More Blog Tools

Yesterday I wrote about a few of the tools I use. Today I will mention a few more. One source of great tools and gadgets has been The Javascript Source. This is a great source for all sorts of tools and fun stuff to use on your blog or website. Anytime I visit I end up spending way too much time exploring and playing. I have a link button for them down below with the RSS buttons.

Another tool that I use for my advertising is Commission Junction. All ads placed on my site are through Commission Junction. I have learned that you can be more selective with the ads through them. Google AdSense seemed a little restrictive on ad size and selection. Commission Junction allows you to select specific advertisers from their list and then from many types and sizes of ads. I currently advertise for eBay, Half.com, Zoobooks, eBay Pro Stores, Disney Movie Club, 123 Inkjets, The USO, LifeLock, Trac-Fone, and The Checks in the Mail. I have a lot more fum with this set-up than I did with AdSense.

Another tool that use are the various widgets for Weather, News, and Sports feeds. They come from Accu-Weather, MSNBC, and NewsGator respectively. They are all easy to customize and easy to place.

Another important tool I use is not actually a tool at all, but a resource. It is the licensing information from Creative Commons. Through this resource I am able to copyright my work and then give notice to all at the end of each post and on the blog in general.

As I said yesterday, these are all great tools and resources. I use them not necessarily because they are the best, but because I found them after searching the web. There are many more resources on the web waiting to be found. Take some time and look. Maybe you can come back and share some of your great finds with me in the future.

© 2008 Barry T Horst


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