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

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Spring Cleaning...

Was a busy day today. I have just cleaned-up the blog. Also I increased the font size so that the text is more readable. Got rid of the clock widget (I was getting bored of it, besides I never used to get the right time :->).

And after careful consideration of what Mr. Brettbum had to say about google adsense in the comments of one of my previous posts, I decided it was better to play it safe. So I stripped down the google adsense adverts from the blog. At least for now.

But what fun is a site without ads. Especially if one of your major concerns is revenue. So I added another ad. This time by ClickBooth. ClickBooth is known for giving some of the highest payouts in the industry. I don't know much about ClickBooth. I will be seeking deeper answers and when I get them I will be sharing that info with you. Until next time, happy blogging...

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My Work Today

Today being the first day of the blog, it was a busy one. I joined a few directories and added widgets. Given below are the details...

• Technorati - I joined technorati. It is one of the biggest blog directories. Plus they have this really neat feature of showing the number of inbound links your blog has. Cool!
• The Truth Laid Bear - This is a cool and famous site for information regarding your blog. They list the inbound links (from other listed blogs) and outbound links (to other listed blogs) and show you your traffic standings. It also classes you in the 'blogging ecosystem' based on your popularity. Check it out on the right sidebar.
• Blogwise - This is a huge directory containing around 65,000 blogs and counting. You better not forget this one!
• Blog Catalog - Another directory that is popular and has a large database. Easy to submit.
  

And the widgets...

• Technorati - Got myself one of the blog-search widgets from technorati. It has a link that directly takes me to the place where they show information about my inbound links.
• Widgetbox - Amazing widget site. Lists hundreds of free widgets. I got myself a cool-looking 'space-time' clock. You can catch it on the side-bar.
• Buttons - This is a small area of the blog where I can store all the buttons of other sites that I may put on this blog.
  

So that was that. All in all a very fruitfull day. If you get time, I'd like you to visit my other blog CAUTION: Words Ahead!

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