Blog Writing Software for the Mac

These are some of the Mac blog clients, or editors, I've tried. A good blog client lets you:

• Blog without a live Internet connection.
• Work with your favorite browser to capture pages you've visited quickly.
• Publish and retrieve your blog posts from the program.

Visit the sites, and read my reviews below.

• MacJournal ($35)
• MarsEdit ($30)
• ecto ($18)

MacJournal
I started using this as my preferred writing tool, instead of Word or another bloated word processor. I really like full screen editing. I can drag a URL from my browser's address bar and MacJournal displays the page title with a link to the URL. This is my favorite feature when I'm surfing. I like the WYSIWYG editor, too.
Its ability to publish and edit blog posts off line are a plus, making it a legitimate blog editor. Plus, it supports tags for your posts. On the downside, the post downloader isn't completely reliable, so it's really just a good place to start blog posts. I find myself always having to put the finishing touches on the posts using the blog's on-line tools.

MarsEdit
A cross-platform commercial program, this software excels at getting the latest version of your blog, but the editor is text only: great if you use a text markup dialect like Markdown.

ecto
I like the editor more than MarsEdit, that's for sure. It's got a great WYSIWYG editor, and you can toggle to HTML -- that rocks. Plus, I can drag links in from the browser address bar. Very nice.illumineX :: ecto - blog editor for Mac OS X

Blog Writing Software for the Mac

These are some of the Mac blog clients, or editors, I've tried. A good blog client lets you:

• Blog without a live Internet connection.
• Work with your favorite browser to capture pages you've visited quickly.
• Publish and retrieve your blog posts from the program.

Visit the sites, and read my reviews below.

• MacJournal ($35)
• MarsEdit ($30)
• ecto ($18)

MacJournal I started using this as my preferred writing tool, instead of Word or another bloated word processor. I really like full screen editing. I can drag a URL from my browser's address bar and MacJournal displays the page title with a link to the URL. This is my favorite feature when I'm surfing. I like the WYSIWYG editor, too. Its ability to publish and edit blog posts off line are a plus, making it a legitimate blog editor. Plus, it supports tags for your posts. On the downside, the post downloader isn't completely reliable, so it's really just a good place to start blog posts. I find myself always having to put the finishing touches on the posts using the blog's on-line tools. MarsEdit A cross-platform commercial program, this software excels at getting the latest version of your blog, but the editor is text only. ecto infinite-sushi.com - ecto I like the editor more than MarsEdit, that's for sure. It's got a great WYSIWYG editor, and you can toggle to HTML -- that rocks. Plus, I can drag links in from the browser address bar. Very nice. The biggest problem: Ecto & Blogger.com -- lots of extra hard returns appear in the posts after I upload them to Blogger. com

Is Your Blog Indexed? Use Google Webmaster Tools to Find Out

To see what your blog looks like from Google’s perspective, use Google’s Webmaster Tools. Google Webmaster Central - links to all the Webmaster tools Google Webmaster Tools - Site Status - see if your site or blog is indexed using a simple wizard interface.

Promoting Blogger.com Blogs: Send Pings

I’ll start my testing with the simplest option: ask Blogger.com to ping the blog notification services. On my blog, Neil's Open Source & Linux Blog, I turned on pings on July 20. Here’s how:

1. From the Blogger.com Dashboard, click Settings.
2. Under the Settings tab, click Publishing.
3. For the Send Pings option, select Yes from the drop-down menu.
4. Click [Save Settings].

Does it work? So far, no. Here’s how I test:
Enter the URL to your site in the Google search field, preceeded by “site:” -- like this:

site:http://njlinux.blogspot.com/

See the results here: site:http://njlinux.blogspot.com/ - Google Search
Does this feature even work? If so, what services does it ping?