Blogging has become the "rave" online today, if you have a blog to any degree you can benefit from this information.

One key activity of Blogging is getting your blog found. Yes traditional SEO work helps, but there are also Many Blog related services, directories and search engines that are tailored specifically to the blogging world. Many Blogging software’s options support "Ping" which lets the directories know you have updated your site so they revisit it.

Most popular Blog systems allow you to automate this activity, and more and more Blog Search Engines and directories are adding this functionality ever day.

Also many desktop Blogging software have this functionality built in. Not being a huge Microsoft fan personally, I do have to admit I like Windows Live Writer for Blogging, and it does support "Ping"

All links in this post open a new browser window to aid you in keeping your place.

When I use the word ping I am referring to XML-RPC ping… For a great article about this technology, I recommend you read This Article

Along with this, you may wish to investigate RSS Feeds Submission activities also, RSS is growing in popularity on a daily bases and This Article is very helpful too!

Over the past couple weeks, I have done some research and testing of my own and have found what I believe are the Top Blog related Sites/Services:

WebLogs.com	http://www.weblogs.com/
Blogcataglog	http://blogcatalog.com
Technorati	http://Technorati.com
LS Blogs	http://lsblogs.com
Bloggeries	http://bloggeries.com
Blogtoplist	http://blogtoplist.com
Eaton Web	http://portal.eatonweb.com
Search 4 Blogs	http://search4blogs.com
Wils Domain	http://wilsdomain.com

Notice: It IS possible that some of the links here may be broken. At the time of our research they were working, however we can not control whether a particular site is up or not. Just because we put a link here does not mean we are endorsing or promoting the site. For your protection you must decide what is right for you, do your own due diligence.

Blogging is fun and can be highly productive in support of your day to day business activities… Happy Blogging!

Below you will find a sizeable list of blogging related directories, services and or search engines. Use this information at your own risk. For More "Lists" for blogs and other disciplines Take a Look here.

Name	Web-Address	Notes
Technorati	http://www.technorati.com/	Free
boingboing.net	http://www.boingboing.net	Blog search engine - Free
blogcatalog.com	http://www.blogcatalog.com/directory	Free
globeofblogs.com	http://www.globeofblogs.com/	Free
icerocket.com	http://www.icerocket.com/	Blog search engine - Free
kinja.com	http://www.kinja.com/	Free
blogdigger.com	http://www.blogdigger.com/	Blog search engine
Bloggeries	http://www.bloggeries.com/	Paid
LSBlogs.com	http://www.lsblogs.com/	Free
BlogHop.com	http://www.bloghop.com/	Free
WeBlogALot.com	http://www.weblogalot.com/	Free
truth laid bear	http://truthlaidbear.com/communities.php
eatonweb.com	http://portal.eatonweb.com/	Paid
diarist.net	http://www.diarist.net/	Journals, diaries and personal weblogs
blogdir.com	http://www.blogdir.com/	Spanish
blogdirs.com	http://www.blogdirs.com/	Reciprocal
delightfulblogs.com	http://www.delightfulblogs.com/
search4blogs.com	http://www.search4blogs.com/bloggers/index.php
blogtoplist.com	http://www.blogtoplist.com/	Free
botw.org	http://blogs.botw.org/
geekswithblogs.net	http://www.geekswithblogs.net/
bloggapedia.com	http://www.bloggapedia.com/	Free
bloglinker.com	http://www.bloglinker.com/	Reciprocal
blog-directory.org	http://www.blog-directory.org/index.php	Free
blogs-collection.com	http://www.blogs-collection.com/	Free
blogskinny.com	http://www.blogskinny.com/
anse.de	http://www.anse.de/rdfticker/addchannel.php
leftyblogs.com	http://www.leftyblogs.com/
poweredbywp.com	http://www.poweredbywp.com/	Wordpress powered blogs - Paid
Blogged.com	http://www.blogged.com/
2-review.com	http://www.2-review.com/
blogroll.net	http://www.blogroll.net/
Kmax	http://www.kmax.ws/bloglinks.htm
blogshowoff.com	http://www.blogshowoff.com/	Paid
blogexplosion.com	http://www.blogexplosion.com/directory/	Free
blogsweet.com	http://www.blogsweet.com/	Reciprocal & Paid
5starblogs.com	http://www.5starblogs.com/	Free
addurlblog.com	http://www.addurlblog.com/
thehouseofblogs.com	http://www.thehouseofblogs.com/	Spanish blog list
blogannounce.info	http://www.blogannounce.info/	Reciprocal
sarthak.net	http://www.sarthak.net/blogz/index.php
totalblogdirectory.com	http://www.totalblogdirectory.com/	Free
Blogadr.com	http://www.blogadr.com	Free
highclassblogs.com	http://www.highclassblogs.com/
blogbib.com	http://www.blogbib.com/
blogdir.co.uk	http://www.blogdir.co.uk/	Free
quickblogdirectory.com	http://www.quickblogdirectory.com/	Free
thevital.net	http://www.thevital.net/
jenett.org	http://www.jenett.org/ageless	Free
bestblogs.org	http://www.bestblogs.org/
biggerblogger.com	http://www.biggerblogger.com/	Free
blogpulse.com	http://www.blogpulse.com/submit.html	Blogs and RSS Feeds - Free
bloggernow.com	http://www.bloggernow.com/	Free
enQuira.org	http://www.enquira.org/	Free
s9y-users.com	http://www.s9y-users.com/	Only for sites that use the Serendipity blog engine - Free
weblog-index.com	http://www.weblog-index.com/index.asp	Free
blogdire.com	http://www.blogdire.com/	Reciprocal
zimbio.com	http://www.zimbio.com/
theblogresource.com	http://www.theblogresource.com/	Free, Recip & Paid.
dofollowblogs.com	http://www.dofollowblogs.com/
Your Weblog Here	http://www.yourwebloghere.com/
blogoozle.com	http://www.blogoozle.com/	Free
blogbunch.com	http://www.blogbunch.com/	Free
blogdust.com	http://www.blogdust.com/blog-directory
Topix.net	http://www.topix.net/dir
Blogarama.com	http://www.blogarama.com/	Free - does not provide direct links.
Blog Search Engine	http://www.blogsearchengine.com/
blogpoint.com	http://www.blogpoint.com/	Reciprocal
blogsbycity.com	http://www.blogsbycity.com/	Regional - Free
newsxs.com	http://www.newsxs.com/
topblogarea.com	http://www.topblogarea.com/
FindingBlog.com	http://www.findingblog.com/
blogit.com	http://www.blogit.com/Blogs/
blogflux.com	http://dir.blogflux.com/	Free
blogonusa.com	http://www.blogonusa.com/	United States
blogio.net	http://www.blogio.net	Free
blogfinds.com	http://www.blogfinds.com/	Free
submitblogs.com	http://www.submitblogs.com/
getblogs.com	http://www.getblogs.com/	Free
Blogs By Country	http://www.blogsbycountry.com/
bloghints.com	http://www.bloghints.com/	Free
superblogdirectory.com	http://www.superblogdirectory.com/	Free
blog-collector.com	http://www.blog-collector.com/	Free
a1weblinks.net	http://blogit.a1weblinks.net	Free, Reciprocal
submitblognow.info	http://www.submitblognow.info/
blogrankings.com	http://www.blogrankings.com/	Free
BloggersDirectory.org	http://www.bloggersdirectory.org/	Categorized by country.
bloggernity.com	http://www.bloggernity.com/	Free
blogsrating.com	http://www.blogsrating.com/	Free
blogbar.net	http://www.blogbar.net/	Paid
easywordpress.com	http://directory.easywordpress.com/
topblogsites.net	http://www.topblogsites.net/
emarketingblogs.com	http://www.emarketingblogs.com/listings/index.shtml
blogz.in	http://www.blogz.in/	Paid
9rules.com	http://www.9rules.com/
blogz.bz	http://www.blogz.bz/	Paid
wutzle.com	http://www.wutzle.com/browse.php
bloghub.com	http://www.bloghub.com/	A blog search engine
ablogin.com	http://www.ablogin.com	Reciprocal
myblogdirectory.net	http://www.myblogdirectory.net/	Free
addyourblog.com	http://www.addyourblog.com/	Free
blogdirectory.info	http://www.blogdirectory.info/	Free
dakotablogs.com	http://www.dakotablogs.com/	Free
DirBlog	http://www.dirblog.com/	Free
BlogBits.com	http://www.blogbits.com/
contentsmatter.com/	http://www.contentsmatter.com/
theweblogreview.com	http://www.theweblogreview.com/	A blog review site.
ping-o-matic.com	http://pingomatic.com/	A service to inform search engines that your blog has updated.
NewzAlert.com	http://www.newzalert.com/AuthorCenter/
link-blogs.blogspot.com	http://www.link-blogs.blogspot.com/	Reciprocal
nrilievo.it	http://rss.inrilievo.it	Free
quacktrack.com	http://www.quacktrack.com/
all-blogs.net	http://www.all-blogs.net/	Reciprocal or Paid
humancapitalinstitute.org	http://www.humancapitalinstitute.org/hci/blogs_directory.guid
blogfolders.com	http://www.blogfolders.com/	Free
bloggerhq.net	http://bloggerhq.net/
bloglisting.com	http://www.bloglisting.com/	Free
blognblogs.com	http://www.blognblogs.com/	Reciprocal or Paid
browseblogs.com	http://browseblogs.com/
businessblogs.org	http://www.businessblogs.org/	Paid - Multiple directories on same IP
bloglisting.net	http://www.bloglisting.net/	Free
blogelites.com	http://www.blogelites.com/	Top sites for blogs.
myblog2u.com	http://www.myblog2u.com/	Free
blog-gurus.info	http://www.blog-gurus.info/	Free and Paid
add-blogs.com	http://www.add-blogs.com/	Reciprocal
BlogTagstic.com	http://www.blogtagstic.com	Paid
Photarium.com	http://www.photarium.com	Free & Paid
wilsdomain.com	http://www.wilsdomain.com/
ajdee.com	http://www.ajdee.com/pages/Blogs/index.html
blog-search.com	http://www.blog-search.com/	Free
okayblog.net	http://www.okayblog.net/directory/
blogz-search.com	http://www.blogz-search.com/	Free
etalkinghead.com	http://directory.etalkinghead.com/
Shoutyoursite.com	http://www.shoutyoursite.com/	Free
top100bloggers.com	http://www.top100bloggers.com/	Top blogs list created based on the number of daily hits - Reciprocal
blogzdirectory.com	http://www.blogzdirectory.com/	Reciprocal or Paid
blogara.net	http://www.blogara.net/	Free
blogdirectorycentral.com	http://www.blogdirectorycentral.com/	Paid
bloggingsmostwanted.com	http://www.bloggingsmostwanted.com/	Paid
freshlinkmedia.net	http://www.freshlinkmedia.net/	Free
ultimateblogdirectory.com	http://www.ultimateblogdirectory.com/	Paid
blogtory.com	http://www.blogtory.com/	Free
blogorra.com	http://www.blogorra.com/	Free
2searchblogs.com	http://www.2searchblogs.com/
spreadmyblog.com	http://www.spreadmyblog.com/	Free
focus-blogs.com	http://www.focus-blogs.com/
topweblog.com	http://www.topweblog.com/	Free
blogguru.biz	http://www.blogguru.biz/	Paid
nubbit.com	http://www.nubbit.com/
blogification.com	http://www.blogification.com/	Reciprocal
postami.com	http://blogdirectory.postami.com/	Free
blogwebdirectory.com	http://www.blogwebdirectory.com/	Free
surrealblog.com	http://www.surrealblog.com/
bldir.net	http://www.bldir.net/	Paid
spillbean.com	http://www.spillbean.com/	Paid
blogoxide.com	http://www.blogoxide.com/	Paid
blogdrive.info	http://www.blogdrive.info/
geekyspeaky.com	http://www.geekyspeaky.com/links
iblogz.org	http://www.iblogz.org/	Free
blogscollection.com	http://www.blogscollection.com/
blogsallovertheworld.com	http://www.blogsallovertheworld.com/	Free
thebestblogs.org	http://www.thebestblogs.org/	Paid
rateitall.com blogs	http://www.rateitall.com/s-4679-blog-directory.aspx	Free
B4Blogs.com	http://www.b4blogs.com/	Free
bloglookup.com	http://www.bloglookup.com/	Paid
blogblurp.com	http://www.blogblurp.com/modules/blurps/	Free
blogtrap.com	http://www.blogtrap.com/	Free
topblogdirectory.info	http://www.topblogdirectory.info/	Free
verybestblogs.com	http://www.verybestblogs.com/	Free
bloggazines.com	http://www.bloggazines.com/
blogsitesonline.com	http://www.blogsitesonline.com/directory	Free
all-blog-directory.com	http://www.all-blog-directory.com/	Free
bloggerinternet.com	http://www.bloggerinternet.com/
desiblogs.in	http://www.desiblogs.in/	Free
directorygator.com	http://www.directorygator.com/
blogsready.com	http://www.blogsready.com/	Reciprocal
creative-blogs.com	http://www.creative-blogs.com/
global-blogs.info	http://www.global-blogs.info/
wikiblogdirectory.com	http://www.wikiblogdirectory.com/	Free
poddop.com	http://www.poddop.com/
mvblogs.com	http://www.mvblogs.com/
directoryblogs.com	http://www.directoryblogs.com/
bloggercyber.com	http://www.bloggercyber.com/
blog5000.com	http://www.blog5000.com/	Free
blogdirectory.org.uk	http://www.blogdirectory.org.uk/	Free
manhattanservice.com	http://www.manhattanservice.com/directory/blogs.html
blogspotdirectory.info	http://www.blogspotdirectory.info/	Free
grokodile.com	http://www.grokodile.com/dir/
blogintro.com	http://blogintro.com/?page_id=927	Free
bloggerteam.com	http://www.bloggerteam.com/directory.php
wkdbid.com	http://www.wkdbid.com/	Paid
chattous.com	http://www.chattous.com/blogs/
tomstopsites.com	http://blogs.tomstopsites.com/
blogcode.com	http://www.blogcode.com/index.php	Free
start4all.com	http://weblog.start4all.com/
blogoriffic.com	http://www.blogoriffic.com/blog-directory/index.php	Free
bloggersdir.com	http://www.bloggersdir.com/directory/
alivedirectory.com	http://www.alivedirectory.com/Blog-Directory
z-Blogs.info	http://www.z-blogs.info	Free
nblog.org	http://www.nblog.org/	Paid (bid for placement)
blogmyway.com	http://www.blogmyway.com/beta3directory/	Reciprocal
bestbloglink.com	http://www.bestbloglink.com/	Free
instantapprovelinks.com	http://www.blog.instantapprovelinks.com/	Free
bloggertalk.net	http://www.bloggertalk.net/blog-directory.html	Reciprocal
listofblogs.net	http://www.listofblogs.net/	Free
blogovela.com	http://directory.blogovela.com/	Free
1coolfile.com	http://www.1coolfile.com/c/1351/Blog_Directory.php	Free
submit-blogs.com	http://www.submit-blogs.com/	Free and Paid.
heliosblogs.com	http://www.heliosblogs.com/	Free
blogicas.com	http://www.blogicas.com/directory/	Free
Blogvote	http://www.facebook.com/apps/application.php?id=22471950530	Free - An application on facebook. You need a Facebook account.
blloggs.com	http://www.blloggs.com/	Free
paidblogdirectory.com	http://www.paidblogdirectory.com/
ifreeblogdirectory	http://www.ifreeblogdirectory.blogspot.com	Send email for submission, uses a blogspot blog - Free
mediadir.in	http://blogs.mediadir.in/	Free
myseoblog.net	http://dir.myseoblog.net/	Free
yourblogindex.com	http://www.yourblogindex.com/	Reciprocal or Paid.

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