Weblogs / Web Logs / Blogs

A  Weblog (or blog) is a journal of the writer's thoughts with links to Web pages found along the way. See also Virtual Communities.

This page:
Weblog Directories | Weblog Search Engines | Weblog Software | Meta-Blog | Weblog Awards

Weblog Directories

• EatonWeb Portal - Thousands of Weblogs listed
• Open Directory: Weblogs
• Weblogs.com - Every hour, it lets you know what Weblogs have been updated.

  Directory of Directories:

• LS Blogs Blog Directories
• Weblogs Compendium Directories
• See also Collaborative News Sites and Library Weblogs

Weblog Search Engines

• Blogdex - Tracks lots of blogs and produces the most popular links
• BlogDigger - Searches Weblogs with its "RSS Kicker" engine
• Bloglines - Also works as an RSS reader
• Blogrunner - Most popular links on Weblogs (news and cultural events)
• Blo.gs - Tracks recently updated blogs
• Blogsnow - "What blogs link to": Top stories and links to specific sites (e.g., NY Times, IMDb, Snopes)
• Blogstreet - Search posts, get blog profile, top books on blogs, etc.
• Clusty Blog Search - Clusters your results into related groups
• Google Blog Search
• IceRocket Blogs Search
• Popdex - See which links are more popular; search blogs
• PubSub - Track Weblogs (and more) via RSS
• Sphere
• Technorati - Maintain watchlists, inbound links to blogs, popular links on blogs, recent blogs
• See also RSS Search Engines (RSS is a format many blogs use to distribute their content)

Buzz:

• BuzzFeed - Hot topics on the blogs at the moment

Weblog Software

Some of these companies also provide a free place to host your Weblog.

• Big Blog Tool
• Blogger (hosting on Blogspot)
• Blosxom
• Greymatter
• JournURL - Community Weblogs
• LiveJournal
• Manila
• Movable Type
• Pitas
• Radio UserLand
• Slash - The open source code that runs Slashdot and other collaborative Weblogs
• WordPress

Directory:

• Weblogs Compendium: Tools (Peter Scott)
• See also RSS

Meta-Blog

Bloggers on blogging

• Microcontent News - Magazine on Weblogs and other forms of personal publishing
• Weblogs Compendium - Everything you need to know to read or create Weblogs, by the ubiquitous librarian Peter Scott

Weblog Awards

• Weblog Awards - The "bloggies," naturally