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Weblogs ia a web application that provides infrastructure Ping-Server services. Weblogs.com is a resource for the notification of weblog updates and Internet content publishing. The core function of Weblogs.com is a list of weblogs that have changed. This information is available in both HTML and XML. The Weblogs.com ping service is used to automatically inform VeriSign whenever you update content on your site. The service receives notification (a “ping”) from your site that you have added new content, and if all goes well, Weblogs.com adds your site to a list of recently changed weblogs. If you’re not using blogging software that automatically pings Weblogs.com, click here.

Ping-O-Matic is a service to update different search engines that your blog has updated. You just have to enter the Blog name, URL and the RSS URL and you are done. You can submit your blog to these search engines:

• Weblogs.com
• Blo.gs
• Technorati
• Feed Burner
• Syndic8
• NewsGator
• My Yahoo!
• PubSub.com
• Blogdigger
• BlogRolling
• BlogStreet
• Moreover
• Weblogalot
• Icerocket
• News Is Free
• Topic Exchange
• Google Blog Search
• Spinn3r
• Bloglines
• AideRSS
• SkyGrid
• Bitacoras
• Audio.Weblogs
• RubHub
• GeoURL
• A2B GeoLocation
• BlogShares

After you have sent the pings, you can bookmark the next page to automatically re-ping.

Personal Weblog is a PHP include file for adding a weblog to a home page. It is highly configurable and can be changed to fit any web page style. Features are:

• Simple to install and easy to use
• Completely configurable through a web browser
• Entries are categorized by topic
• Search-able by topic, keywords and time
• Supports RSS (Rich Site Summary) for syndication
• Supports multiple weblogs within a single database
• Works under many different operating systems and PHP configurations
• Extensible

NewzCrawler is a rss/atom reader, news aggregator, browser and blog client for Windows which provides access to news content from various sources:

• Syndicated news given in XML-based formats (Atom, RSS, RDF, BackSlash etc.);
• Usenet (NNTP) newsgroups;
• Web pages (HTTP).

It gathers news content from each source channel and displays them in a number of views: News List, News Balloon and News Ticker. NewzCrawler’s user interface is similar to an ordinary MS Outlook Express-like user interface. It supports many back-end headline syndication file formats and embeds web browser for extra fast news surfing.

The main difference from other rss readers is that NewzCrawler rapidly retrieves news from various web sources in background and displays them in comfortable customizable views. It is the only solution available that combines RSS, Atom, Newsgroups and Web pages in one application. With the help of NewzCrawler you’ll be able to:

• Read news from various sources: ATOM, RSS, RDF, Usenet Newsgroups (NNTP), Web (HTTP);
• Compose messages with full-featured WYSIWYG editor and post them to your weblog on any Blogger, Metaweblog, MovableType or LiveJournal API supporting website;
• Browse actual news articles in the web using built-in browser;
• Keep informed about the most recent news in elegant manner with News Ticker and News Balloon;
• Synchronize your subscriptions and news read status using permanent or dial-up connection;
• Email interesting news and web pages to your friends;
• Search for news by keywords;
• Organize news channels in a fully customizable tree structure;
• Download podcasts and listen them in your favorite media player;
• Use MS Agent characters for speech synthesis.