Blog Tools

This is a helpful site for keeping track of my FAVORITE blogs: (you can track "friends" via email address or simply enter the URLs of your favorite blogs to keep track of updates all in one place!)
http://www.spokeo.com/
[another similar site is: http://www.bloglines.com/]

Some statistics & promotion TOOLS:
http://www.feedburner.com/
http://www.blogflux.com/
http://www.sphere.com/
http://pingoat.com/
http://www.technorati.com/

And, there are lots of other "blog DIRECTORIES", but I'm not sure if any of them are "effective":
http://www.blogged.com/
http://www.blogcatalog.com/
http://www.blogarama.com/
http://www.blogowogo.com/
http://www.blogtoplist.com/

Also, some "GAY" directores:
http://spectrumbloggers.com/
http://www.plublogs.com/
http://www.bestgayblogs.com/
http://www.bestmaleblogs.com/
http://www.gayadult.net/Gay-Blogs.htm
http://www.gaysexblogs.com/
http://www.gayxxxblogs.com/

Some blog widgets (add ons):

http://wholinked.com/

http://www.justsayhi.com/bb/linking

https://account.snap.com/

http://blom.bleebot.com/ (instant messaging for your blog)

More Great Blog Widgets (Mashable)

Blogrolling - automating your list of links:

http://www.bloglines.com/

http://www.blogrolling.com/

Search and Social Content widgets:

http://my.mashable.com/

http://www.mybloglog.com/ (blog community with great social profile widget)

http://www.lijit.com/ (search your blog and your social content)

http://www.dbachrach.com/showyourself/ (social networking profile list)

Here are a few bookmarking widgets:

http://sharethis.com/ (very simple installation for sharing links)

http://www.clearspring.com/

http://www.ifeedreaders.com/tools.php

http://addthis.com/

Simple HTML button maker:

http://www.friendlycanadian.com/applications/BUTTONS.HTM

Mobilizing your blog:

http://www.feedm8.com/ (send blog via sms widget)

http://www.tumblr.com/  (mobile feed aggregator widget)

http://gluenow.com/ (widget displays mobile content)