Written on October 11th, 2009 at 01:10 am by Darren Rowse

What are Your Favorite 10 Blogging Tools?

Blogging Tools and Services, Reader Questions 141 comments

It’s time for a little discussion – lets talk blogging tools.

Over in the ProBlogger.com forum there’s been a lot of talk about different tools, applications, platforms and plugins that helps to improve blogs. I’m loving the different opinions and experiences and thought it’d be a good question to open up to the wider community – what are your favourite 10 blogging tools?

I suspect most of us will probably include our blogging platform (Blogspot, WordPress, TypePad etc) in the list somewhere but other than that anything goes. Perhaps it’s a comments tool, perhaps a desktop editor, perhaps a plugin or widget – anything goes!

But limit it to 10!

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141 Responses to “What are Your Favorite 10 Blogging Tools?” - Add Yours

  • Dan Cosgrove

    October 11th, 2009 1:25 am

    Two tools that I use are:

    1. Creative Commons search

    http://search.creativecommons.org/

    With this I can quickly get images and video for my blog, most only needing attribution.

    2. Google Docs

    http://docs.google.com/

    I was hesitant at first, but I love that I can copy and paste notes for future reference without ever closing my internet window.

    Just another way to bring minimalism to blogging.

  • Dee

    October 11th, 2009 1:31 am

    I use Scribefire with FireFox, the Dictionary dot com toolbar, and the addthis as an add on.

    Personally I don’t like the desktop blogging tools. I like to use Firefox and utilize their different tabs to switch back and forth when I’m writing posts.

  • Pedro Lopes

    October 11th, 2009 1:40 am

    Here we go, based on free tools and heavy optimization with social networks:

    1- Blogger (free customizable platform)
    2- Windows Live Writer (free and excellent editor)
    3- Facebook share button (Social integration)
    4- Twitter share button (Social integration)
    5- Google Friend Connect (Social integration)
    6- Facebook Widget (Social integration)
    7- Any widget that shows Twitter updates (Social integration)
    8- The Gimp (Free image editor)
    9- RSS and Email subscription (For easy following)
    10- About me page (For more engaging with followers)

    Just my quick thoughts…

  • R. Kneschke

    October 11th, 2009 1:47 am

    First of course Askimet! Couldn’t sleep without it. “Search & Replace” is a quite useful plugin and does exactly what it says.

    I also love the YARPP (Yet Another Related Posts Plugin), which shows very accurately related posts.

    And though I have a self-hosted WP-Blog, I love the official Wordpress.com Stats plugin, because it is much simpler and easier than many other statistics plugins.

  • Home Jobs

    October 11th, 2009 1:55 am

    Darren – Here’s my list
    1. Ecto
    2. iPhoto / Photoshop (image optimizer)
    3. Flash Converter (For Videos)
    4. All in one SEO plugin
    5. Kish-Multi – Wordpress plugin to manage multiple blogs
    6. Flickr Plugin
    7. Tweetie
    8. Google Reader
    9. Google Ad Manager
    10. Subscribe to comment Plugin

  • MK (Casey) van Bronkhorst

    October 11th, 2009 1:57 am

    Wordpress has taken first place in my list. Within that, however, Sniplet takes the prize for its ability to inhale code and spit out results in posts and pages. Formbuilder, a WP plugin for managing forms, comes in second. I’m with R. Kneschke regarding Akismet. The rest of the toolbox is filled with my thesaurus, spellchecker and a decent dictionary.

  • Wardell Latham

    October 11th, 2009 2:04 am

    My Favs:

    1. WordPress
    2. Gravatar
    3. CommentLuv
    4. Google Analytics
    5. Feedburner
    6. Shareaholic
    7. LifeStream(WordPress)
    8. All in one SEO (WordPress)
    9. Related Post(YARPP WordPress)
    10. Sexy Bookmarks(WordPress)

  • Pascal

    October 11th, 2009 2:07 am

    1. Blogdesk Editor
    2. openx.org ad server – an amazing open source
    3. Social media button plugin
    4. Aweber form
    5. Recent Posts plugin
    6. Comments Plugins

  • Jim Jacobus

    October 11th, 2009 2:07 am

    I love blogging but hate to write! So, my favorite blogging tools are as follows;

    1. The webcam on my HP or Mac laptops so I can video my blog post.

    2. Cyberlink YouCam free software to capture the video.

    3. Screencast (not free – 9.95/mo) to store the videos.

    4. Idictate.org to transcribe the video so I can post both the video and the transcript to my WP blog(s).

    Looking forward to learning from everyone!

  • Krithika

    October 11th, 2009 2:16 am

    My two cents:

    1. GIMP
    2. Google Friend connect

  • Idrees

    October 11th, 2009 2:20 am

    My favourite blogging tools are (could write only 8):
    1) The platform WordPress.com (free!)
    2) Windows Live Writer (free post editor)
    3) FeedBurner
    4) The blog stats tool which comes with WordPress.com
    5) GIMP (for image editing)
    6) Akismet
    7) Paint.NET (alternative to GIMP)
    8) WordPress.com widgets such as “Recent Posts”, “Categories” etc.

  • Lynn E

    October 11th, 2009 2:26 am

    1) love Wordpress
    2) Wordpress Mobile edition plugin
    3) Top Comments plugin (allows comments to be rated)
    4) Forgot the category plugin (because I always forget to put my posts in a category)
    5) Login Lockdown (security plugin)
    6) Page Links to plugin (allowed me to publish a post, then redirect it to a page on the site so it’s always available for comments and feedback. I use this for gathering feature requests)
    7) Add to Any: Share plugin (social share button)
    8) Google Analytics for Worpress plugin
    9) Sodahead polls plugin (allows me to make polls)
    … I only have 9 :)

  • Broderick Durisseau

    October 11th, 2009 2:28 am

    I have to second Askimet, Search and Replace, and Wordpress Stats. All great tools. I would add ShareThis, Wp-Email Plugin, Wp-Database Backup, Clean Archives Reloaded, Alert bear for Rss if you want to comment early on a post, Tweetdeck and Photoshop (or GIMP). I think I might start using action outline too.

  • TrailBlazer

    October 11th, 2009 2:36 am

    1. Wufoo Contact Form
    2. Language Translator

    I used both and got fair response in my blog.

    Thanks,
    TrailBlazer,
    http://credit-card-types.blogspot.com

  • Ry Sal

    October 11th, 2009 2:36 am

    Movable Type
    Zemanta reblog
    Twitter
    Facebook
    Social media sites

    The answers to this post are going to be awesome to add to my list, thanks!

  • Mike CJ

    October 11th, 2009 2:38 am

    I’d have to say Livewriter is my number one favourite tool.

    And it’s not often you can consider putting “Microsoft” “Free” and “Excellent” in the same sentence!

  • Patrick Parker

    October 11th, 2009 2:38 am

    I use Blogger with some additional widgets, including LinkWithin and IntenseDebate. I very much like the Amazon tools for generating code snippets to link to their products. I also use Feedburner and Ping-O-Matic and I have updates sent to Twitter and Facebook automatically.

    That makes 8

  • Harsh Agrawal

    October 11th, 2009 2:39 am

    1. Windows Live writer
    2. Wordpress
    3. Flickr
    4. Feed-demon
    5. Easy comment Addon
    6. Tweetdeck
    7. Twitterbar
    8. Aweber
    9. Facebook Fan pages
    Thats all I can think of now…

  • Brent

    October 11th, 2009 2:39 am

    Wordpress
    Thesis
    Askimet
    Ninja Affiliate
    Contact Form 7
    Subscribe to comments
    Link Within

  • S.Pradeep Kumar

    October 11th, 2009 2:40 am

    1. Windows Live Writer – Editing Articles
    2. Filezilla Client – FTP
    3. Thunderbrid – Email
    4. Chrome, Firefox, Safari – Browsing and checking designs
    5. RSS Owl – Feeds
    6. Notepad++ – For editing codes related to tutorials
    7. Wamp Server – For installing WP on PC
    8. Photoshop – For image editing
    9. Cam Studio and Camtasia – For screencasting
    10. Guess ? :D

  • Susan

    October 11th, 2009 2:42 am

    I have to say Askimet is my 1st favorite. However I also like TweetMeme, Ultimate Plugins Smart Update Pinger, and What Would Seth Godin Do

  • Mary Lutz

    October 11th, 2009 2:45 am

    My favorite plugins are:

    Future calendar: so I can see at a glance when I have posts scheduled in advance.

    Yet Another Related Post Plugin: automatically lists related posts at the bottom of each post.

    Comment Luv: when a comment is submitted, comment luv finds the commentors latest blog post and provides a link.

    Of course these are Wordpress plugins….I heart Wordpress!!!

  • George Passwater

    October 11th, 2009 2:48 am

    Hmm….I know I won’t remember all the tools I use but I can list some off the top of my head. Some of my favorite blogging tools would be:

    1. WordPress – Of course!
    2. Twitterfeed – I so love this.
    3. Redirection – This is a great plug-in that helps with those urls that need a change.
    4. Theme Tester – When I working on putting in a new theme, I use this to test things out before I put it out live to the world.
    5. SEO Plug-ins – I use a combination of All in One SEO Pack and Headspace2.
    6. TextWrangler – I love this text editor. I use it for writing posts and other ideas I write down. I use a Mac and not sure if this is for Windows as well.
    7. MindMapping – I use different mindmapping software online and offline. Google Wonder Wheel, FreeMind, Mind Meister and a couple other ones.
    8. WP-Polls – I love this plug-in. It is a easy to setup and maintain plug-in for putting polls out on your blog.

    I have many more but don’t want to keep going on and on :)

    Thanks for posting this questions Darren. I am sure there will be a good amount of knowledge shared in the comments for all of us to absorb. :-)

  • Lisa Casino

    October 11th, 2009 2:50 am

    My personal favorites are
    Aweber
    Facebook share
    Twitter Share button
    Wordpress

  • Wessel van Rensburg

    October 11th, 2009 2:51 am

    Wordpress with the following plugins in this order of importance

    1. Tweetmeme
    2. Askismet
    3. Socialble
    4. Google analytics (in depth) + Wordpress stats (for near real time)
    5. Just another related posts plugin
    6. Subscribe to comments
    7. Feedburner for email and RSS
    8. Google & Twitter search (for listening)
    9. Flickr – for pics
    10. YouTube – for videos

  • Dave

    October 11th, 2009 2:52 am

    Hands down LINKWITHIN has been the most useful tool for driving more interaction by my readers.

    I have to thank Dayne of http://thehappyself.com for intro’ing me to it.

    Dave Damron
    LifeExcursion & The Minimalist Path

  • Rod Kirby

    October 11th, 2009 2:57 am

    Site: The Success Center
    Platform: Wordpress

    My favorite blogging tools include;

    1. Disqus Comments – I love the twitter, facebook, and openid intergration
    2. Feedly for Google Reader – Google reader is great to keep up with my blog engagement and Feedly makes it 10 times better.
    3. Sharethis plugin – opens your articles up to social sharing in an extremely easy way.
    4. Tweetmeme button – makes retweeting articles extremely easy for readers.
    5. Wp-Polls – I love this plugin, it lets me easily add a poll into my sidebar and posts with one button. Increases community engagement as well.
    6. Google Analytics – stats, stats, and more stats! You’ve got to know how your blog is performing in order to make it better. Can’t think of a better tool to do it with.
    7. Google Calendar – I use this for creating my editorial calendar. This helps me to stay on top of blog posts, not re-write anything, and stay consistent in writing.
    8. Related Posts Plugin – keep reader engagement high once your article is over by offering more articles for them to read.
    9. WpBook Plugin – this actually helps incorporate your blog into Facebook. When someone comments on a post you made in Facebook it shows up on your blog as well.
    10. WP Super Cahe – this plugin is great because it saves pages onto reader’s computers for faster loading. Great if you have a high traffic website – keeps it from crashing.

  • Wojciech Kulicki

    October 11th, 2009 3:06 am

    1. Wordpress
    2. Dark Room (or Write Room for Mac)
    3. Akismet
    4. FlickR Creative Commons
    5. TweetMeme
    6. Add-to-Any Plugin
    7. Clean Archives Reloaded Plugin
    8. Delicious
    9. Wordpress.com Popular Posts Plugin
    10. WP Super Cache Plugin

  • Cindy

    October 11th, 2009 3:11 am

    Wordpress
    Contact Form 7
    Askimet
    Tweet Meme

  • Vicky

    October 11th, 2009 3:17 am

    Posterous has become my new favorite blogging tool. It lets me blog from my cell phone and it pushes the posts to my other sites on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

  • Steve

    October 11th, 2009 3:29 am

    I try to make a list of my favorite stuff and get to 10. Some of it is link building tools.

    Wordpress
    SEO Voice
    LinkDiagnosis
    RSS Autosubmit
    Onlywire
    HelloTxt
    Windows Live Writer
    SEO Book Rank Checker
    Google Reader
    HostGator: Fantasio

  • fanari

    October 11th, 2009 3:52 am

    Lifestream plugin
    ShareThis
    Facebook Connector
    cForms II WP plugin
    Thesis theme
    MyBlogLog
    Disqus
    Echofon
    HootSuite
    TweetDeck

  • Heather Allard

    October 11th, 2009 4:07 am

    Hey Darren,
    My 10 favorite blogging tools are:

    1. Wordpress self hosted platform
    2. Thesis theme by Chris Pearson/DIY Themes
    3. W3 Schools (to learn a bit of html)
    4. Pretty Link Pro plugin (for shortening URLs but with my domain name)
    5. MaxBlogPress Favicon plugin
    6. WP SpamFree plugin to blast spam even better than Akismet
    7. Comment Luv plugin
    8. WP Thread Comments plugin for more interactivity between me and my readers in the comments
    9. What Would Seth Godin Do plugin to greet my new visitors & encourage them to subscribe
    10. 31 Days To Build A Better Blog by an awesome guy who has taught me SO much about blogging and building community :)

    Heather
    p.s. I hope your hand is feeling better! :)

  • Manshu

    October 11th, 2009 4:16 am

    Blogcarnival is a very useful tool to organize and participate in carnivals.

  • Sean

    October 11th, 2009 4:16 am

    For those that love the –
    YARPP (Yet Another Related Posts Plugin)

    You may want to check out this code for you single.php (wp bunch) it is easy

    (7sins) http://tinyurl.com/ydzg6n3

  • Ronblogger

    October 11th, 2009 4:30 am

    of course i love wordpress,akismet,all in one seo,facebook fanpages ;)

  • jan geronimo

    October 11th, 2009 4:40 am

    Let’s see:

    Writing part of the blogging routine: Google Doc – I can access it everywhere. I don’t have to bring flash drive, laptop, etc. Google Reader – looking for inspiration, something that sparks off a new idea for a blog post and when I’m done, it’s time to type into search box of Google Reader again so I can have a list of related links for my post. I use Picnik for image editing. Any online dictionary to check spelling and grammar.

    Plugins: I love Apture – can embed pics, videos, links, which provide readers with little a box showing the image of the url I’m linking to without ever leaving my page.

    Promotion: FriendFeed, Twitter, Delicious. FriendFeed autopublish the link to my new post when I hit publish, which in turn gets sent to Facebook and Twitter. Of course, I still have Tweetmeme on my posts for readers who want to share the love.

    Can I add coffee. I consume cups and cups of coffee? Helps me a lot when writing my blog posts. :)

  • Rajput

    October 11th, 2009 5:05 am

    Well, My Top 10 blogging Tools are

    1. Joomla
    2. Ultimate Content Editor
    3. Twitter Updates extension
    4. Face book Connect extension
    5. Share it
    5. Joomla Most Popular post extension
    6. Joomla Security Extensions
    7. Live Writer
    8. Zenphoto
    9. Phpbb404
    10. Disqus Comment system

  • Gloson

    October 11th, 2009 5:05 am

    Here are my 5 fav tools. (If you want to know more about them, just google them ;-) )

    1. Windows Live Writer
    WLW is really one of the best blogging tools I couldn’t live without. (I have even written a review about it).

    2. All-in-one-SEO Pack
    Really helps with SEO.

    3. Google Analytics
    Though I think it is not too accurate, it has wonderful stats features.

    4. WordPress Database Backup
    Backs up your blog. Also lets you schedule backups and sends them to your email.

    5. Stumble Upon
    The best social bookmarking site, in my opinion. Sends out a lot of targeted traffic.

  • Armen Shirvanian

    October 11th, 2009 5:06 am

    JDarkRoom is my go-to writing platform. I keep mentioning it in many places, but why not, because it works great for me. I go into the black screen with green text and my articles roll right out.

    I also use some of the other services/tools from the other comments here.

  • Nadia

    October 11th, 2009 5:32 am

    1. Wordpress
    -Because I use that on my site.
    2. Pait Shop Pro
    -For designing and image editing.
    3. Aksimet
    -I do have a lot of spam comments.
    4. Twingly.com
    -To ping my blog:D
    5. Autoping Norway
    -Norwegian ping wp-plugin.
    6. Blogg.no
    -Norwegian easy-to-use blog tool (site).
    7. Google Analytics
    -To know everything I want toknow about my visitors.
    8. Notepad
    -To code the site.
    9. Blogurat.net
    -Great for knowing what kind of ranking I have in Norway.
    10. Problogger, Bloggtips.no and The Swedish Blog magazine (Blogg)
    -Where i get my blog tips from;D

  • Nathan Sumner

    October 11th, 2009 6:24 am

    I’m a big fan of WordPress.org (self-hosting) and StudioPress, but here’s my top ten:

    1. WordPress.org
    2. StudioPress (Themes)
    3. Akismet
    4. All in One SEO Pack
    5. Sociable
    6. FeedBurner FeedSmith
    7. My Category Order
    8. Subscribe To Comments
    9. WordTracker (FireFox Extension)
    10. VodPod

  • se7en

    October 11th, 2009 6:29 am

    Oooh great idea! What about CommentLuv… I know I am much more likely to comment on a blog that has it because I know it will lead others back to me. And it works both ways as soon as I started using CommentLuv my comments trebled overnight, literally. I just discovered linkWithin and I am going to try it – it looks great.

  • Natalia Ventre

    October 11th, 2009 6:54 am

    1. Q10 / Darkroom (text editor)
    2. Google Analytics & FeedBurner (statistics)
    3. Evernote (take notes)
    4. Fever (feedreader)
    5. Twitter (microblogging, promotion, networking)
    6. WordPress (blog platafform)
    7. Problogger (learning)
    8. Thank me later (WP plugin)
    9. CommentLuv (WP plugin)
    10. W3 Total Cache (WP plugin)

  • umar

    October 11th, 2009 7:03 am

    My favourite wordpress plugin is onlywire bookmarking button it submits your post to thirty social site with just one single click

  • DJ

    October 11th, 2009 8:36 am

    1. Twitter updater
    2. Google Reader
    3. Google Analytics
    4. Adsense!
    5. Photobucket

  • Jodi Kaplan

    October 11th, 2009 8:53 am

    1. Aksimet
    2. YARRP
    3. Google Analytics
    4. AddThis
    5. All in One SEO
    6. Wordpress Automatic Upgrade (a godsend when I upgraded!! I was tearing my hair out before I found this)
    7. No self-pings
    8. WordPress Database Backup

    Hmm, that’s only 8, but I’m going to investigate Search/Replace, CommentLuv, and LinkWithin based on the other responses. Thanks guys!

  • Tony

    October 11th, 2009 10:43 am

    Hello all, can someone tell me what wordpress self host is? Darren, sorry I put this question here but didn’t know where else to do so. I read about wordpress and wordpress.org, but not sure if self host means the free blog part, I know wordpress.org you have to pay. Sorry just confused and may want to do another blog on wordpress. Thanks!!

  • Rita

    October 11th, 2009 11:14 am

    Good topic. It offers ideas to try.

    Rita

  • Laurinda

    October 11th, 2009 11:51 am

    Great stuff in comments. I’m going to check out some of the suggestions above.

    My favorite:
    1. Wordpress Self Hosted version
    2. Askimet
    3. Intense Debate
    4. Facebook Share
    5. Google Analytics
    6. Feedburner
    7. Tweetmeme
    8. Add to/Share Plug-In
    9. Tweetdeck
    10. Digital Voice Recorder – This is not necessarily a blogging tool, but it’s a tool I use to help with my blog. When I’m driving or sitting at my computer it’s the fastest way to make notes and catch ideas.

  • Frank Dickinson

    October 11th, 2009 11:52 am

    Wordpress
    Vigilance Theme
    Askimet
    Disqus Comments
    Picnik
    Photobucket
    Squidoo
    Propeller
    Market Samurai
    Gist It!

    The ones I’m now having a look at from your comments: CommentLuv, Link Within, All in One SEO Pack, Wordpress Automatic Upgrade and OnlyWire.

    WOW – thanks for a great post! Tons of value.

  • kalyan

    October 11th, 2009 11:54 am

    These ae 10 tools which i think sharing with you all will be useful and i love Blogger so no Wordpress tools .

    1. i use blogger platform.
    2. windows live writer with plug-ins
    3. Google Analytics
    4 .jing screen capture from techsmith
    5. shareaholic firefox add on
    6. Disqus Comment system
    7. tell-a-friend sharing button
    8. lijit search
    9. Q10 for distraction free writing
    10. Google reader

  • tcoys

    October 11th, 2009 12:29 pm

    Google Analytics
    Google reader
    All in One SEO
    WP Super Cache Plugin
    just so so

  • Ammon

    October 11th, 2009 12:32 pm

    WordPress
    Google
    Flickr
    Wikipedia
    Twitter
    Safari
    WriteRoom
    Typinator
    Voila
    Picturesque

  • Patty Reiser

    October 11th, 2009 12:57 pm

    Here are my favorite blogging tools in no particular order:

    1. Windows Live Writer
    2. Akismet
    3. Disqus
    4. TweetMeme
    5. Contact 7
    6. Share This
    7. WP Greet Box
    8. MailChimp
    9. NewsFox
    10. Photobucket

  • Ian M Rountree

    October 11th, 2009 12:59 pm

    Ok. So if we’re looking for actual tools, I’ll come short of 10 by a long shot. However, in the interest of keeping my blog going, someone could:

    1 – use Disqus for comments, so you don’t lose anything on any of the sites you either run, or comment on.
    - troll the wordpress codex weekly looking for new toys to play with, be they themes to hack or plugins t try.
    2 – write everything, whether it’s worth posting or not. Set it on a delay if you have to, if you’re not sure it’s worth having said, but write it down anyway, just in case.
    3 – read lots of blogs on lots of subjects, and pay attention to trending feels; sometimes a marketing blog anda design blog will say the same thing within hours, even when the authors don’t know each other.
    4 – use a reader, like Google Reader to keep new posts popping up as they’re released. This also helps when looking for trends.
    5 – use Google Alerts if you’re planning a farther reaching series of posts. If you get good at it, you can ride the wave and pick excellent times to release your comments.
    6 – Tumbl. Whether it’s through tumblr or through your own site. I built a Tumblelog function into my WordPress theme for this. Tumbling keeps content flowing, and means if someone said it well enough, you can just toss people through to them, rather than expending extra energy rewriting it yourself.
    7 – keep reading offline too. Pick up a good book every so often, fiction or non-fiction, and read it critically to pick up on the author’s voice as well as the story they tell. This will help your writing, which will help your blogging.
    8 – get a pen pal or two, keep up with people. When you’re conversing in long-letter format, your skills go up as well. Twitter might force you to get better with your words, but there’s no substitute for cohesive, directing writing.
    9 – red ProBlogger. Do I get brownie points now?
    10 – keep YOUR own voice. Above all else.Sometimes it takes years to develop a writing voice, but readers can recognize when a post is forced, or when you’re playing copycat. Write like yourself and you’ll enjoy writing more, and keep blogging longer. If you’re not writing your own words it becomes a chore, and chores have a habit of getting the lowest spot on the priority list.

    There we have it. At least, that’s my list. I know it’s not as snazzy as using Posterous or Delicious for notes and employing time-management tools. But trust me, if you remind yourself consciously of even three of these things every post you make, writing as a process will become (if it’s not already) one of your favorite things.

  • Jeff@MySuperChargedLife

    October 11th, 2009 1:15 pm

    I consider the following priceless:

    1. Windows Live Writer
    2. Banner Maker Pro (for easy banners!)
    3. Flickr
    4. CamStudio (free screen recording)
    5. Batch Categories plug-in
    6. Comment Relish
    7. Popularity Contest
    8. WordPress Automatic Upgrade
    9. WordPress Database Backup
    10. WP-Cache

  • Shabbir

    October 11th, 2009 2:05 pm

    Pretty much everything is covered but still I would add my list.

    Disquss comments
    Aweber
    Related Posts
    All in One SEO
    Blog Stats
    Akismet
    WP-Poll
    Adsense
    Google Custom Search
    Feedburner Plugin

  • Mike McCready

    October 11th, 2009 2:18 pm

    Here are my favorite blogging tools:

    1) Feedburner
    2) Scribfire
    3) Zemanta
    4) Hybrid Framework (Wordpress theme framework)
    5) Google Analytics
    6) HootSuite / ow.ly
    7) WP-SpamFree
    8) Google Reader
    9) Fotobook (Connect Facebook albums to Wordpress)
    10) Sharethis

  • Surender Sharma

    October 11th, 2009 2:37 pm

    Hi Darren,
    Really wonderful question from you.
    My 10 Blogging Tools are:
    1 Wordpress (Self Hosted)

    2 Window live Writer

    3 Akismet

    4 Feedburner for Spread my content

    5 Aweber For Subscription

    6 Google Analytics

    7 Woopra for Real Time Stats

    8 Related Post Plugin for High CTR

    9 Affiliates Link Stats Checker

    10 Social Media for auto spread the content

    List is endless so I hope these are sufficient tools.

  • Young

    October 11th, 2009 4:05 pm

    1. Akismet
    2. Apture
    3. Broken Link Checker
    4. Dagon Design Sitemap Generator
    5. FeedBurner FeedSmith
    6. Twitter Tools
    7. Limit Login Attempts
    8. All in one SEO
    9. YARPP
    10. WordPress Mobile Edition

  • Marion

    October 11th, 2009 5:00 pm

    1) Wordpress
    to blog
    2) TwitterFox/StumbleUpon/a number of Forums/RSS-Button
    to spread new post
    6) youtube, google video, daily motion etc. for videos,
    7) pixelio.de for free fotos,
    8) search statistics, forums, daily life for new ideas,
    9) Tumblr to store videos, pictures, short texts I will use later

  • Derek Jensen

    October 11th, 2009 5:14 pm

    Darren,

    My top 10 favorite blogging tools would be the following:

    1. Wordpress.org
    2. Facebook
    3. Twitter
    4. All in One SEO (Wordpress)
    5. YouTube
    6. Google Analytics
    7. Feedburner
    8. Google Tools (web search, etc.)
    9. Blogger
    10. Reading Problogger.net, Mashable, and Lifehacker

  • martin

    October 11th, 2009 7:15 pm

    Ok, here is my list:
    http://grabjuice.com/
    Backtype
    GoogleReader
    WP
    WP.com
    Darkroom
    Twitter
    Feedburner

  • Syed Balkhi

    October 11th, 2009 8:12 pm

    1. WordPress
    2. FeedBurner
    3. Twitter
    4. Facebook
    5. All in One SEO
    6. WP Super Cache
    7. WP Daily Database Backup
    8. Akismet
    9. Subscribe to Comments
    10. cFormsII

  • Make Money Online Philippines

    October 11th, 2009 8:42 pm

    Plug-in Favorites are:

    1. All in one SEO
    2. Adsense
    3. MBP Stripe AD
    4. Ping Optimizer
    5. Unblockable Pop up
    6. Platinum SEO
    7. Sociable
    8. Comment Autoresponder
    9. Subscribe210
    10. XML Sitemap

    These are great tools!

  • Fun Facts

    October 11th, 2009 9:17 pm

    Twitter
    Facebookshare
    Google friend connect

    Thee best tools

  • Stephen

    October 11th, 2009 10:44 pm

    Here are my ten today (not in any particular order), if you asked me again tomorrow the list would probably be different!

    WordPress
    WordPress Themes
    Evernote
    Google Alerts
    WordPress Plugins (esp Related Posts and Ordered Thumbnails)
    Windows Live Writer
    Flickr for Creative Commons Photos
    Akismet
    Google Chrome
    Tweetmeme

  • Heather Allard

    October 11th, 2009 11:15 pm

    Tony,

    Wordpress self-hosted is Wordpress.org. You host a Wordpress blog on your domain and pay for the domain registration and hosting fees.

    So, your blog address would be http://www.yourdomain.com versus http://www.yourdomain.wordpress.com.

    I hope that helps!
    Heather

  • Hemant Kumar Singh

    October 11th, 2009 11:16 pm

    i like- seesmic desktop, hootsuite, facebook connect, blogger, google toolbar, akismet, aweber, evernote, seo for firefox and wordtracker

  • MB

    October 11th, 2009 11:44 pm

    I like Posterous, Shareaholic, and Bit.ly

  • tantan

    October 11th, 2009 11:53 pm

    well some of my favourite tool are
    linklist
    twitter
    picture
    youtube

  • Bash Bosh

    October 11th, 2009 11:54 pm

    Mostly I use the following tools:

    1. Windows Live Writer – An excellent tool for blogging. Supports many great plugins and high functionality. (free)

    2. Photoshop – I use this software to edit/create photos on my blog. (commercial)

    3. SnagIt – A great screen capturing software with many advanced features and options (commercial)

    4. Google Analytics – Show you some great and accurate information about your visitors. (free)

    5. FeedBurner – I use this tool to get information about my subscribers and loyal visitors. (free)

    6. BitKinex – The most functional FTP client software available completely for free.

    7. Notepad++ – Great text editor, supports automatic syntax highlight and much more. (free)

    8. MS Word – The most popular and most effective office suite from Microsoft. I use it often for my blog. (commercial)

    9. Google Mail – I use the google mail address for my blog. (free)

    10. WP Plugins like All in One SEO, WP Super Cache, InteseDebate (comments), Vipers Video Quicktags and much more…

  • pepo

    October 12th, 2009 12:24 am

    Yes a mix of that…
    seriously,
    all-in-one-seo-pack
    Kimili flash embed
    database backup
    SexyLightBox for Wordpress
    Contact form 7
    wp-stats
    nextgen gallery

    and APTURE!

  • Maryland Web Design

    October 12th, 2009 1:12 am

    1. Problogger.net

    Lets me be serious. You learn so much here with problogger that you really don’t need any other tool/resource.

    Thanks Darren!

  • Jack

    October 12th, 2009 1:38 am

    Oh nice idea.

    1) Wordpress (Just has to be #1)
    2) Twitter (So much traffic)
    3) All In One SEO
    4) FeedBurner FeedSmith plugin
    5) Photoshop
    6) cPanel file manager (nice and fast)
    7) Firebug firefox plugin (for those scarey code moments)
    8) Sociable
    9) Newsletter plugin
    10) Contest Burner plugin

  • Chris Jacobson

    October 12th, 2009 1:41 am

    1) WordPress.org
    2) All in One SEO Plugin
    3) Twitter
    4) Facebook
    5) Google Reader
    6) HD video camera
    7) DSLR camera
    8) Vimeo
    9) YouTube
    10) Imagewell (for editing photos)

  • Nick

    October 12th, 2009 1:47 am

    Wordpress. Period.

  • Kenya S.

    October 12th, 2009 2:18 am

    I am new to blogging, so I only have two tools to share. My favorite two tools are Digsby and My Share the Love Widget. Digsby isn’t really a blogging tool, but it helps my blog just the same. It is a sort of instant messenger program that combines a lot of services, but the best for my blog is a pingbox widget. I put this on my blog, and whenever I am online, my blog visitors can talk to me instantly. Also, which is why I like it better than the Yahoo Pingbox, it gives me the ip address of the visitor that I can click on, and find out where the person is in the world.

    I also like my “Share the Love” widget. It is really the same as the “Sharing is Sexy” widget you see on many blogs, just with a title line. It has a button for almost every social bookmarking site, so if people want to share what I have written, they can do so right at the bottom of my posts.

  • Rob McPhillips

    October 12th, 2009 2:20 am

    Some great new tools to investigate. It’s hard to stop at 10. My list would be;

    1. Wordpress for it’s ease of use and flexibility.
    2. Thesis for the same reason.
    3. Problogger and Twitter to keep updated.
    4. Enhanced WP-Contact Form for Readers to ask questions.
    5. Photo-Dropper to add images to posts.
    6. Youtube and Viper’s Video Tags to embed videos.
    7. Wp-Wishlist to add membership aspect.
    8. Aweber to develop relationship with Readers.
    9. Google Webmaster Tools to check nothing is seriously wrong.
    10. WordPress Database Backup, just in case.

  • Joi

    October 12th, 2009 2:39 am

    Wordpress
    Thesis Theme by Chris Pearson
    Feedburner
    Google Web Tools
    Yet Another Related Post plugin
    Twitter
    CommentLuv
    Go Daddy
    Host Gator
    Most Vital: Starbucks

  • Ron Mertens

    October 12th, 2009 3:00 am

    Wordpress
    Drupal
    Google alerts
    Email
    YouTube
    Video-Alerts

  • Jim

    October 12th, 2009 3:18 am

    My list is as follows,

    Akismet
    All in one SEO Pack
    Ad Rotator – I use this for more than ads
    Bot Tracker – This I use when launching a site to see if it’s recognized
    Exclude Pages from Navigation
    Featured Content Gallery
    ReviewAZON
    Wordpress Database Backup
    Dragon Design Sitemap Generator
    Contact Form 7

  • Professor Beej

    October 12th, 2009 5:17 am

    WIndows Live Writer takes the cake for me. I install it on any computer I use to blog with and it’s just as easy as Google Docs to keep my drafts online.

    I’ve become a fan of any site that uses CommentLuv, too. I love being able to see what other people are writing, and I love for them to see mine, too.

  • Mahoni

    October 12th, 2009 5:26 am

    All in one SEO Pack
    RichWP.com – All Theme Package
    Supercache
    sxc.hu – free stock photos

  • Amara

    October 12th, 2009 6:29 am

    I am one of your Twitter Followers, @amazinglyamara, and my favorite blog tools are blogspot, livejournal, and delicious. I look forward to reading all the great suggestions in your blogs comments, what are your favorites Problogger?

  • Alejandro

    October 12th, 2009 6:40 am

    Hi,

    My list:

    1 Wordpress
    2 Blogger
    3 FireShot http://screenshot-program.com/fireshot/
    4 TwitterFeed
    5 Google Analytics
    6 Google Reader
    7 Firefox Web Developer plugin
    8 Twitter
    9 ShareThis plugin
    10 Photoshop

  • Annie Infinite

    October 12th, 2009 8:38 am

    Great idea! My fav tools are:

    1. Wordpress Self Hosted
    2. Zemanta (easy images and more)
    3. W3 Total Cache plugin (minimise loading time)
    4. Share this (max social share)
    5. Google Reader (for inspiration)
    6. What would Seth Godin do plugin
    7. All in One SEO
    8. Form builder
    9. Linkwithin plugin
    10. Disqus plugin

    Some great ideas here that I will be checking out for sure! Thanks for this Darren :)

  • Leigh

    October 12th, 2009 9:35 am

    Textpattern

    Fireworks

    Smart Ftp

    Thunderbird

    Notepad

    Google Reader

    Stumbleupon

    Twitter

    Feedburner

    Tumblr

  • Christopher Skyi

    October 12th, 2009 10:28 am

    1. As I’m into SEO, I use all the top SEO supporting word press plug-ins, e.g., Fuzzy SEO Queries, Google XML Sitemaps, SEO Friendly Images, SEO Slugs.

    2. To help me find good keywords, I use the following free tools:

    http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
    http://tools.seobook.com/keyword-tools/seobook/
    http://www.google.com/sktool/#

    2. For research purposes, to give me ideas for what to write about it, I use google alerts and and new service called Trackle.

  • John Rocheleau - Zen-Moments

    October 12th, 2009 10:31 am

    Here are five that I feel are especially valuable:

    WordPress
    “WP-SpamFree” plugin (totally eliminates spam comments from showing up. You never need to deal with them.
    “DarkRoom” plain text writing program (green text with no formatting on a black background). Very conducive to focused writing. I’ve switched now to “TextRoom” as I have switched OS to Linux Ubuntu.
    “FreeMind” mind-mapping software for brainstorming.
    A local Apache server on my machine for site development

  • VitaminCM

    October 12th, 2009 10:42 am

    I use a Mac and a PC.

    wordpress, windows live writer, camtasia, skitch, photoshop, filezilla, text editor (Notebook++ or Smultron), TubeMogul, pixelpipe

  • Hilmy

    October 12th, 2009 11:16 am

    I can’t live without:

    1. WordPress
    2. Drupal
    3. MS LiveWriter
    4. Filezilla
    5. Micro Niche Finder (commercial)
    6. Instant Article Wizard (commercial)
    7. Photoshop Elements (commercial)
    8. Screen Shot Captor
    9. Photo Filtre
    10. Notepad2

    Ha! not mentioned above but kept open all the times – Firefox plus so many add-ons..

  • Watch Reviews

    October 12th, 2009 11:50 am

    Short list for me:
    Twitter
    Analytics
    iMac

  • Genevieve

    October 12th, 2009 1:23 pm

    A Firefox add-on that I use whenever I write:
    Dict — Right click a highlighted word to look it up in several online dictionaries and a thesaurus. Results appear in a pop-up window.

    A useful Freeware tool:
    Quotepad — Press Ctrl-Shift-Q to copy highlighted text to Quotepad. The source URL is automatically inserted at the end of the copied text.

  • jeux playstation

    October 12th, 2009 2:02 pm

    1. Bookmark and track email and posts with Gmail.
    2. Quick post media (minimum writing required) with Tumblr.
    3. Keep post ideas synchronized with Foxmarks.
    4. Spend less time resizing images.
    5. Get topic-based post ideas sent to your inbox every day with Google Alerts.
    6. Automate repetitive code with text replacement.
    7. Live-blog from your phone with Jott.
    8. Make reusable templates for posts and images.
    9. Copy links and their titles with CoLT.
    10. Skip the copy/paste with AutoCopy.

  • cheap holidays in sharm el sheikh

    October 12th, 2009 2:13 pm

    Hi..
    I read about wordpress and wordpress.org, but not sure if self host means the free blog part, I know wordpress.org you have to pay.

  • Casey

    October 12th, 2009 3:19 pm

    I use WordPress, which I love, so these are my favorite Plug-ins.

    1. Sexy Bookmarks – great way to share links
    2. Apture – great way to share other links and videos…my favorite plug-in
    3. Aksimet – spam sucks
    4. Daiko’s Video Widget – post videos on blog, but he is not updating it any more…any other suggestions?
    5. Subscription Options – easy & simple subscribe widget
    6. Wordpress Stats – so easy and right there all the time
    7. Viper’s Video Quicktags – post any type of video on the internet with customizable settings
    8. WP-Polls – who doesn’t love polls?
    9. Wordpress Database Backup – I really don’t wanna lose all my info, do you?
    10. Yet Another Related Post Plugin – great way to redirect readers to other related posts in your site

    Great post idea by the way. Thanks to everybody who shared. If you have any questions on some of these, please contact me!

  • ekosulistio

    October 12th, 2009 3:25 pm

    1) Feedburner
    2) Scribfire
    3) Zemanta
    4) Hybrid Framework (Wordpress theme framework)
    5) Google Analytics
    6) HootSuite / ow.ly
    7) WP-SpamFree
    8) Google Reader
    9) Fotobook (Connect Facebook albums to Wordpress)
    10) Sharethis

  • holidays to sharm el sheikh

    October 12th, 2009 3:37 pm

    I just discovered linkWithin and I am going to try it – it looks great.

  • Jonny

    October 12th, 2009 3:47 pm

    1. All in one SEO plugin
    2. google trends
    3. youtube
    4. yahoo answers
    5. flv converter
    6. photoshop
    7. directory submitter
    8. autoping
    9. twitter
    10. share this

    hah :)

  • Reza Winandar

    October 12th, 2009 5:09 pm

    1. Blogger
    2. Feedburner
    3. Photoshop
    4. HTML Code Editor
    5. Google Friend Connect
    6. Bookmark Button
    7. Mozilla
    8. Google Analytics
    9. Google Webmasters
    10. Blogger Sitemap Generator

  • A Upendraya

    October 12th, 2009 5:32 pm

    Before you even think of hurdling from one business to another business opportunity, think again and ask yourself if you have diluted all the marketing budget free and on-budget resources to expand your current or beginning wholesale business!

  • Corey Freeman

    October 12th, 2009 6:24 pm

    I don’t know that I could actually come up with ten whole blogging tools, haha. Let’s see:

    Wordpress – the best blogging platform ever.

    Headway – the best theme for the best blogging platform ever.

    Twitter – great for spreading around posts.

    Forums – Ridiculously awesome for promotion and critique

    Photoshop – Images are worth 1,000 words.

    Adium – Conversations that stimulate my blogging muscles.

    Firefox – Fast, secure, functional web-browsing.

    Problogger.net – Tips to get better =P

    Problogger.com – When I’m done reading the above.

    Life – what better inspiration is there?

    I guess I made it to 10 after-all! Woohoo!

  • Problogger WP Premium Theme

    October 12th, 2009 6:58 pm

    My favourite blogging tools are:
    1) The platform WordPress.com (free!)
    2) Windows Live Writer (free post editor)
    3) FeedBurner
    4) The blog stats tool which comes with WordPress.com
    5) GIMP (for image editing)
    6) Akismet
    7) Paint.NET (alternative to GIMP)
    8) WordPress.com widgets such as “Recent Posts”…

  • Aryawan

    October 12th, 2009 7:34 pm

    For me :
    1. Market samurai [even I can not use it properly]
    2. Windows Live Writter .. this is good tool
    3. Firefox
    4. DuperFree Pro
    5. Power article rewritter
    6. FileZilla to upload
    7. XAMPPS to create or check on offline mode
    8. Wordpress Direct with PrettyLink
    9. Facebook [social bookmarking]
    10. Traffic Bug to autosubmit pilot

  • Web Hosting Blog

    October 12th, 2009 11:08 pm

    My favourite blogging tools are:
    1) The platform WordPress.com
    2) All in one SEO Pack
    3) FeedBurner
    4) Exclude Pages from Navigation
    5) GIMP (for image editing)
    6) Akismet
    7) TweetMeme
    8) Add-to-Any Plugin
    9) Clean Archives Reloaded Plugin
    10) WordPress.com widgets such as “Recent Posts”, “Categories” etc.

  • Michael

    October 13th, 2009 6:27 am

    I can’t believe that no one mentioned these (Mac) programs:

    1) Marsedit: a great tool for writing your blog posts even if you’re offline and then you send it to your blog

    2) Feeder: great easy to use RSS feed creator.

    Michael

  • Adam

    October 13th, 2009 8:23 am

    My favourite tool by far is the seo all in one pack, it simplifies seo and helps me heaps with getting my blog out there, particularly as i am new to blogging.

  • Tony

    October 13th, 2009 9:35 am

    Thank You Heather

  • Martin L.

    October 13th, 2009 2:40 pm

    My favorite tools – Keyword Elite

  • Bakari

    October 13th, 2009 6:39 pm

    My tools focus a little more the writing/production tools:

    Typinator–use everyday word expansion. Totally essential
    1. Apple Automator actions for resizing and renaming files
    2 Diigo–for social bookmarking and annotation
    3 Twitterfeed–tweets my blog posts
    4 Screenr.com for doing screencasts
    5 Google Reader (for both desktop and iphone)–for RSS feeds
    6 Word Press stats
    7 Problogger, of course
    8 Flickr groups, that’s where I‘m getting traffic as I try to build my blog
    9 Jing for screen shots
    10 You tube

  • Kris

    October 13th, 2009 9:08 pm

    In no particular order my favorites are:

    1. WordPress
    2. Fireworks
    3. Scrivener
    4. Market Samurai
    5. Traffic Bug
    6. OmniFocus (not for blogging but keeps me accountable for my daily blogging tasks!)
    7. Firefox
    8. Google Reader
    9. Google Analytics
    10. Keywords to Posts plugin

  • Gus

    October 13th, 2009 9:41 pm

    Only one thing to say:

    Posterous.com

    It does everything.

  • Andy

    October 13th, 2009 10:36 pm

    I only use SSuite Office software for my blogging. It has everything I need, and it is all free.

    SSuite Office – The Fifth Element
    WordGraph
    Accel
    EZImage Editor

    http://www.ssuitesoft.com

  • Laurie

    October 14th, 2009 2:17 am

    1. Wordpress
    2. Facebook to Twitter to RSS plugin
    3. Wordpress mobile
    4. Kimli flash embed
    5. Animoto (fabulous animated video+image shows)
    6. Slideshowpro.net – elegant slideshows with ad overlays
    7. Flash Developer Forum – flash components for cheap $
    8. All in One SEO
    9. MediaMag theme from Soulstream
    10. FreeFind search engine for multi-domain search (solves my big problem of asp database one domain, wordpress other domain)

  • Yohan Perera

    October 14th, 2009 4:33 pm

    I am a blogging preacher

    1. RefTagger (WordPress plugin- I am a blogging preacher and this plugin is essential.)

    2. Organize Series (WordPress plugin)

    3. Scheduled M.I.As (WordPress plugin- solves my problem with missed schedules)

    4. Smooth slider (WordPress plugin)

    5. WordPress backup by BTE (Generates a backup of my WordPress theme files, Plugins and Uploads)

    6. WordPress database backup (WordPress plugin)

    7. WP-Print (WordPress plugin)

    8. WP Mail SMTP (WordPress plugin- My web host doesn’t support SMTP relay which affects my contact me form. This plugin meets that challenge)

    9. Windows Live Writer

    10. Feed Blitz (Managing email subscribers)

  • Yvette

    October 14th, 2009 11:48 pm

    Thanks Darren for another great idea to help us become better. Most of the plugins I use are repats of what is already listed so I won’t repeat.

    I tried Datafeedr Random Ads V2 which allows you to simply and easily show random ads anywhere in your template files or using widgets. I use it to rotate banners and such.

    Question: Can you have too many plugins on a blog and cause it to slow down to a crawl or worse? Are there some known ones you should avoid because it slows down your blog?

  • Aris

    October 15th, 2009 12:03 am

    1. Blogger
    2. FeedBurner
    3. YouTube videos
    4. Poll Daddy
    5. Shout Mix
    6. Tiny Pic
    7. Photoshop
    8. Histats
    9. Twitter and Facebook
    10. Intense Debate

  • Donna Cunnningham

    October 15th, 2009 12:39 am

    I have only one favorite tool–blog stats on my wordpress blog. I learn something amost every day from it.

    I learn what my readers like and don’t like from the top post lists for the way, week, month, and all time. I learn who referred people to my blog, and I go visit them and often have established wonderful relationships with like-minded people that way. I learn through the search terms people use to get to me what blog tags work the best. I learn what links they click on within my posts. From the graph of page views, I learn that my blog is steadily growing.

    Well, I do have another favorite tool. It’s ProBlogger and my blogging guide, god, and guru, Darren Rowse. I follow a great many of your suggestions, and they really work. The one suggestion that has worked wonders came from a post about linking back to related articles on my blog. I began creating a separate wordprocessing file with all the links related to recurring topics.

    I went back and adding the lists about a particular topic to all related posts from the beginning to now and I consistently add them to each new post. A bit of work to mainstain, yes, but my stats went through the roof!! Each time I add the related links to a new article, the page views on the related old ones get a bump.

    thank you, Darren, for all you do for us. I’m intermittently reading a page or two from your blogging for dollars book. Donna

  • John Haydon

    October 15th, 2009 3:21 am

    1. ScreenFlow for macs – record / edit screen casts
    2. Jing – Screen grabber
    3. Apimac Timer – stop watch to create focus
    4. Fotolia – great site for images
    5. Headway Theme – with true visual editing
    6. Feedly – Great way to source content
    7. Authority Blogger forum
    8. Photoshop Express
    9. DISQUS commenting system
    10. Problogger website!!!

  • V.C

    October 15th, 2009 1:21 pm

    Not very special:
    1. Firefox (Of Course)
    2. Wordpress (The best platform)
    3. Photoshop (Image Optimizer)
    4. Windows Media Player (That’s true)
    5. Google Search (Must need)
    6. Google Analytics (Funny stats)
    7. Alexa (Silly tool but for fun)
    8. Twitter (Why not?)
    9. Google Apps (For emails)
    10. Me (Most important)

  • Lowell

    October 15th, 2009 3:12 pm

    My favorite tools are:

    1. wordpress
    2. blogger
    3. twitter
    4. submit express
    5. friend feed
    6. facebook
    7.Stumbleupon
    8. Tumblr

  • Dr. Lawrence Kindo

    October 17th, 2009 3:02 am

    My favourite tools are:

    1. wordpress (selfhosted)
    2. blogger
    3. addthis
    4. adbrite ads
    5. performancing ads
    6. follow me on twitter
    7. joomla
    8. google analytics

  • internet marketing tutorials

    October 17th, 2009 3:47 pm

    UUC Pro is absolutely my favarite. but we also Firefox, Disqus commenting system, google analytic and many more

  • Sency

    October 28th, 2009 9:55 am

    an interesting blogging tool was launched by Sency

    http://sency.com/feed.php

    offering bloggers free real time content in a customizable tool

  • Atif

    October 29th, 2009 5:23 pm

    1.Feed Burner
    2.Wufoo Forms
    3. Google Reader
    4. Google Analytics
    5. Keywords to Posts plugin

  • Shamim

    October 30th, 2009 2:54 am

    I use the SEO Quake and Google toolbar.

  • BNS

    October 31st, 2009 2:36 am

    “Windows Live Writer” is the best editor I’ve came across. “Google Analytics” is also an excellent tool.

  • Rupert Alistair

    November 1st, 2009 11:10 pm

    By far the share feature on Facebook and Networked Blogs, also on Facebook. The social networking/blog audience combo possibilities are endless.

  • Elvis

    November 5th, 2009 6:28 am

    hmmm my fav bloggin tools are:
    1.Wordpress
    2.blogger
    3.twitter
    4.Stumbleupon
    5.Facebook
    :)
    Thnx
    http://www.albdimension.com

  • Lee

    November 6th, 2009 7:49 am

    My favorites are:

    1) Wordpress
    2) Thesis
    3) Openhook
    4) Lijit Search
    5) Akismet Wordpress Plugin
    6) Broken Link Checker Wordpress Plugin
    7) Fast and Secure Contact Form Plugin
    8) Google XML Sitemaps Plugin
    9) Sociable Plugin
    10) Gimp Image Tool

  • Fatos

    November 7th, 2009 5:43 am

    I must admit after installing Link Within my pageview more than doubled and bounce rate fell from 51% to 0.5% and its been that way ever since. I just wish I installed that plugin earlier. Other tools I use are: firefox plugins such as color picker, measureit, firebug, scribefire… as a blogger you will use them heavily.

  • Santana

    November 7th, 2009 11:41 pm

    I have been writing blogs for long time now, but do not find much success. may be I have doing something wrong. Can someone please review my blog and suggest what i need to change or improve on.

  • Greenlava

    November 8th, 2009 2:56 am

    My favorites:
    1. Window Live Writer -the best blog editor, especially on photo handling.
    2. Firebug -for checking my readers blog, when they ask for help.
    3. CoLT (Copy Link Text) -to copy links in a breeze.
    4. Photoscape -for photo editing.
    5. FireFox
    6. w3schools.com -the best site for learning codes.
    7. Notepad++ -awesome text editor.
    8. And may more FireFox addons.

  • Pet Society Help

    November 8th, 2009 6:31 am

    What, no hello dolly?

    Google xml sitemaps, all in one seopack, gravatar, anything by lester chan, facebook share, twitter widgets, and of course reading problogger.net

  • Santana

    November 9th, 2009 5:09 pm

    Still awaiting for someone to have a look at my blog and suggest ways to improve. Would request the author of this site to please take some time and have a look at my blog and suggest improvements.

  • Ravi

    November 12th, 2009 1:30 am

    Wordpress, Google analytics, Google CSE, are my best shots till date. I use them in all my blogs. There are some common plugins I would like to mention. Sociable, Google XML creator, etc.,

    Got to know that there are many more. I am bookmarking this page for reference. Thanks for posting.

  • Gautam Vagh

    November 14th, 2009 9:51 pm

    My Favorite tools are listed below
    1.Wordpress
    2.blogger
    3.twitter
    4.Stumbleupon
    5.Facebook
    6.Gizmodo.com
    7.Mashable.com
    Thanks
    Gautam Vagh
    Mehta INC.

  • Paul from Resell Rights Videos

    November 15th, 2009 12:19 am

    I enjoy reading your blog . Excellent!!!

  • scheng1

    November 16th, 2009 2:16 pm

    can’t think of so many. I always use Google Adwords Keyword tool before writing, statcounter to monitor traffic, tweetmeme is very cute, keyword analyzer tool, Google PR checker. That’s about it.


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