid.com
19. Pp says:
    3/19/2007 at 1:30 am

    Excelent post!! I think I going to use some of those tools Thanks!!
20. Tar says:
    3/27/2007 at 8:22 am

    In response to reply 93, it sounds like you’d like the forums you participate in to start taking your posts via RSS. Funky idea. Is this possible in the near future? I don’t see why not.

    Anyway, I use Google Analytics and BlogSkinny on my blog.
21. Pradeep says:
    4/13/2007 at 1:43 pm

    Hi Darren

    Scribe Fire is a great Blog editing software you must review. It was called perfomancing and now works as a cool utility for Firefox.

    Thanks
22. ProBlogger says:
    4/28/2007 at 2:18 am

    Another site for like SEO stuff i like to share is http://www.bontb.com
23. Mark says:
    5/5/2007 at 8:56 am

    Thanks for making me aware of sitemeter, I think it’s going to be a very useful tool on my blogs.
24. Junk says:
    5/10/2007 at 1:57 pm

    The coolest way to display your amazon wishlist on your blog: http://www.JunkIWant.com

    You do not even need to register, Just type in your Amzon email or wishlist ID, customize the look and feel, then copy and paste. Very Easy.
25. Jay S says:
    6/25/2007 at 10:28 am

    For text generation I’d also reccomend YourGen.com Text Generator
26. Alex says:
    6/25/2007 at 11:02 am

    A nice place to adverstise blogs http://www.onlineoutdoor.com.br
27. pkenjora says:
    6/29/2007 at 8:32 am

    This is kind of a weird one, it tells you how relevant your page is to other blogs in the network. Downside is you need to add a widget to you rpage. Upside is its super easy to integrate and links directly to other relevant blogs without jumping througha middle man page. No registration required.

    See: Arkayne.com
28. lisa says:
    8/19/2007 at 10:45 pm

    there is also an autocomplete service and live search
    for bloggers at
    http://www.predictad.com
29. Sueblimely Discovering - Blogging says:
    9/2/2007 at 6:38 am

    Roboform http://www.roboform.com for saving and filling in login details is a real timesaver when visiting social networking and bookmarking sites, filling in your details when making comments and logging in to other sites I use for blogging.

    MWSnap http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/mwsnap.html is the easiest and quickest free tool I have used for capturing sections of web sites – eg to include an image or logo from a site you are linking to in an post
30. Sueblimely says:
    9/2/2007 at 6:40 am

    Addendum to my comment on Roboform – ensure it fills in your actual name and not your blog site name on comment forms. Sorry about that.
31. Karma says:
    9/23/2007 at 7:33 am

    Hello. Is there an opiton for bloggers, if we post one blog on our website, can we, at the same time, send that same blog to each social network we are created with such as myspace, facebook, etc? That way we don’t have to sign into each different account? Thanks!!
32. slotvent says:
    10/14/2007 at 2:26 am

    Thanks for the list theres some really useful tools in there
33. blogr says:
    10/17/2007 at 4:14 pm

    i am using Feedburner for tracking RSS, MyBlogLog for community, Editplus for writing blog. i had a bad experience with zoundry. its not placing HTML well.

    i will try the tools you have mentioned in the list.

    thank you for the information

    -blogrtools
    http://blogrtools.blogspot.com
34. jessie says:
    11/14/2007 at 1:47 am

    i never knew then that these tools exist. thanks for the invaluable info
35. nabin says:
    12/6/2007 at 9:52 am

    Feedjit!
    It is live traffic reporter. I felt it better than clustrmap!
36. jessie says:
    12/6/2007 at 8:35 pm

    don’t u think it would be too much if a blogger uses everything in the list in his blog/s?
37. Saad says:
    1/8/2008 at 2:05 am

    Now i use flock for blogging now.It is a very nice browser.Must try that.
38. Saim says:
    1/8/2008 at 3:29 am

    yes i agree.Flock is really a social web browser.Many blogging & social bookmarking related things are present in it.I prefer feedburner over feedblitz.
39. Wf says:
    1/8/2008 at 3:35 am

    You missed blogging platforms my dear!!!
40. RB says:
    1/10/2008 at 5:01 am

    A helpful program to enter text into blogs: Those Buttons

    Like a lot of clipboards you can see. Very Nice.

    http://www.thosebuttons.com
41. Dominic says:
    1/19/2008 at 4:54 am

    I run a few different blogs and I found a useful tool when I need to create a poll. It is at Polls.
42. Disco Finger says:
    3/5/2008 at 9:24 pm

    Great List, thanks! I am wondering if anyone knows how to add digg and similar services to your blog on blog.com. I am on the free blog plan hence i cant code the template and there is no function to add any script to the dashboard… Thankful for any tips!

    http://discofinger.blog.com
43. Samir Koosah says:
    3/15/2008 at 12:59 am

    I recently have been presented to an interesting new concept (at least for me). I am testing their services and possibilities in the last few days and they have overpassed my expectations. I encourage you to test it too and pass the word ahead, so we can help anyone who might need this kind of tecnology.
    I could talk a lot about it, but none can say it better than themselves:

    ReadTheWords.com began as a simple concept in January 2008: To assist students with learning disabilities with their studies, by means of auditory learning and auditory processing.
    To that end we seeked out programers, technologies, and research departments from around the world and came up with a very basic platform, far less sophisticated than what you currently see on our website. Although we had originally intended this site to be used for auditory learning, through our researching efforts we found that the demand for this technology reaches far beyond our originally intended audience. Many other students, young professionals, actors and actresses, research departments, bloggers, ecommerce sites, and others, expressed how this technology could help them with their daily lives, and their businesses.
    For this reason, we went back to the drawing board and added more features to meet more users’ needs. ReadTheWords created multiple input methods for users to create readings. We also greatly expanded our efforts to allow users take full advantage of the created readings as mp3’s. In particular, we found that Bloggers are constantly looking for ways to reach a larger audience and we, in turn, have found a way to meet this need by enabling them to create podcasts and share them with their readers. We also created a platform for bloggers and website operators to paste an audio toolbar in their website or blog, making it possible for any reader to become a listener. The feedback has been overwhelming and we continue to add new features and users to our site each day.
    So, all this may lead you to wonder about the full extent of the possibilities that this technology presents. The answer is truly limitless. We encourage you to try our free service and let us know how you’ve been able to use it to your meet your own needs.

    I invite you all to test it for yourself, just register at http://www.readthewords.com/default.aspx and tell us what you think about it.
    Have fun!!!!
44. Alfred says:
    3/25/2008 at 10:42 pm

    Hi,

    I have been using http://www.xhibi.com extensively lately, and I found that it is a great way to enhance my blog. I simply uploaded some pictures of my house and entered some basic information, and suddenly I had a personal widget for my blog! (and to have my house rated adds to the flavor :) )

    /alfred
45. Rob Thompson says:
    4/7/2008 at 3:28 am

    I’ve been working on a tool called the Thread Buddy, it’s an ajaxy commenting/discussion tool which is really a sort of combination between threaded discussions and comments to be added to any blog site. It’s got peer presence, aliases and both plaintext and rss comment listing, which makes it search engine friendly.

    http://threadbuddy.com

    View the help to see how to integrate the tool into a website using an iframe.
46. Goran says:
    4/21/2008 at 6:35 pm

    You could add
    Adwads which is great source of traffic for bloggers.It’s some kind a adsense + adwords but for point ;) I should mention that whole application is in ajax ;) and it looks cool..
    Project is new,i think one week old ;) but it rocks
47. slotvent says:
    4/26/2008 at 5:27 am

    I been using mint for years, love those little stat windows lol
48. Eric says:
    4/27/2008 at 3:23 pm

    I’ve been using http://www.gfxpoll.com to create my polls. It’s a great service with can be used to create polls for weblogs who doens’t allow you to use HTML of Javascript codes.

    Easy to create Easy to setup and Easy to integrate!
49. i-want-blog says:
    6/8/2008 at 5:53 pm

    One of the best blog publishing tool: Windows Live Writer – http://get.live.com/writer/overview
50. Peter says:
    6/24/2008 at 2:18 am

    For news sourcing, I like Newser – http://www.newser.com/

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