30+ Must Have Blog Tools for Bloggers

Mar 6, 2009 Author: Rohin | Filed under: Blog, Fun Stuff, SEO, Web Design

If you own a website or blog of the sort then this article of 30 Blogging Tools applies to you.

Best of all everything here is free , so the real crime would be doing nothing to improve your blog.Content-Management-Systems

The wonderful part about using a CMS such as Wordpress , Joomla or Drupal is that they make blogging & posting so easy a drunk monkey could do it. Not that I am saying that you should get a monkey drunk typing on your computer.

Check out the following Free CMS’ to get started on making your life easy & hassle free.

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Wordpress is arguably one of the best & most versatile platform to Blog on. If you don’t believe me then check out all the plugins Wordpress’s repository has to offer.

One of the personal things I love about Wordpress is the amount of support there is for the CMS. It also has an insane amount of free templates to offer too. All these reasons combined is why I rank it at #1.

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Joomla is another widely known Blogging Platform that promotes open-source. It’s free and like Wordpress , It does not charge money for usage.

It also has an extensive amount of free plugins. BUT be forewarned there are plugins can only be bought at high prices. This is why I rank Joomla at #2.

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Drupal is yet another great functional CMS that can make blogging a breeze. It also has free extensions similar to Wordpress.

I haven’t seen any plugins that are being sold like Joomla’s System. The reason why Drupal is ranked at #3 is because the learning curve can be real tough for newbies.

It took me a good 2 days before I was somewhat comfortable to use it.

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LifeType is another open-source blogging platform that is free to use.

I have not personally used it but have heard only positive things from the users. it may be a better alternative to the big 3 as it may be more simpler for day-to-day blogging.

MovableType is another free Blogging Platform that can help you start blogging effortlessly & fast.

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Trendy Statistics for bloggers that aren’t boring (heatmaps)

Jan 20, 2009 Author: Rohin | Filed under: Blog, Money, SEO, WordPress

In today’s modern day internet the methods of tracking user trends and tendencies can be vitally useful to webmasters. To remain competitive they are no longer a luxury but rather a necessity. Let’s face it , the chances of a user emailing you back with a list of things they disliked are slim to none unless you have a poll somewhere on your site.

In specific I’m going to talk about heat maps.

Personally I believe numerical statistics such as Google Analytics and Mint statistics can be helpful to a certain extent and they do a great job reporting statistics such as unique visitors but unfortunately the numbers they spit out just don’t help you in the long run.

I mean to say they do not describe and tell the whole story of how your visitor reacts to your site. These factors of measurement I believe transcend conventional number statistics. (more…)