While uninstalling unnecessory softwares from my PC, I found many tools that helps me to make task of blogging lot more easier. I have used these softwares or services while bloggin on this blog. Help of computer softwares in a process is like catalyst in chemical reaction. It speeds up the process. Every task needs to be planned out first to make most out of it. Planning and employment of softwares can help us to make even complicated things more simpler. Lets start step by step..

Browsing

Iinternet Explorer 7: Do I need to say anything about it? Internet explorer is the most famous browser in the world with 85% users. Get IE 7 here

FireFox: Firefox is the best for web designer and programmer. Mozilla have helped to grow Firefox famous by introducing concept of Add ons which help us to customize the browser. Get Latest Firefox here

For New Ideas

Stumbleupon: One of the great and fascinating tool I have ever used. Stumbleupon is the toolbar that brings up interesting stuff, as per your area of interest, voted by millions of other users. This tool can also be used to know the test of people. e.g you’re blogger and you stumbled upon an article about blogging, the article most likley be voted by many user. Taking cue from that article you can produce something new. Get it here

Content Management

Windows Live Writer: Windows Live writer is the desktop publishing tool developed by Microsoft corporation. It is not complete solution, though, quite useful tools for bloggers. It helps to insert rich content like edited pictures, videos, maps and plug-ins. Read more here and here

Various Plugins (For wordpress script users): Plugins are the most helpful tool bloggers has ever used. Various plugins enables blogger to accomplished many time consuming tasks in few minutes. A separate post about ‘must use plugins for bloggers’ will be published on this blog.

Content Generator

Camtasia: Videos are now important part of blogging. It is use spice up their blog by adding videos in post. Videos are the best bet for bloggers who publish tutorials on a particular topic. Camtasia is the all in one solution to create videos. It can create videos from three mode: Power Point Presentation, Screen Recording and From images. Get Trial Version Here

Quick screenshot maker: Screen shots has now became essential part of blogging. Many time you will need to show status of your any form of account or capture your screen. Quick screen shot maker is the best tool do get it done. There is one more tool from the same company called Quick Screen Capture, but quality of QSM is better. Get it here

Analyze

SEO Elite: One of the best software for usage of SEO purposes. Brad Callen is the producer of SEO Elite. This tool stand out from crowded market of seo softwares by its simple yet extremely useful features. One of the feature called back links analyze is something I am very impressed with. Get trial version

MyBlogLog: MyBlogLog is online service where you can track performance of your blog. I rank this service above google analytics because of its only three, albeit very useful tracks namely ‘Traffic Coming From’, ‘Pages Viewed and ‘Clicks’.

Google Toolbar: Google tool bar is useful to determine quality of a blog through PR formula. It can also translate pages into English published in some other language. Get here

Blog Promotion Tools

Fast Blog Finder: Although this tool is not famous as compare to others, I found it very useful. This tool search for high PR blog or blog post. This is a very good tool if you are looking for generating traffic by leaving comments on other blog.

Comment Snipper: Leaving comments on blogs of famous bloggers is a good and simplest way to get targeted visitors. Fact is, you have to be amongst first 5-6 commenter and it is bit difficult. Because many other new bloggers, like you, are trying to do same. Comment snipper is the tool that will notify you on desktop or mobile as soon as there is new post. You don’t have to subscribe to the feed of the blog. Get this tool here

Handy Submit: I use this tool to submit blog to directories. I have found a good hack for this program I will share it some other time. If you think submission to directories holds no importance then wait for my post. Download here

Virtual Communication

Yahoo Mail: Reply of comments and emails is good way to create rapport with readers. This will make your blog live. I use yahoo mail for email conversation.

Squirrel Mail: Mail account configured on server.

Operating System

Microsoft Windows [By default ;-)]