Blogger and key non-Google products: an overview

This article is about other Google products that may be helpful to Blogger users. Each product is briefly described, with links to the help centre, help forum, and other useful hints-and-tips article.

Non-Google products that are helpful for Bloggers:

This is not a complete listing of all other product that may be useful it's simply a list of some that I think are key, or that I wanted to keep track of.

NB: Always see the official documentation for official answers.

Product / Application	What it does	Where to get help
Twitter	Micro-blogging, ie posting very small (140 character) notices. Used for information sharing, but very effective for advertising in some niches.	Help centre Help forum Blogger-HAT articles
Facebook	Social networking	Help centre Help forum Blogger-HAT articles
Advertising networks	Everyone knows about AdSense, but there are lots of other advertising networkds that you can use on your blog.	Each programme has a help site. Advertising and Blogger - things to consider List of advertising programmese
Site-Meter	Statistics about your blog	Help centre Help forum
Statcounter	Another statistics tool.	Help centre Help forum
Amazon	The world largest bookstore - these days selling a lot more than books. Different versions for the USA, Canada, UK/Ireland - and more. Lets you put pictures of interesting things on your blog, and make money through affiliate links.	Each counrtyr's Amazon has its own Help centre and forum. BloggerHAT Amazon articles
ChipIn	Fundraising by campaign, with some helpful campaign management tools	BloggerHAT articles
Chitika	One particularly popular advertising programme	Help centre BloggerHAT articles
Flickf	An alternative photo-management tool - it also has a tool to let you search for public-domain (well Creative-Commons licensed) images that you can use in your blog.	BloggerHAT articles
LinkedIn	Social networking for your professional life	BloggerHAT articles
PayPal	Managing payments between you and just about anyone	BloggerHAT articles