CategoryBlogging Tools and Services

B.L. Ochman thinks she has the inside word on the impending sale of Technorati to a large search engine – interesting times we live in. She writes: ‘Here’s a tip I was given this morning from a venture capitalist who is “heavily invested” in the blogosphere: Technorati is about to ...more

Yahoo is testing a blog search tool on a Korean site at present which some believe may be an indicator in where they will head with the world wide market in future: ‘The various search tools, which are available from a pull-down menu next to the search bar, let visitors ...more

In March this year I posted about a service called MyBlogLog (affiliate link) – an online service that tracks where people go when they leave your blog by looking at the outbound links that they click. I originally used their free service which tracks just the most popular outbound clicks ...more

I’m really looking forward to trying out Blog Pulse’s new Profiles Tools which promise to: ‘allow users to find more information about a specific blog or blogger—who authors it, how active the blog is, how it ranks in comparison with other blogs, what it’s about, etc. Many people have questions ...more

Is anyone else having problems accessing their feeds on bloglines today? I’ve been trying to log in (from a different computer to normal) and can’t see any of my feeds after it logs me in. Interested if this is an isolated issue or not?

Susannah Gardner has written an article comparing blog tools that is a good read for anyone considering starting a new blog and wondering which platform is right for them. Accompanying the article is a very useful chart that compares the features of some of the more popular tables. This is ...more

Why didn’t anyone tell me about Google’s ability to do currency conversions before? I just learned about it at Geeky Info and think it’s a feature I’ll be using lots. All you have to do is enter an amount that you want to convert into a normal Google search field ...more

I’ve always been a little skeptical of the TypePad blogging platform. I’m not really sure why that is – perhaps I always saw it as a poor cousin on MovableType, or perhaps it was because it was a paid service, or perhaps I was just too lazy to check it ...more

Feedburner have announced a few service that enables bloggers to cross promote their blogs (if they have more than one) using their new BuzzBoost system. They describe it like this: ‘If you have several blogs or other sites that have their own feeds, we’ll bet a few bottom dollars you’ve ...more