Some wonder why blogs have became so popular. Its pretty simple. Never has it ever been so easy to communicate ideas to tons of people.

Much as WebFountain can do a job of predicting what sale numbers will be like, a person can perform the similar functions using what bloggers are saying.
Those who have blogs are self defined as outspoken "sneezers" who spread ideas.

Here is a list of the top blog community tools and sites. Please help me learn more by adding your favorite tools.

some cool blog tools

Poularity Measurement

Technorati - shows link cosmos and has a top 100 list
Daypop - weblog and news search engine - offers a top 40
BlogShares - fantasy blog game with a top 100 list

Write a Blog

Blogger
MovableType
Grey Matter
Radio Userland
Live Journal
Xanga
Web Crimson
Weblog Software - Yahoo Directory

Weblog Tools and Add Ons

Bloglet - email program offering daily emails to subscribers when their favorite blogs are updated
Weblogs Compendium
YACCS - adds 3rd party hosted commenting to your blog
Meta Linker - posts a link to other sites which are commenting on the same page you are referencing near your posts.
AudBlog - play voice recordings in a blog
Weblog Tools - Google Directory

What are Bloggers talking about right now?

BlogDex
Recently Changed Blogs - Weblogs.com
Daypop WordBurst
Daypop Top 40

OnFocus BookWatch

Books about Blogs

Blogging: Genius Strategies for Instant Web Content
Essential Blogging
Blog On: Building Online Communities with Web Logs
The Weblog Handbook: Practical Advice on Creating and Maintaining Your Blog
We Blog: Publishing Online with Weblogs
We've Got Blog: How Weblogs Are Changing Our Culture

Books about Online Communities

Smart Mobs: The Next Social Revolution
Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age
Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants, Brains, Cities, and Software
Interface Culture : How New Technology Transforms the Way We Create and Communicate

Make Money (greed is good)

Amazon Associates - earn a percentage of sales from Amazon
Google AdSense - sell ad space on your blog

Register Your Blog

Apply for an ISSN
Weblogs - DMOZ
Weblogs - Yahoo
Blog Search Engine
Blogarama
BlogStreet
Blog Universe
BlogWise
Daypop
Feedster
Globe of Blogs
Kmax Blog Links

Talk about Blogs

Blogger Talk
Blogger Forum

The Future of Blogs

The Echo Project
Blogs as Content Management

please help me learn more about blogs as I am rather new to them!