Best Tools for Bloggers in the Blogosphere

Are you creating a blog, and looking for free and extremely useful tools that will help you get the job done? The following is a run down on a bunch of the best free tools for bloggers, all of which are essential must haves if you want your blog to be successful.

1. FeedBurner -- Feed Burner, at www.FeedBurner.com generates RSS or Really Simple Syndication feeds which allow RSS readers to subscribe to your blog using XML, which will keep them informed about updates to your blog and can significantly improve readership numbers.

2. HaloScan -- Many blogging communities like Blogger at www.Blogger.com do not offer Trackback, which is an essential part of blogging. Luckily, HaloScan provides a seamless means for integrating free Trackback capability directly into your blog, simply by adding a small amount of code to your website. HaloScan also offers a unique component for comments, if you are not happy with your current comment capabilities.

3. ImageShack -- If you are looking for a way to host images without dealing with many hassles, ImageShack is well worth checking out. ImageShack provides an excellent image hosting platform, and offers one of the fastest ways to host your images for free on the web. ImageShack allows many different image formats, and allows you to hotlink your images, which makes posting images in your blog a snap.

4. Technorati -- Technorati allows bloggers to claim their blogs within the Blogosphere, or wide world of blogging. Putting a Technorati search on your blog will increase readership, and Technorati will keep track of your blog, how many websites are linking to your blog and how many readers are interested in your blog. Technorati allows you to keep track of your blog's popularity, while simultaneously increasing readership numbers for you.

5. SiteMeter -- Site Meter is a free online traffic statistic tracker which will give you site traffic statistics on a real-time basis, so that you can keep track of both the quality and quantity of your blog's traffic. SiteMeter is the best traffic tracker on the internet right now, and all it takes is for you to keep a counter visible on your site in the form of a logo, and you can make the statistics either public or private.

6. FeedBlitz -- This service allows visitors to your blog to subscribe to your new posts by e-mail, and all it takes is for your subscribers to input their e-mail addresses to make this happen. After subscribing, your readers will get an e-mail every day which shows them all of your new content and blog posts. This is another great way in addition to RSS feeds which will allow your subscribes to stay up to date with new posts and content.

7. AudioBlogger -- This service allows you to post an unlimited amount of audio posts directly from any phone, and they will be posted to your Blogger blog. The phone number is a United States phone number, which allows you to make a recording, which will then post to your blog with an icon and a link which connects readers (or in this case, listeners) to your recorded audio message. This is great if you want to share content but do not have access to a computer at the time.

8. Blogger Mobile -- This is another great blogging concept for people on the go. Moblogging involves blogging directly from your mobile phone, and Blogger Mobile allows you to send text or photos to your Blogger brand blog via go@blogger.com. Currently this only works on Blogger blogs, but the capability is gaining popularity and likely will spread to other mediums as well very soon.

9. BlogExplosion -- This service allows you to get more confirmed traffic to your website or blog. The principle that BlogExplosion is based on is actually fairly simple, because all it involves is visiting blogs belonging to other people, which prompts them to visit your blog. For every two blogs that you visit, you will gain another visitor to yours. This is a great option for people who have new blogs and very little traffic. This service is well worth trying if you want to expose new people to your blog.

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