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Blogging Tips – Hundreds of Resources for Finding Content for Your Blog

Blog writing tips and articlesBlogging is great fun. It’s exciting. You start out with great ideas, full of motivation and inspiration. After a while, though, you run out of steam. The muse isn’t so amused any more and you start hunting for content, things to write about.

There are two aspects of finding content for your blog. First, it is to find the inspiration that generates original content on your blog. This can come from a variety of sources. Basically, it can be a news story, fellow blogger’s post, an interesting web page you stumbled across, something a friend said, or anything that interests you enough to research and write about it.

The second aspect is to find links. A lot of bloggers seem to specialize in finding interesting content and providing a link and maybe a few words to recommend to their readers that they check out the original content on someone else’s blog or site. While this isn’t so much about finding original content for your blog, it is about finding information and resources that is helpful to your readers.

Either way, when the well runs dry, where do you go to find more content to keep the river of babble flowing on your blog?

I’ve put together a huge list of content resources for you to peruse and investigate for possible blog content. It certainly isn’t a list of all the content, resources, and information out there, but it is designed to get you thinking about all the content, resources, and information out there for you to blog about. And there is a lot out there. If I have missed a favorite resource of yours, please add it below in the comments. I love looking up new avenues of inspiration.

I’ve grouped the different resources for finding content for your blog into the following categories:

Top News Stories

The news is probably one of the most popular resources for stories. Many people monitor or to keep up with what is going on around the world or in your backyard. While the “top 10 news stories” may be intriguing for some, there is a lot of news out there to digest and dig through, finding potential stories. I’ve collected a few interesting and more unusual places to find news, often news that doesn’t make the main headlines, to help you start thinking about where and how you find news to write about on your blog.

Industry News and Resources

If you are blogging about a specific subject or industry, monitor the news stories coming out of that industry. There are many industries to choose from, and they are not always all encompassing. For example, if you are interested in the blogging industry, not all the information on blogging might be of interest to you. You might only be interested in bloggers blogging in Japan or China, not the whole world. So your need for news resources covers a very wide industry but narrows to a specific focus.

The following is a general example of some industry news and resources available online. For a specific industry, hit the search engines for your industry keywords. Whatever your blogging topic, the odds are that there are one or more industries which support it. So search far and wide to find good resources for your blog stories.

Tag and Social Bookmarking Services

Tags and social bookmarking services are similar but different. Social bookmarking actually is the term that refers to users recommending which topics are most popular with them. This is done through votes and by tags.

A site or software tool that collects and stores your recommended or “bookmarked” sites is called a Social Bookmarking Manager. Some Social Bookmarking Managers are private, but the ones that will usually serve you better are the public ones, which show the world what you think is important information, and asks others to “vote” for your recommendations as you vote on theirs, and the winners rise to the top.

Tags are mini-categories for blog content, tagged by the blog owner or visitor. Used in combination with social bookmarking, you can search through tag services for the most popular posts within a specific tag category based upon traffic, voting, or other recommendations.

Tags and social bookmarking help Internet users talk to each other, sharing favorite posts and articles. They also help let you, the blogger, get a feel for what topics are popular at the moment. If it is popular enough, you may want to blog about it. By monitoring these “most popular” lists, whether by overall category or tags specific to your interests, you can keep a finger on the pulse of public opinion.

Most Popular/High Traffic

There are many lists online that list the “most popular” websites, blogs, topics, news, products, services, and more. By monitoring these sites, you can stay on top of what is attracting the most attention.

Most popular lists are based upon a variety of criteria. For a few, it is just what is most popular to them, the individual or group, as they see it, often with their own criteria. For most “most popular lists”, though, popularity is solely based upon measurable data such as actual purchases or highest visitor traffic.

For high traffic sites or blogs, there is a lot to learn as well as be inspired by. What are they talking about? How are they talking about the subjects? Where are they getting their information and resources? Should you be following their lead? Use high traffic and most popular sites and blogs as resources for possible content and ideas.

If you don’t see a specific “most popular” topic of interest to you, in a search engine type in “most popular” with a keyword for your interest, like WordPress, and the search results will include the most popular WordPress Themes, plugins, tips, techniques, blogs, and other WordPress related most popular items. From here, you can find sites to monitor for the “most popular” topics for your blog.

Top Search Results

Another method of finding content is to find out what people are searching for. Search engines and other search engine monitoring resources are always keeping an eye on what topics are most popular by counting up the top search keywords and phrases.

There are several different types of reports for tracking top search results. Old style but useful lists include top search keywords and phrases from seardh engines. More modern style top search results show you live, as-it-happens search action, which may or may not reflect the most popular searches but shows you what people are searching for in the moment. Which ever method attracts you, there is a lot of information and inspiration that can be gleaned.

Research: Reading What Other People Wrote

There is so much being written on the web, it can be overwhelming. Yet, one of the most important ways of finding something to write about is to find out what other people are writing about. This goes beyond news or most popular stories. It is the monitoring and reading of what other people are writing about to help inspire you to write.

Inspiration comes in many ways from reading. It begins by reading about what people are writing about in your industry. If they wrote it wonderfully, then you can cite them on your blog with a comment or two to encourage your readers to visit their site and read the article. If you want to talk about what they wrote, you can cite their post and include a blockquote or two from the article, and then say what you want to say. If you like what they wrote, but you think you can write it better, use their article as inspiration to write your own. Reading what other people also write helps you to keep up with what is going on around you, the trends and the news.

You never know where a bit of inspiration will come from, so keep your mind open to all possiblities. The following includes a wide range of resources for finding articles and archived articles. I’ve also included a list of some aggregators, sites that display content from other sites to help you keep track of what is going on through blog feeds. Some of these you can personalize and customize, while others are just lists to read through.

Search Engines, Search Blogs and Search Feeds

There are times when the most popular, highest traffic, or top stories just don’t give you the material you need for creative composition, or you need more collaborating evidence and research for the topic you are working on. That’s when you turn to searching.

Sometimes just putting in a few words that sum up your industry or a topic that interests you can bring up interesting story angles and perspectives that you haven’t thought of before. Sometimes, just typing in a word and hitting the “Surprise Me” button that some search engines have will take you to new places you never thought to look before. Either way, search engines offer tremendous information, resources, and inspiration if you just start looking.

Everyone has their favorite search engines, but this list also includes a variety of search services that might get you more specialized results on your topic. Among these more specialized searches, you can also search just blogs, feeds, or specific topics.

Tracking Stories

Sometimes you want to be the first blogger on your block to cover a particular story. Then there are times when everyone else has covered the story but you want to know what has happened to the story now, after the news has turned their headlights away. There are also times when the headline news doesn’t tell the whole story and you want to tell more. This is when it is time to start tracking the story beyond the headline news.

While there are a variety of sites that track stories and news, there are three methods for story tracking services and sites. First, there are sites whose goal is to simply to list blog or site content or press releases from subscribers or whatever resources they monitor. They are glorified information lists. Some showcase odds and ends, while others specialize in a specific industry. These work well for general interest subjects you are researching or investigating.

The second method is known as “website trackers”, software, online services, or utlities that will notify you if there has been a change in a specific website or blog. If a new post is published, you get an alert via your browser, email, or when you visit the website tracking page, showing you which blogs or sites have new content.

The third method is to use search engines and feed services as well as tagging and social bookmarking services to track stories. Search the story subject, title, or keywords to generate potential sources. Check these to see if they allow you to create a feed from your search results so you can track the story. See the lists above for those services.

Whatever reason you want to track stories, I’ve put together a list that includes both groups.

Facts and Statistics

There comes a time when you just need the facts. Or, you stumble upon some facts that so amaze you, you want to check them out so you can write about them. There are so many facts and statistics out there, I couldn’t possibly list them all, but here are some of the more popular resources for facts and figures for the US and World.

Internet Traffic, Web Trends, and Page Rank

Whether you blog about the Internet, the web, or blogging, you are still working within the Internet industry by being a blogger. No matter what your blog topic is, it helps to understand your Internet audience, where they are coming from, how they blog, and how they search. If you have advertising on your blog, then it is important to understand what is going on in the blog business in order to help you blog better and make more money. It also helps to keep an eye on the top web hosts and traffic in general so you know what is going on around you in the Internet world.

By watching which blogs or websites are top of the charts for traffic, you can pretty much guage which topics are popular with most Internet users. Here are some resources for lists of the most popular websites and blogs online, as well as tracking web trends and traffic.

So what are some news or resources you monitor frequently to find stories and content for your blog that I have missed? Wanna share?

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144 Comments

  1. OldGeezer
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 9:58 am | Permalink

    Wow! What an exhaustive list!

    Wow! What a reference tool!

    Wow!

    Reply
    • Janet
      Posted January 23, 2015 at 12:32 pm | Permalink

      I’ve been stalling on finally getting a blog going. I found your site and O-M-G! This is the most comprehensive list of resources anywhere paid or free. Thank you so much! It would be such a help to keep a regular blog regularly updated for my students rather than answering individual emails which, of course, I will continue to do. But, this is just what I needed 🙂

      Reply
      • Lorelle VanFossen
        Posted January 23, 2015 at 4:31 pm | Permalink

        Some of these resources are out-dated but they should point you in the general direction. Thank you and good luck with your project and students.

  2. Stephen
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 10:38 am | Permalink

    Nice one Lorelle,

    I have had to add it to del.icio.us even though that took me 15 minutes to get del.icio.us to load up.

    Oh the links 🙂

    Reply
  3. Son Nguyen
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 1:22 pm | Permalink

    This is great. I just found out about 43things. Bookmarked

    Reply
  4. Peter
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 1:39 pm | Permalink

    This is great. I just BuddyMarked it for EveryBuddy on BuddyMarks.com

    Reply
  5. Mr. Peeves
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 3:47 pm | Permalink

    Wow. This is a great resource to online bloggers. While some of it seems so exhaustive, it gives blog viewers the chance to pick and pull what they like for their own interests.

    Keep up the good work. I might make one suggestion and that is to get a Subscription Box where people can sign up with an email and be alerted everytime you update? Bloget.com i think is good.

    Hope this helps
    Mr. Peeves
    thedailyticket.blogspot.com
    lifeannoyances.blogspot.com
    makeyourblogmoney.blogspot.com

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  6. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 3:53 pm | Permalink

    Thanks to everyone for your nice comments, and please add more resources if you think they apply.

    Mr. Peeves:

    Thank you for the suggestion for the email subscriptions. Features such as that are not available on WordPress.com. Besides, feeds are the future and much better at helping people keep track of new action on websites and blogs they like. I also post 1-4 or more posts a day, so you would get a LOT of email from this blog if that was available. 😉

    Reply
  7. ninas
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 4:52 pm | Permalink

    Fantastic list! Very comprehensive and helpful. Thanks Lorelle!

    Reply
  8. Tim W.
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 5:53 pm | Permalink

    Lorelle, I’m bowing to you through my computer monitor. 🙂 Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to put together those links lists. Well done!

    Respectfully,
    Tim

    Reply
  9. vdovault
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 8:44 pm | Permalink

    Hi Lorelle

    Might I suggest Variety.com for Entertainment News? That’s the only area I don’t think you have covered
    Also the Internet Movie Database (I use the International Version at akas.imdb.com) and TV Tome tvtome.com

    Nice work
    VDO Vault

    About The VDO Vault

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  10. Neeraj
    Posted January 23, 2006 at 11:45 pm | Permalink

    WOW !! An Amazing and very exhaustive list, definately a keeper.

    Thanks for all the hard work Lorelle. Now it’s upto people to reap the benefit they have been presented with.

    Reply
  11. M. Liang Liu
    Posted January 24, 2006 at 3:47 am | Permalink

    good work,man.

    Reply
  12. Ryan B
    Posted January 24, 2006 at 4:21 am | Permalink

    Ditto to Neeraj

    Reply
  13. akhater
    Posted January 24, 2006 at 5:00 am | Permalink

    Shouls I add a congratulation to the list 🙂 well it’s already done Bravo

    Reply
  14. Keith P. Stieneke
    Posted January 24, 2006 at 10:15 pm | Permalink

    What an overly exhaustive list. I’m tired just reading over it.(LOL) Currently for my blogs I look over material from similar blogs at both Technorati and Google Blog Search as well as look at Google and Yahoo news items.

    Reply
    • Keith Stieneke
      Posted March 12, 2016 at 2:14 pm | Permalink

      Since the time I originally posted this in 2006 many things have happened in both my personal and professional life. One was the hi-jacking of the blog that my original post was linked to. Unfortunately blogsmart-resources.com now sits in domain limbo as no one picked it up after it expired. Someone stole it from me only to let it go. Although I don’t believe in karma per se this surely suggests that karma was working in this instance.

      Reply
      • Lorelle VanFossen
        Posted March 29, 2016 at 3:28 pm | Permalink

        Sorry about that, but I do hope you are moving forward with your life. Thanks.

  15. Will L
    Posted February 17, 2006 at 10:06 pm | Permalink

    WOW!
    A-mazing list!
    (I found your blog through: http://www.web20watch.org )

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  16. Easton Ellsworth
    Posted May 6, 2006 at 5:26 pm | Permalink

    Holy cow! What a huge pile of great links! You’ve made my day. Thanks, Lorelle – I’ll certainly have fun picking through this!

    Reply
  17. dorai
    Posted May 21, 2006 at 10:25 pm | Permalink

    This is a good list of resources. You covered a lot in this blog.

    Thanks for mentioning InfoMinder. I use it to track about 400 pages (like xmlhack, rdf planet, techcrunch, ehub and many of my favorite blogs. This in addition to digg.dot.us gives me more than enough information to blog.

    Reply
  18. Brad
    Posted June 12, 2006 at 11:07 am | Permalink

    WOW. This is incredible. Consider yourself linked.

    Reply
  19. poppy8sd
    Posted July 5, 2006 at 5:49 am | Permalink

    This is an amazing post. I started a blog solely because I have so much to say (got tired of telling it one-on-one!), that I was curious to see what would be offered. For you to do such work –such quality, depth is not common. –But for no pay??? (lol). After nearly a year I haven’t even come close to ‘running dry’ but I’ll bookmark anyway. Quibble & bit: I do wish you hadn’t listed “Medline” –that is no help to Having health, but a continuation of what’s wrong with medicine as practiced in the West…. There is an important source missing, for which I will contact you. Thank you for remarkable post.
    Poppy

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  20. Steve A Harold
    Posted July 27, 2006 at 10:08 am | Permalink

    What an awesome resource list. Thanks I have added this page to my favorites and I am sure will return here again and again

    Reply
  21. Jagannath
    Posted July 29, 2006 at 5:53 am | Permalink

    WOW WOW

    wat an exhaustive collection
    i’m dumbstuck

    now ‘blogger’s block’ will be meaning less..

    anyway thanx a lot…

    — Jagannath .A.
    http://jagannath.wordpress.com

    Reply
  22. therealdonquixote
    Posted August 17, 2006 at 1:09 pm | Permalink

    D00d you so totally rock! Adding you to my blogroll. Thx for the huge list of resources. I’m not sure if this was in there somewhere but its pretty kewl and very organized as well as clean Populair

    BTW – Your Blog looks teh awsomes. CSS upgrade?

    Reply
  23. guideinfo
    Posted August 28, 2006 at 12:40 pm | Permalink

    This is great stuff. cool tips to get good content for blog. thank you.

    Reply
  24. John
    Posted September 9, 2006 at 12:10 pm | Permalink

    Lets not forget you can always purchase content if you can’t think of anything or don’t have time to write it yourself. I think you need a section for this… please like constant-content.com, and hiring a writer.

    Reply
  25. aziz
    Posted September 16, 2006 at 12:11 am | Permalink

    I’m new and just going into blogging..however the list of resources you provided is more than enough for me to start writing..thanks so much

    regards,
    aziz

    Reply
  26. alanus
    Posted October 3, 2006 at 12:44 pm | Permalink

    WOW…Great list. I’ve used some but not all of the resources before. Many of the site you have listed I never knew existed. Keep up the good work.

    Reply
  27. Mary
    Posted October 5, 2006 at 10:15 pm | Permalink

    Thank you for sharing this information. This is really good for me since I am still thinking on what to post on my blog.

    Reply
  28. Kay
    Posted October 11, 2006 at 9:18 pm | Permalink

    I mainly use FindArticles.com for content and IFLimits.com for free forum skins. Nice article and I am sure many would find it uselful but I am happy with these two 😀

    Reply
  29. SkeptiC
    Posted November 9, 2006 at 8:03 pm | Permalink

    This is an excellent page. THANKS!!

    Reply
  30. Avigle
    Posted November 25, 2006 at 4:44 am | Permalink

    WOW!!

    It’s my first experience with such a great list.

    Thanks a lot for spending your valuable time for writing this useful article! It’s just awesome!!

    Reply
  31. Ramanathan
    Posted January 12, 2007 at 1:22 am | Permalink

    Thanks a lot. Fantastic collection. It shows your hard work. Would you like a link exchange?

    Reply
  32. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted January 12, 2007 at 1:44 am | Permalink

    As a general rule, I do not “do” link exchanges. They don’t work and they are a pain to maintain.

    Still, thanks for the offer and glad my articles can help.

    Reply
  33. Siddharth Thakkar
    Posted January 13, 2007 at 3:33 pm | Permalink

    Hi Lorelle,

    This is such an *exhaustive* list. I’ve bookmarked it on my BlackBerry browser too. 😉

    Thanks for all the effort.

    Cheers!

    Reply
  34. Editor
    Posted January 13, 2007 at 10:42 pm | Permalink

    I find out this list very useful, thanks

    Reply
  35. bimal
    Posted January 22, 2007 at 6:16 am | Permalink

    oh this is what i am looking for from last few days.
    good luck
    thanks

    Reply
  36. Pat
    Posted March 3, 2007 at 11:18 am | Permalink

    Hi
    first time on your site. Love the mood and content consider me an appreciative visitor, all the best to one an all. Pat

    Reply
  37. theoryofblogging
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 12:04 pm | Permalink

    Hi Lorelle!

    Before reading this post I was struggling to post a Good Blog.I strongly believe this post will make me As a reasonable good Blogger.

    Definetly If someone ask me ” How to have a Good Blog”
    I would suggest them to read this!

    Everything was okay ! But you didnt gave any stuff’s regarding How to share a personal memories? It remains unanswered.
    Looking For your response …

    Reply
  38. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted April 14, 2007 at 12:33 pm | Permalink

    I do not think this post will make you a good blogger. I believe it will give you resources to find things to blog about within your blogging industry or topic. It’s a spring board to help you find news and ideas. What you do with it will make you a good blogger.

    As for help writing personal memories and stories, the inspiration and sources are in your head, not outside. If you need help releasing your inner voices to tell your stories, then seek out memoir writing, biographical writing, and other “how to write” sources. Good luck.

    Reply
  39. Anuj Seth
    Posted April 16, 2007 at 1:08 am | Permalink

    Very comprehensive list. Thanks!

    Reply
  40. Dani
    Posted April 20, 2007 at 4:04 am | Permalink

    WOW that really is a great list of resources, thanks for the time and effort that must have went in to creating the list.

    Reply
  41. Jerry
    Posted April 22, 2007 at 6:03 am | Permalink

    Amazing site!…thanks for all the hard work you have put into this!….”if its not here, you don’t need it!”:)

    Reply
  42. Joy Casey
    Posted April 29, 2007 at 8:44 pm | Permalink

    Wow! What an incredible job you did! I am at a cafe right now and I meant to go home a couple of hours ago, but I couldn’t tear myself away from your list…ha. Thanks so much for such a wealth of info.

    Recently, I started a beginning WordPress blog because my blogspot blog is lacking some important features. I will look forward to reading more of the helpful information on this site.

    Reply
  43. Vic
    Posted May 22, 2007 at 6:52 pm | Permalink

    Hi Lorelle,

    Thanks for the excellent list of resources. I have just discovered another one which you might consider adding to your list. I have no connections with the site but it does seem to me to be very good, up-to-date and fast – http://www.congoo.com.
    Kind regards, Vic

    Reply
  44. Hedi
    Posted June 6, 2007 at 5:33 pm | Permalink

    You just listed them all, great work…

    Reply
  45. Yann
    Posted June 8, 2007 at 4:54 pm | Permalink

    Hi, i just discovered this site: very usefull! definitely a Must-read :). Thanks.

    Reply
  46. Caya
    Posted July 12, 2007 at 5:30 am | Permalink

    Thanks so much… keep work going

    Reply
  47. Kathiroly Raj
    Posted July 18, 2007 at 5:16 am | Permalink

    I really got to say this. Thanks for this wonderful resources.

    Reply
  48. Vish..!
    Posted July 25, 2007 at 3:19 am | Permalink

    Cool … and really a great post worth linking to..
    (Will definitly link in my next post..)

    Reply
  49. Anonymous
    Posted August 15, 2007 at 7:41 am | Permalink

    Wa..great information and a lot of hard work added.
    Wonderfully ! Keep it up.

    Reply
  50. Review
    Posted August 20, 2007 at 7:39 am | Permalink

    very nice list to spend some hours with, thank you

    Reply
  51. docnoc
    Posted August 28, 2007 at 5:47 am | Permalink

    Natually this is a bloggers,goldmine for ideas to blog about, and tips for researching out good content to use in there blogs. A bloggers Gift for Gabbing!

    Reply
  52. sciencebase
    Posted September 19, 2007 at 8:39 am | Permalink

    A very alternative way to get new content from your website is from the comments themselves. Rather than simply upmoderating a long and perhaps profound comment on a particular post, liaise with the comment’s author to create a standalone post, perhaps as a guest blogger discussing the subject and backlinked from the original post and from the new page to the post…

    More on this here

    db

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  53. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted September 19, 2007 at 9:16 am | Permalink

    Indeed, as I discussed in When Your Comment Inspires Posts.

    Reply
  54. Issam
    Posted October 26, 2007 at 11:24 pm | Permalink

    Wow, great job. Takes too much time to find them all, you did the work 🙂
    Thanks

    Reply
  55. fawzma
    Posted November 7, 2007 at 12:51 pm | Permalink

    Blog what you know, not what others know

    Reply
  56. brettellis
    Posted November 9, 2007 at 12:34 am | Permalink

    all i would like to know is how to post a slide show like flickr and pictobrowser into my free wordpress.com account site, not wordpress.org with out the code showing up. Step by step guide

    Reply
  57. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted November 9, 2007 at 8:47 am | Permalink

    @brettellis:

    Please see the WordPress FAQ for tips on how to do this.

    Reply
  58. PortalFeeder Member
    Posted November 15, 2007 at 1:41 pm | Permalink

    Wow!

    This is information overload.

    I remember when I was a bit more of an active blogger last year how many RSS feeds I used to follow.

    Being able to find unique news-breaking stories was really key to getting your site to the top.

    After a while I had found a number of unique sources that brought me regular stories top post about that would always attract new readers and links.

    Reply
  59. ardi
    Posted November 19, 2007 at 3:12 am | Permalink

    Wow.I have found a guide what i am looking for. Great post!.Thank you very much!

    Reply
  60. Beautiful Minds
    Posted November 19, 2007 at 11:08 pm | Permalink

    🙂 Thanks for this wonderful resource.. I’m recommending this to my readers as well..

    Reply
  61. Jeffro2pt0
    Posted December 12, 2007 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

    Thank you very much Lorelle. I’ve been looking for good resources to get statistics from on various subjects. So glad you included a section just for those sites.

    Reply
  62. V V S
    Posted December 21, 2007 at 2:37 pm | Permalink

    Hi,

    I’ve read this and found it very interesting and inviting. I’m just a starter in blogging and I chose wordpress on one of my friends recommendation. I feel that I’m also getting into the habit of blogging now-a-days. Trying to write something of some interest to anybody, trying out ways to increase traffic to my website and other stuff.

    I guess I’ll make use of any of your ideas to turn my blog into a successful one as well.

    And by the way if you find time, just visit my blog n can comment on it.

    Thanks,
    V V S (http://myblogthoughts.wordpress.com)

    Reply
  63. luizm
    Posted January 9, 2008 at 4:53 am | Permalink

    Great Blog, Great Tip…

    I’ll translate thies Post to Portuguese and put then, with a Link to You in my Brasilian Blog, blogprofissional.com.br

    Hug’s

    Reply
  64. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted January 9, 2008 at 12:27 pm | Permalink

    @ luizm:

    If you read my copyright policy, which I am sure you did, you would read that it is against my copyright policy to permit full translations of any of my blog posts without permission. You do not have that permission. Thus, translating this post would get you in trouble. 😀

    A link to the post, and the Google or Bablefish machine translation isn’t great, but that is all I’m allowing at present, besides a small excerpt.

    Thank you, and hugs back for caring that much you will protect my rights as an author as I protect yours.

    Reply
  65. Joe Pulizzi
    Posted January 9, 2008 at 2:05 pm | Permalink

    Excellent list and a LOT of work! Very helpful.

    Best
    Joe

    Reply
  66. maggieshanes
    Posted January 28, 2008 at 6:07 pm | Permalink

    Being new to blogging, this is the best information I have found. I will bookmark and use this site for reference. Thank you

    Reply
  67. sasi
    Posted February 6, 2008 at 7:54 am | Permalink

    wow!
    its superb

    Reply
  68. lookupnumbers
    Posted February 17, 2008 at 7:34 am | Permalink

    Very useful list for me, use for my blogs

    Reply
  69. shisymbolinternational
    Posted February 20, 2008 at 6:52 am | Permalink

    I am just blown away by all this info – it seems so overwhelming, probably because I am really new to blogging! Thank you for putting something like these resource tips together- I will wade my way through some of these ideas and let you know how I go. Or more to the point, I’m sure you guys will let me know how I go!
    thanks Jan

    Reply
  70. thinsurface
    Posted March 9, 2008 at 1:01 pm | Permalink

    Wow, this is an incredible list!! You obviously spent a great deal of time researching the information, and your readers thank you – and this is why we come back again and again!

    Reply
  71. bestsourcepro
    Posted March 10, 2008 at 3:12 pm | Permalink

    Wonder ful. this is the list which will really helps to the webmasters those who need helps. Thanks for posting these things.

    http://welcometech.wordpress.com/
    The leading provider of recruitment process outsourcing services.

    Reply
  72. Lance Winslow
    Posted March 31, 2008 at 1:50 am | Permalink

    Interesting list indeed. I too have a list and perhaps you might enjoy it. Let me know, and I will be glad to send it out. Thank you also for yours, because there are a couple of lists that I did not have in my group of lists. – Lance

    Reply
  73. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted March 31, 2008 at 7:04 am | Permalink

    @ Lance Winslow:

    Send it out? I don’t understand. It’s your list. Keep it. By publishing it on the web you are already sharing it. Either way, I’m glad you have your list. Thousands of bloggers have their lists, too. It might be nice to have someone compile a big list of all the lists of resources for content building. A list of the lists – not a compilation of everyone’s content but a recommendation to go visit all the sites with such lists. Go for it.

    Reply
  74. iwan kriswanto
    Posted April 15, 2008 at 6:54 pm | Permalink

    You have a great contents and I love it, but I am looking for traveling contents, could share it too?

    Reply
  75. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted April 15, 2008 at 8:13 pm | Permalink

    @ iwan kriswanto:

    Traveling contents? As in resources for finding information on travel to write about on your blog? There are so many different travel resources online – get them all into your feeder and make use of the news and content they produce. Track your industry. That’s the key.

    Reply
  76. Masalaboard
    Posted April 29, 2008 at 7:07 am | Permalink

    Thank you very much Lorelle. I’ve been looking for good resources to get statistics from on various subjects. So glad you included a section just for those sites.

    Reply
  77. Sanj Sethi
    Posted May 25, 2008 at 11:12 am | Permalink

    Lorelle – You are AWESOME – THANKS THANKS THANKS

    Reply
  78. Gravity
    Posted July 11, 2008 at 12:21 pm | Permalink

    thnx alot dude… it helped me alot! thnx!

    Reply
  79. charles
    Posted July 20, 2008 at 2:30 am | Permalink

    Thanks for making this post and i was glad to join to some of this links you posted above and i will be happy to read your other posts.

    Money and Blog Making TIps

    Reply
  80. Lorelle VanFossen
    Posted July 20, 2008 at 7:51 am | Permalink

    @ charles:

    Welcome to the world of blogging. You have an uphill challenge starting on blogspot. I sure wish it didn’t have such a bad reputation. Too many people (and spam filters) make a very right assumption that if you are using blogspot, you’re a splog. I spent a lot of my time going through comments vetting any blogspot blogger who comments, including you, before I will allow their comment. A majority of the time, the work is worth it as they are sploggers. Good luck and I hope that you can overcome the stigma with your blog.

    Reply
  81. faisolpribadi
    Posted August 14, 2008 at 2:06 am | Permalink

    thank you!!! this is what i’m looking for!

    Reply
  82. Kishalaya
    Posted August 23, 2008 at 9:13 am | Permalink

    OMG Lorelle, I had never thought I have to read all this to become a blogger… just joking 🙂 . Its the most exhaustive list I have ever seen. Infact I am new to blogging so this looks awesome to me. I had started couple of time with blogging but stopped after some months. But this time I am determined to stay with it, and I really tell you this post will help me immensely.

    Great work, keep up the good work.

    Thanks,
    Kishalaya

    Reply
  83. Srinivasarao
    Posted September 3, 2008 at 12:00 am | Permalink

    Astounding article Mr Lorelle. Very exhaustive. Thanks a lot.
    I stumbled on this post through google search.Continue it.

    Reply
  84. shotazi
    Posted September 10, 2008 at 8:16 am | Permalink

    It is really usefull post, thank you very much for this great list, i am new in blogging and this post is very halpfull for me, i bookmarked it.

    Reply
  85. rosie999
    Posted September 18, 2008 at 8:27 pm | Permalink

    Folks will probably read this article in 2012!!!

    Reply
  86. live7n
    Posted October 25, 2008 at 11:58 am | Permalink

    I can’t believe what a wonderful resources are collected here. These are really very helpful for someone who love bloging.

    Reply
  87. thedoubleu
    Posted November 28, 2008 at 7:58 am | Permalink

    Hello,

    Thanks for the information. Today is my second day in the blog-world and I want to learn how to create an awesome blog; these resources with help me tremendously. Lorenzo Wallace signing out for now.

    Reply
  88. sharondexter
    Posted December 12, 2008 at 8:26 pm | Permalink

    Wow –what a list of information. There is so much useful information that I need to take a break and come back later to finish reading/reviewing them. Definitely a bookmarked page to revisit time and time again.

    Reply
  89. Shuheb
    Posted December 13, 2008 at 7:21 am | Permalink

    Visit http://www.Jowki.co.uk, the ALL NEW TECH blog created and ran by a 15 year old with MAJOR tech knowledge. This is simply something NOT to be missed.

    Enjoy!

    Reply
  90. Shuheb
    Posted December 13, 2008 at 7:22 am | Permalink

    Great post by the way!

    Reply
  91. Raj
    Posted December 17, 2008 at 9:33 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the update !
    It’s very-very useful for any new blogger
    like me.
    Keep it up !

    Reply
  92. TJ @ Smartblogtips
    Posted December 21, 2008 at 8:33 am | Permalink

    Absolutely amazing collection.

    regards
    Thinkjayant

    Reply
  93. alhakim
    Posted December 27, 2008 at 7:55 am | Permalink

    usually i use news as resource and “how to” article. And it is good for my blog

    Reply
  94. CAZ
    Posted January 1, 2009 at 2:30 pm | Permalink

    Question:

    Where do I get web designer / developer content for my new blog WITH pictures? Example: smashingmagazine.com, smashingapps.com, mashable.com

    Reply
    • Lorelle VanFossen
      Posted January 2, 2009 at 6:33 pm | Permalink

      Where do you get content for your blog with pictures? You write it yourself and you take your own pictures.

      Honestly, that is the CORRECT answer. The rest is of the answer – the one that you want – is to pay someone to either blog for you or buy content from other places. There are also some places which will allow you to use their content for free, but you MUST ask for permission. See What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content for information on the repercussions of using someone else’s content without permission. ALWAYS ask first.

      Reply
  95. GM
    Posted January 7, 2009 at 6:09 am | Permalink

    Looks like i will never get out of ideas.
    Thanks

    Reply
  96. Rob
    Posted January 24, 2009 at 10:56 pm | Permalink

    One thing I just thought of: It’s no fun writing about things that don’t interest me. Usually, my ideas come from research on Google about topics that interest me.

    Reply
  97. Angga
    Posted January 31, 2009 at 9:43 pm | Permalink

    wow, what a wonderful place to get everything.
    thanks for your great work !

    Reply
  98. Sarah Lam
    Posted February 13, 2009 at 9:10 am | Permalink

    This is simply fantastic. So many resources but so little time to go through all.

    Reply
  99. Jimi
    Posted February 18, 2009 at 7:31 pm | Permalink

    Hi Lorelle,

    what a great resource site! I am most happy to have come across this wonderful blog. As a 2-week old blogging infant, with a ton of ideas, a decent resource is exactly what I am in need of.

    Just launched my site, and must now get busy loading some quality content, widgets, etc. Like a new house, there are only curtains at the front windows.

    Thanking you in advance for the education.

    Reply
  100. Julie Stratford
    Posted March 2, 2009 at 4:22 am | Permalink

    Lorelle, it would be nice to give the list an update, lots of links are going to 404 pages.

    Reply
    • Lorelle VanFossen
      Posted March 2, 2009 at 4:28 pm | Permalink

      Thanks. I just checked it a couple months ago and most of the links were still good. I’ll check it again. Thanks.

      Reply
  101. RobertJames
    Posted May 7, 2009 at 6:14 pm | Permalink

    Wow, this is one mega assortment of content sites, best collection in one source that I have ever come across. Thank you for compiling this great resource

    Reply
  102. Jean
    Posted May 29, 2009 at 8:38 pm | Permalink

    it is amazing for all the users.it can develop our knowledge to some possibilities and it can help us to learn more when it comes to internet aspects.

    Reply
  103. Ian
    Posted June 1, 2009 at 1:44 pm | Permalink

    This is an awesome list. I was getting low on content and ideas but with this list I don’t think I have an excuse anymore. Thanks!

    Reply
  104. gal_b
    Posted June 22, 2009 at 1:53 am | Permalink

    Next to generating original content. Getting traffic to your blog is the hardest thing in the world.

    Reply
  105. pumaeyes4u
    Posted July 7, 2009 at 6:30 pm | Permalink

    are you saying that I can just copy and paste something for example from cnn.com to my blog site? it could be an image or video or text? would this be legal? Isnt there any copy right issues? I am launching my blog soon but I dont know where I would get the infor for my blog. I’d appreciate your help. Thanks.

    Reply
  106. Martha Giffen
    Posted December 10, 2009 at 9:15 am | Permalink

    I have only been blogging for a year and I love it! However, finding great content is always a challenge. Thanks so much for this site 🙂

    Reply
  107. Beth Hewitt
    Posted January 25, 2010 at 5:35 am | Permalink

    OMG this is such valuable content for anyone, I have bookmarked your page and I am going to share this with everyone I know. Congratulations on this fantastic post.

    Beth

    Reply
  108. Jibanananda Goswami
    Posted April 17, 2010 at 10:40 am | Permalink

    What a great collection of valuable references! I am a new blogger and I am really very very greatfull for your tips. Thanks a lot.

    Reply
  109. violetachieng
    Posted May 19, 2010 at 6:21 am | Permalink

    That’s a great collection, i am new in the blogging industry and was having trouble finding what to write. I think i should get started!!!

    Reply
  110. echi
    Posted July 7, 2010 at 9:38 am | Permalink

    I am new blogger, and it’s pleasure for me to find this article.
    finally I know what I have to do to create a good and usefull content for my blog.

    many thanks

    Reply
  111. Mike
    Posted August 6, 2010 at 9:12 am | Permalink

    When you get news content do you still have to rewrite it?

    Reply
    • Lorelle VanFossen
      Posted August 6, 2010 at 11:36 am | Permalink

      If you are reporting the news, you MUST rewrite it in order to avoid duplicate content and copyright infringement. Not long ago, Reuters went after everyone regurgitating their news without offering an original voice. You don’t want to be in their kill zone, trust me.

      Reply
  112. Dave
    Posted August 31, 2010 at 2:54 pm | Permalink

    Nice post

    Reply
  113. Phlebotomy
    Posted September 2, 2010 at 11:57 am | Permalink

    Wow- easily the most extensive list of resources I’ve found on finding blog content.
    Thanks
    Owen

    Reply
  114. Remi
    Posted November 20, 2010 at 6:28 pm | Permalink

    Wow! This is so amazing….thank you so much for such a useful information. I bet you didn’t think people would still be commenting on your content after so many years later! I’ve just started blogging myself and was wondering how or where to get ideas from – then I pleasanly stumble onto this. Thanks once again, you are a gem!

    Reply
  115. Jun
    Posted December 10, 2010 at 2:03 pm | Permalink

    These are great blogging tips. Since I opened my own blog recently I could really use all the help I can get. So thanks!

    Reply
  116. Brett Cairns
    Posted January 18, 2012 at 8:20 pm | Permalink

    Given how important real estate is to the health of our economy it would be useful to have a list of high traffic real estate blogs

    Reply
    • Lorelle VanFossen
      Posted January 18, 2012 at 8:47 pm | Permalink

      Odd place to leave such a comment without appearing spammy, but the point is, what is stopping you from making such a list?

      Reply
    • Brett Cairns
      Posted February 2, 2012 at 5:35 pm | Permalink

      Hi Lorelle, I have actually tried to develop such a list but have no real way of measuring traffic as someone who does not own the other sites. Is there a way? Given the number of lists that you show above I thought that you may be able to provide some advice on how to do this. thanks

      Reply
      • Lorelle VanFossen
        Posted February 3, 2012 at 11:48 pm | Permalink

        If your list is specific to traffic as a criteria, there are tons of sites that offer information on the highest traffic levels. Alexa is just one.

        A better list would be of sites that provide accurate and valuable information and helpful advice and tutorials so you could introduce your readers to valuable content rather than a list of sites based upon traffic. Ever seen some of the top watched videos on YouTube outside of celebrities? Some are complete time wasters and useless but people go bonkers over them. Traffic is not always an indication of value.

        Go digging through Google for related topics and keywords and start looking at the sites and finding ones worth sharing. They will thank you when you send them good people, and the people will thank you for sending them to great sites so they can learn more.

  117. Anasm
    Posted August 30, 2013 at 4:07 am | Permalink

    Thank you very much

    Reply
  118. Michael Kitticai
    Posted December 11, 2013 at 2:19 pm | Permalink

    WOW! thanks alot for the list and links, am planning to open a blog soon and i was a bit skeptical on where to find good and flowing content. That to you I have a good kick start and you spared me the energy on research.
    Great post! lorelle 🙂

    Reply
    • Lorelle VanFossen
      Posted December 14, 2013 at 12:52 am | Permalink

      Some of these are very old. It’s a cumbersome document to update and took a very long time to create. I should, but life, the universe, and everything…only so much time in the day. 😀 Still, throughout my entire site I have relevant information and more timely information that will help. Thanks.

      Reply
  119. RamseyPower
    Posted March 9, 2014 at 5:24 pm | Permalink

    Reblogged this on Ramsey Power.

    Reply
  120. farooq
    Posted December 3, 2014 at 12:39 am | Permalink

    What a great collection of valuable references and content curation ideas.
    Content creation is really a hard job for new blogger to done
    Thanks for such a valuable post

    Reply
  121. Shevonz
    Posted December 29, 2014 at 5:09 am | Permalink

    Hello Lorelle,
    This is quite a remarkable list, Ian new to the blogging industry, with all of these site listed what are the copyright policies ? Can you just reconstruct their news and reference the links ? Any suggestions on how that is actually done ? Please advice …..

    Shevonz .

    Reply
    • Lorelle VanFossen
      Posted January 1, 2015 at 3:29 pm | Permalink

      I’m not sure I understand what you are asking.

      Links are not copyrightable.

      If you could be more specific, I could be more helpful. Thanks.

      Reply
    • Shevonz
      Posted January 2, 2015 at 1:49 pm | Permalink

      Hello Lorelle,
      Thanks for your response I was trying to ask how to avoid violating copyright when using all of these website you listed like having a new from CNN for example and using same picture, however Creative Commons said something about making reference, need more understanding on how to reference them in other not to violate any law of copyright,please advice.

      Shevonz

      Reply
  122. John OKALA
    Posted April 23, 2015 at 3:38 am | Permalink

    Thanks alot!

    Reply
  123. Prahlad Yeri
    Posted July 28, 2015 at 12:18 pm | Permalink

    Excellent. This post is no less than a canonical reference list for News Bloggers and online Journalists alike. I really hope you keep updating this for any additions/modifications of the sources.

    Reply
  124. Onyi Eze
    Posted June 3, 2016 at 10:22 am | Permalink

    Wow!! seriously I will be such an ingreat if I fail to thank you Lorelle. I believe with this info I run my blog without running out of information. but am still confuse about something- I hope gathering information from some the sources you mentioned here is not theft? pls your response matters a lot

    Reply
  125. Onyi Eze
    Posted June 3, 2016 at 10:44 am | Permalink

    Thanks Lorelle I found your blog very helpful in starting up my blogging career. but am still confused about the copyright issue- I hope getting information from the sites you mentioned like World press.org is not a theft? pls your response matters alot

    Reply
    • Lorelle VanFossen
      Posted June 3, 2016 at 5:48 pm | Permalink

      I’m not sure what you mean by these questions. Getting information and reprinting/copying and pasting/publishing the content as it if it were your own is a copyright violation. I discuss this thoroughly in this article.

      Using the information to support your own work such as quoting from the material (blockquote), or using it to craft your own ideas is not a copyright violation.

      Remember in school when they taught you that if you copied someone else’s work and took credit for it as your own, you were not only in trouble but likely kicked out of school as punishment. It is no different on the web. Build from not duplicate and you will be fine. Always put your energy into original content.

      I hope that helps.

      Reply
  126. Onyi Eze
    Posted July 26, 2016 at 1:57 am | Permalink

    Am very grateful sir for your response to my question. I have final created my blog it’s an entertainment blog. Pls Sir how can i give my home page a new look in blogger and how can I make all my post to show in my home page. I have about four post three post currently but it only one that is showing up in my home page? Pls Sir I need your advice.

    Reply
    • Lorelle VanFossen
      Posted July 27, 2016 at 4:47 pm | Permalink

      I’m sorry but I don’t know. You will have to ask someone who specializes in Blogspot/Blogger. I use WordPress and write about it here. It is used by the majority of people publishing on the web worldwide.

      Reply

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