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:
Blog Directories | Blog Search Engines | Blog Software | Meta-Blog | Blog Awards

Blog Directories

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

  Directories of Directories:

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

Blog Search Engines

• Technorati - Maintain watchlists, inbound links to blogs, popular links on blogs, recent blogs
• BlogDigger - Searches blogs with its "RSS Kicker" engine
• Bloglines - Also works as an RSS reader
• Blogpulse
• Blogrunner - Most popular links on blogs (news and cultural events)
• Clusty Blog Search - Clusters your results into related groups
• Google Blog Search
• IceRocket Blogs Search
• Sphere
• 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

Blog Software

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

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

Microblogging:

• Twitter - Make short posts (140 or fewer characters)
• Top 21 Twitter Clients - Software to help you tweet

Directory:

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

Meta-Blog

Bloggers on blogging

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

Blog Awards

• Weblog Awards - The "bloggies," naturally