Non-Google products that are helpful for Bloggers:
This is not a complete listing of all other product that may be useful it's simply a list of some that I think are key, or that I wanted to keep track of.
NB: Always see the official documentation for official answers.
Product / Application | What it does | Where to get help |
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Micro-blogging, ie posting very small (140 character) notices. Used for information sharing, but very effective for advertising in some niches. | Help centre Help forum Blogger-HAT articles | |
Social networking | Help centre Help forum Blogger-HAT articles | |
Advertising networks | Everyone knows about AdSense, but there are lots of other advertising networkds that you can use on your blog. | Each programme has a help site. |
Site-Meter | Statistics about your blog | Help centre Help forum |
Statcounter | Another statistics tool. | Help centre Help forum |
Amazon | The world largest bookstore - these days selling a lot more than books. Different versions for the USA, Canada, UK/Ireland - and more. Lets you put pictures of interesting things on your blog, and make money through affiliate links. | Each counrtyr's Amazon has its own Help centre and forum. BloggerHAT Amazon articles |
ChipIn | Fundraising by campaign, with some helpful campaign management tools | BloggerHAT articles |
Chitika | One particularly popular advertising programme | Help centre BloggerHAT articles |
Flickf | An alternative photo-management tool - it also has a tool to let you search for public-domain (well Creative-Commons licensed) images that you can use in your blog. | BloggerHAT articles |
Social networking for your professional life | BloggerHAT articles | |
PayPal | Managing payments between you and just about anyone | BloggerHAT articles |
What other non-Google applications are you using on, or with, your blogspot Blog?.
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