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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
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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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88 Responses to “What are Your Favorite 10 Blogging Tools?”

Dan Cosgrove Two tools that I use are:
October 11th, 2009 1:25 am
1. Creative Commons search

http://search.creativecommons.org/

With this I can quickly get images and video for my blog,
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Dee I use Scribefire with FireFox, the Dictionary dot com toolbar, Free Hour Long Call with Andy Wibbels on Blogs
and Social Media
October 11th, 2009 1:31 am and the addthis as an add on.
Freedom to Be
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when I’m writing posts.

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Pedro Lopes Here we go, based on free tools and heavy optimization with search
October 11th, 2009 1:40 am social networks:
Popular Searches
1- Blogger (free customizable platform) blogs for beginners cpm monthly income...
2- Windows Live Writer (free and excellent editor) adsense wordpress twitter 31 days amazon traffic list post promote
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) PROBLOGGER BLOG TIPS POLL
8- The Gimp (Free image editor) How Long Have you Been
9- RSS and Email subscription (For easy following)
Blogging?
10- About me page (For more engaging with followers)
I don't have a blog

Just my quick thoughts… Less than 3 Months

3 to 6 Months

R. Kneschke First of course Askimet! Couldn’t sleep without it. “Search &
6 to 9 Months
October 11th, 2009 1:47 am Replace” is a quite useful plugin and does exactly what it 9 to 12 Months
says. 1 to 1.5 Years

I also love the YARPP (Yet Another Related Posts Plugin), 1.5 to 2 Years
which shows very accurately related posts. 2 to 3 Years

And though I have a self-hosted WP-Blog, I love the official 3 to 4 Years
Wordpress.com Stats plugin, because it is much simpler and 4 to 5 Years
easier than many other statistics plugins.
5 or more Years
Vote

Home Jobs Darren - Here’s my list View Results
October 11th, 2009 1:55 am 1. Ecto
2. iPhoto / Photoshop (image optimizer)
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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 Wordpress has taken first place in my list. Within that,
Bronkhorst
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 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 1. Blogdesk Editor
October 11th, 2009 2:07 am 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 I love blogging but hate to write! So, my favorite blogging
October 11th, 2009 2:07 am 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 My two cents:
1. GIMP
2. Google Friend connect

Idrees My favourite blogging tools are (could write only 8):
October 11th, 2009 2:20 am 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 1) love Wordpress
October 11th, 2009 2:26 am 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 I have to second Askimet, Search and Replace, and
October 11th, 2009 2:28 am 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 1. Wufoo Contact Form
October 11th, 2009 2:36 am 2. Language Translator

I used both and got fair response in my blog.

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

Ry Sal Movable Type
October 11th, 2009 2:36 am 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 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 I use Blogger with some additional widgets, including
October 11th, 2009 2:38 am 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 1. Windows Live writer
October 11th, 2009 2:39 am 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 Wordpress
October 11th, 2009 2:39 am Thesis
Askimet
Ninja Affiliate
Contact Form 7
Subscribe to comments
Link Within

S.Pradeep Kumar 1. Windows Live Writer - Editing Articles
October 11th, 2009 2:40 am 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 I have to say Askimet is my 1st favorite. However I also like
October 11th, 2009 2:42 am TweetMeme, Ultimate Plugins Smart Update Pinger, and
What Would Seth Godin Do

Mary Lutz 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 Hmm….I know I won’t remember all the tools I use but I can
October 11th, 2009 2:48 am 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 My personal favorites are
October 11th, 2009 2:50 am Aweber
Facebook share
Twitter Share button
Wordpress

Wessel van Rensburg Wordpress with the following plugins in this order of
October 11th, 2009 2:51 am 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 Hands down LINKWITHIN has been the most useful tool for
October 11th, 2009 2:52 am 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 Site: The Success Center
October 11th, 2009 2:57 am 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 1. Wordpress
October 11th, 2009 3:06 am 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 Wordpress
October 11th, 2009 3:11 am Contact Form 7
Askimet
Tweet Meme

Vicky Posterous has become my new favorite blogging tool. It lets
October 11th, 2009 3:17 am me blog from my cell phone and it pushes the posts to my
other sites on Tumblr, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Steve I try to make a list of my favorite stuff and get to 10. Some of
October 11th, 2009 3:29 am 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 Lifestream plugin
October 11th, 2009 3:52 am ShareThis
Facebook Connector
cForms II WP plugin
Thesis theme
MyBlogLog
Disqus
Echofon
HootSuite
TweetDeck

Heather Allard Hey Darren,
October 11th, 2009 4:07 am 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 Blogcarnival is a very useful tool to organize and participate



October 11th, 2009 4:16 am in carnivals.

Sean For those that love the -
October 11th, 2009 4:16 am 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 of course i love wordpress,akismet,all in one seo,facebook
October 11th, 2009 4:30 am fanpages ;)

jan geronimo 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 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 Here are my 5 fav tools. (If you want to know more about
October 11th, 2009 5:05 am 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 JDarkRoom is my go-to writing platform. I keep mentioning it
October 11th, 2009 5:06 am 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 1. Wordpress
October 11th, 2009 5:32 am -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 I’m a big fan of WordPress.org (self-hosting) and
October 11th, 2009 6:24 am 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 Oooh great idea! What about CommentLuv… I know I am
October 11th, 2009 6:29 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 1. Q10 / Darkroom (text editor)



October 11th, 2009 6:54 am 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 My favourite wordpress plugin is onlywire bookmarking button
October 11th, 2009 7:03 am it submits your post to thirty social site with just one single
click

DJ 1. Twitter updater
October 11th, 2009 8:36 am 2. Google Reader
3. Google Analytics
4. Adsense!
5. Photobucket

Jodi Kaplan 1. Aksimet
October 11th, 2009 8:53 am 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

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

Tony Hello all, can someone tell me what wordpress self host is?
October 11th, 2009 10:43 am 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 Good topic. It offers ideas to try.
Rita

Laurinda Great stuff in comments. I’m going to check out some of the
October 11th, 2009 11:51 am 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 Wordpress
October 11th, 2009 11:52 am 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 These ae 10 tools which i think sharing with you all will be
October 11th, 2009 11:54 am 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 Google Analytics
October 11th, 2009 12:29 pm Google reader
All in One SEO
WP Super Cache Plugin
just so so

Ammon WordPress
October 11th, 2009 12:32 pm Google
Flickr
Wikipedia
Twitter
Safari
WriteRoom
Typinator
Voila
Picturesque

Patty Reiser Here are my favorite blogging tools in no particular order:
October 11th, 2009 12:57 pm
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 Ok. So if we’re looking for actual tools, I’ll come short of 10
October 11th, 2009 12:59 pm 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 I consider the following priceless:
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
10. WP-Cache

Shabbir 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 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 Hi Darren,
October 11th, 2009 2:37 pm 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 1. Akismet
October 11th, 2009 4:05 pm 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 1) Wordpress
October 11th, 2009 5:00 pm 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 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 Ok, here is my list:
October 11th, 2009 7:15 pm http://grabjuice.com/
Backtype
GoogleReader
WP
WP.com
Darkroom
Twitter
Feedburner

Syed Balkhi 1. WordPress
October 11th, 2009 8:12 pm 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 Plug-in Favorites are:
Philippines
October 11th, 2009 8:42 pm 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 Twitter
October 11th, 2009 9:17 pm Facebookshare
Google friend connect

Thee best tools

Stephen Here are my ten today (not in any particular order), if you
October 11th, 2009 10:44 pm 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 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 i like- seesmic desktop, hootsuite, facebook connect, blogger,
October 11th, 2009 11:16 pm google toolbar, akismet, aweber, evernote, seo for firefox and
wordtracker

MB I like Posterous, Shareaholic, and Bit.ly

tantan well some of my favourite tool are
October 11th, 2009 11:53 pm linklist
twitter
picture
youtube

Bash Bosh 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 Yes a mix of that…
October 12th, 2009 12:24 am 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 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 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 1) WordPress.org
October 12th, 2009 1:41 am 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 Wordpress. Period.

Kenya S. I am new to blogging, so I only have two tools to share. My
October 12th, 2009 2:18 am 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 Some great new tools to investigate. It’s hard to stop at 10.
October 12th, 2009 2:20 am 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 Wordpress
October 12th, 2009 2:39 am 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 Wordpress
October 12th, 2009 3:00 am Drupal
Google alerts
Email
YouTube
Video-Alerts

Jim 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 WIndows Live Writer takes the cake for me. I install it on any
October 12th, 2009 5:17 am 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 All in one SEO Pack
October 12th, 2009 5:26 am RichWP.com - All Theme Package
Supercache
sxc.hu - free stock photos

Amara I am one of your Twitter Followers, @amazinglyamara, and
October 12th, 2009 6:29 am 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 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 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 :)

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