The Blog Resources Directory

Link and Traffic Exchange Resources

• Blogmad - Fast Growing, stylish traffic exchange site with an incredible credit pay-off ratio of 1 : 1
  
• BlogExplosion - Veteran traffic exchange site with a 1 : 2 ratio. Plus large number of members
  
• BlogSoldiers - 1 : 2 ratio traffic exchange with huge credit giveaways
  

The Blog Community

• Technorati - The must-be-in blog community. Go and get registered now.
• TTLB - Widely regarded as a definitive blog ranking system. Fun and appealingly fresh. Get in now!
  

Pinging Tools

• Ping-O-Matic - Ping upto 20 services with the click of a button
  
• Pingoat - Ping upto 40 services from one site
  

Feed Tools

• FeedBurner - Provides high-quality feed services
• Bloglines - Free web-based feed reader
• NewsGator - RSS Aggregator
  

Future Watches

• Exlinks - Self proclaimed ultimate exponential site exploding system. Yet to be launched
  
• Agloco - A Global Community. Yet to be launched. Promises high pay-backs
  

Blog Directories

• Directory 2.0 - A must-be-seen-at blog directory. Register now
• Today - A well-sorted directory
• DMOZ - The ultimate directory to get listed on. VERY tough to get into. Good luck
  

Blog Tracking and Statistics

• CrazyEgg - Find out what visitors are doing on your site. Must see
  
• SiteMeter - Track the unique visitors coming to your site. Plus their location, referrer, etc.
  
• Statcounter - Track the number of pageloads in your site. Plus a host of other info
  

Blog Search Engines

• IceRocket - Comprehensive blog search
  

Miscellaneous

• Gravatar - Globally Recognized Avatars
  
• Brilliant Button Maker - Make buttons like this one ->
  
• Take The Internet Back - Own a piece of the Internet and make money(Thanks Jane)
• Google Gadgets - Get high quality gadgets/widgets to add in your blog
  

Monetizing

• ClickBooth - High pay-out ads. Tough to figure it out though
  
• Adsense - Easy to install and one of the most popular advertising agents
  
• Text Link Ads - Place text links and earn money. Tough to get into though

SEO/Blog Development

• Link Popularity Check - Check the number of inbound links you have. Invaluable tool
• Site Score - Evaluate your site and check for problems. Amazing reports section
• Google Analytics - Learn how visitors find you and how they interact with your site. Detailed Analysis
• Webmasters Central - "One-stop shop for comprehensive info about how Google crawls and indexes your website"
• Paypal - Invaluable tool for bloggers. Lets you transfer money within the internet and you can request a payout when needed. A sort of online bank!
  

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This Directory and work on this directory isn't complete. Not by a long shot. I have just thrown together a few sites that I personally know of. When more and more people view this page and think that some site is missing, all they have to do is add a comment showing the URL of that site and I'll get into it immediately. Thanks and happy blogging....

WORK IN PROGRESS - GO SLOW