Quality blogging takes time. Anything we can do make it easier is welcome. Which is why I have decided to make a comprehensive list of tools that make our blogging life easier. If you know of or use a tool that helps…do let me know. I will definitely look it up and list it here.

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AddThis – All in one Bookmarking and RSS buttons

Audio Blogger - adds audio to your blog.

Audioblog – Audioblogging and Podcasting made easy.

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Blogdesk – BlogDesk makes it easy to write, speeds up lavish processes and assists the author with smart features.

Blogjet – BlogJet is a Windows blog client for managing multiple blogs, with features no web-based blog editor can match. ( I am actually writing this blog using blogjet and I really like it. You can try it for free for 30 days)

Bloglines – Bloglines is a FREE online service for searching, subscribing, creating and sharing news feeds, blogs and rich web content.

Blogpulse – BlogPulse.com is a blog search engine that also analyzes and reports on daily activity in the blogosphere.

Blog Poll – Custom poll builder for bloggers.

Blogrolling – BlogRolling is a one-stop linklist manager for your blog or journal, helping you manage your ever-evolving linklist with ease.

Blummy – blummy is a free tool for quick access to your favorite web services via your bookmark toolbar.

Box - Store your data in this BOX and access important documents from your desktop, laptop, or even mobile phone on the go. Once you've uploaded your files to Box, you can also share them with anyone, or just keep them safe for as long as you want.(free to try)

Buttonmaker- One of the most customizeable buttonmakers.

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Creative Commons – CC help you keep your copyright while inviting certain uses of your work — a “some rights reserved” copyright.

Co.mments -You post a comment on a blog. How do you know if anyone responded? Use co.mments to bookmark posts you want to follow.

ClustrMaps – Map your visitors.

Copyscape – The free Copyscape service makes it easy to find copies of your content on the Web.

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Domainsbot – The domain name search engine

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Ecto – Ecto is a feature-rich desktop blogging client for MacOSX and Windows, supporting a wide range of weblog systems, such as Blogger, Blojsom, Drupal, MovableType…

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Favicon – See those small 16x16 px icons whenever you open a URL. You can make your own here.

Feedburner – One of those tools you just can’t afford to live without. FeedBurner is the leading provider of media distribution and audience engagement services for blogs and RSS feeds.

FeedDemon – Windows-based RSS reader. (free to try).

Feedjit – Live Traffic details.

Flickr – Host and share your photos here.

Flock – Flock is a consumer Internet business which has developed a free, next generation web browser. It simplifies social and web-based applications by bringing them one step closer to the user and integrating them directly into the browser.

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Google Analytics – Metric tool to help you analyse how your blog fares in terms of who your visitors are, where they came from and tons of other stuff.

Google Reader – RSS Reader.

Google Webmaster Tools – Webmaster tools provides you with a free and easy way to make your site more Google-friendly.

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Haloscan – HaloScan provides a free, easy to use commenting and trackback service for weblogs and websites, allowing visitors to leave feedback, share their opinion, or comment on the subject at hand.

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Instant Domain Search – searches domains faster than you can type

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Keyword Discovery – KeywordDiscovery compiles keyword search statistics from over 180 search engines world wide, to create the most powerful Keyword Research tool.

Keyword and Backlink Tracker - Search Engine ranking tool.
Keyword Spy - Keyword Research Tool.

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Mint – Mint is an extensible, self-hosted web site analytics program. Visits, referrers, popular pages and searches can all be taken in at a glance on Mint's flexible dashboard. (Free to try)

MyBlogLog – Metric tool and networking site.

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Newsgator – Free RSS reader and news tool.

Nichebot - Another comprehensive keyword research tool.

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Overture Keyword Tool - Another keyword research tool.

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Performancing – Metric tools and a place where those that want to make money from their blogs can learn, and perfect the art of making a living from weblogging.

Post2Blog – Post2Blog 3 is a FREEWARE handy blog editor with live spell-checking support for pro-bloggers.

Pingoat – Pingoat is a service that pings or notifies a number of services that keep track of weblogs and publish them.

Pingomatic – Ping-O-Matic is a service to update different search engines that your blog has updated.

PayPal – PayPal is the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. The service allows anyone to pay in any way they prefer, including through credit cards, bank accounts, buyer credit or account balances, without sharing financial information.

Photobucket – Upload all your photos, videos, and images for free.

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Rocketpost – RocketPost is a productivity app for blogging, designed for serious bloggers and business users.(Free to try).

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Sitemeter - Website stats tool.

Sitening – A Sitening Account is free and will provide access to the SEO Tools.

Slide -Make slides of snaps you love and embed them. Slide widgets — including Slide Shows, Guestbooks, SkinFlix and FunPix — are popular on top social networking and blog platforms.

Snap -A preview tool to give readers a preview of external links on a blog.

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Tagcloud – Make your own tagclouds.

Technorati -The most popular Blog Search engine there is.

Technorati Tag Generator – A simple tool to generate the code for Technorati tags.

TinyURL – Shortens long winding URLS.

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Vizu – Vizu is where you come to find out what the world thinks.Just Poll them.

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w.bloggar – w.bloggar is an application that acts as an interface between the user and one or more blog(s); in other words, it is a Post and Template editor, with several features and resources.

webpad – the web-based text editor

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YouTube – YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email.

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Zoom Clouds - With ZoomClouds you can put in a matter of minutes a tag cloud in your site, based on whichever RSS feed you like.
Zoundry – Zoundry is a service that enables word-of-mouth marketing by passionate writers on the Web.