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A Blogger is a person who is always on the search of something interesting and useful that is useful to his readers. This job can get a bit tedious if not done properly and without the use some special softwares made to make blogger’s life easier. Here are some of the softwares that a blogger must have inorder to get the best out of his blogging.
Yes Firefox is the browser that I would suggest to all the blogger’s out there because of the presence of various addons and extensions to it and yes it is also Standards Compliant unlike IE.
- Del.icio.us Account
Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking tool that helps you share links in a easy and effective manner. But there is much more to it. You Can use del.icio.us to discover new content for your blog and also keep track of everything you’ve discovered in the past so that you can retrieve it later easily.
- OpenDNS
Yes OpenDNS is a very useful tool that not only helps you browse faster but also make it a lot more easier. For example you can create shortcuts to your most visited sites, and easily access them using OpenDNS. for eg. I use da to access this blog, gr to access google reader etc..
- An Offline Blog Editor
Yes I would recommend either Windows Live Writer or the scribefire addon for firefox. Offline Blog Editors make blogging much more easier and also allow to manage multiple blogs at the same time.
- A Feed Reader
A Feed reader is the bloggers best friend. A Feed reader allows you to keep track of your favorite blogs. Recommended feed readers are Google Reader or Bloglines.
- StumbleUpon Toolbar
This is one must have toolbar. StumbleUpon allows you to discover some great new sites to blog about. StumbleUpon is my biggest source of content for this blog.
- Digg Account
Digg is the posterboy of Web2.0. Aimed at providing the best Tech News, you can also use Digg to discover great content for your blog before everyone else blogs about it. Hat Tip use Digg Spy to discover stories that are worth a mention on your blog.
- Google Calendar & Google Notebook
A Calendar is a must have tool for any blogger out there who wants to make it big. You should have a schedule set so that you don’t waste time on unnecessary things and at the same prioritize the things you need to do. Also a notebook tool where you can jot down important notes is also very important so that you don’t forget the next Killer idea. I Would recommend Google Calendar and Notebook for this.
- Firebug + YSlow
This applies to all those bloggers who want to be Dugg. When you get dugg you’ll have huge burst of traffic and to make sure your blog does not go down fighting this mob you need to optimize your blog for minimal load times and server load. For this use Firebug and YSlow.
and last but not the least you definately need a blog to be a blogger right? Just Kidding. Hope this post will help you make yourself a much better and a productive blogger.
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wrote, on December 8th, 2007
Well compiled. You can also add FeedBlitz to the list. And also Site Meter.
wrote, on December 9th, 2007
Thanks Karthik,
You have made a worthy list of must have tools. I have not used OpenDNS till now, Its time to get it.
wrote, on December 9th, 2007
Could you explain in more details the part :
”You Can use del.icio.us to discover new content for your blog” ?
wrote, on December 9th, 2007
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wrote, on December 10th, 2007
I’d just settle for a small shell script that prevents them turning off their spelling checkers….
wrote, on December 11th, 2007
thanks for the info mate.. very helpful for beginners for me. !!
wrote, on December 11th, 2007
Hi
HOw come you dont have google ads in your site?
wrote, on December 14th, 2007
google ads sucks big now-a-days….
wrote, on February 11th, 2008
good tool……thanks for great info…i will link this topic from my blogs too…..
wrote, on February 15th, 2008
Great apps, thanks for the heads up.
wrote, on March 20th, 2008
I have just got into blogging. Set my first wordpress blog up the other day. Good information
wrote, on March 27th, 2008
Firefox Browser
Del.icio.us
StumbleUpon Toolbar
Digg Account
are very useful and effective tools for any blogger/webmaster.
will use other 6 tools soon, thanks for the tip.
wrote, on March 28th, 2008
my favorites are firefox and digg. even before i started blogging i was enjoying these 2 tools
wrote, on March 30th, 2008
Thanks. This really helps. I just happened to see that category “web designing” and thought I’d take a look.
wrote, on March 30th, 2008
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wrote, on May 15th, 2008
Hi, I’m new to blogging and I really think these tips will definitely help me. Thanks for sharing these tips. And a big congratulation to you for being one of the top young bloggers under 21 http://www.retireat21.com/blog.....-under-21/
wrote, on June 7th, 2008
Thanks Karthik,
Your tips is great. I have discovered some things for myself. Tips is very useful for me as a begginer blogger
wrote, on June 13th, 2008
For a feed reader i suggest FeedBurner. They offer a ton of features and options.
wrote, on June 29th, 2008
This is the 1st I’ve heard of using and offline blog editor… I’ll definitely have to check that out… Thanks
wrote, on September 2nd, 2008
These are some very basic tools that every blogger should keep handy, a couple of others that help you analyze your feedburner growth is over at blogperfume, definately will tell you what you need to know about your growth and loss for the time you have been publishing.