The Social Media Toolbox: 135 Awesome Tools
The Social Media Toolbox: 135 Awesome Tools
Though some may think that social media and networking sites are time wasters, for most, social media sites have served as handy tools. They`ve reconnected long lost friends, brought in new business associates, and provided others with valuable information from hidden corners around the web.
So it should come as no shock that a lot of different tools, apps and services have been developed to improve your interaction with them. What tools do you use to keep your social media routine intact?
Fortunately, just as you can DIY and create a website, you can also DIY and craft your own socialmedia strategy. To help you get your website to the top of the Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs), we take a look at 101 Free socialmedia tools, techniques and resources (available for either download or online usage).
What would social networking and media without bookmarking or voting? This category lists a number of tools and applications that work with 3 of the most popular bookmarking and ranking sites-Digg, Del.icio.us, and StumbleUpon.
Digg Sidebar
This extension features the latest stories from Digg in real time for your Firefox sidebar.
Digg Firefox Addons
If you want to Digg a story, be updated on the latest Digg content or submit webpages to the site, then the Digg Toolbar is for you. It lets you perform all the Digg essentials quickly and easily.
Digg Bar
Keyword List Generator DiggBar enables you to read comments, share an interesting web page, and of course, Digg the stuff you like. Everything is shown in URL format.
DiggTop
This application tool comes in real handy as it enables you to view a list of selected Digg topics and keyword feeds. It runs on both Windows and Mac OSX.
Diggest
In addition to articles and images, Digg also showcases videos. If you’re looking for a fast way to view and access them, try Diggest. The widget plays video files directly from Digg.
Di66.nett
Features all kinds of statistics including the top words on Digg, top Diggers, and the most popular topics on the website.
Digg Labs
Here’s an experimental application that helps users look beneath the surface on Digg. Find interesting topics on the network and see what’s been up on Digg.
Delicious Bookmarks
Delicious Bookmarks -This application is the known official Firefox add-on for the Delicious social bookmarking website. Bookmark your pages straight from your browser.
Del.icio.us Complete
Categorize your collection of links according to keywords. This application is your one stop super social bookmarking manager.
Mobilicio
Want to access your Del.icio.us account on the go? With Mobilicio.us, you can access them whenever you want, wherever you want.
Similicious
As its name implies, this site helps you find related articles on your chosen topic. The application is especially useful for people doing research or is otherwise very curious about a certain topic.
Freshdelicious
Over time, bookmark links can change, leaving you with dead links still posing as active ones. Freshdelicious solves this. It can clean up an update your Delicious account with its powerful features.
SU Music Player
Customize your own music player for StumbleUpon with this service. Register a music account and start adding MP3 links into your account. Guests can access your StumbleUpon music player from your SU blog page with a simple click.
FireFox StumbleUpon Addon
If you’re a FireFox user and SU fan, you’ll definitely need this toolbar in your browser.
StumbleVideo Embed Code Displayer
Greasemonkey scripters everywhere will find this source code handy. It displays the HTML code for embedding the videos you stumble. Post your favourite video stumbles on your personal webpages easily and anywhere.
Stumbleuopn.com tools
For Opera users, using StumbleUpon will be even easier with a menu and toolbar made especially for the browser.
StumbleUpon Alterter
Keep an eye on all of your discoveries on StumbleUpon. Whenever someone reviews or gives your stumbled sites a thumbs up, you’ll hear a noise alert.
Reddit Bookmarklet
The Reddit bookmarklet contains handy extensions, buttons, bookmarklets, and iphone applications to make your webpage voting and ranking easier.
Trailfire
Trailfire is the answer to a collaborative way of sharing and bookmarking information on the internet. With Trailfire, you can collect and create a trail of web pageson a certain subject or concept, helping to distill, organize and tailor the web to your own interests.
Mahalo Share 4.0.3
Another sharing site that lets you recommend and share links with your friends on 12 different blogging and bookmarking services.
Ping.fm
As a relatively simple application, Ping.fm can update your network in an instant.
Sharethis
This popular tool can be real handy when sharing content across social networking and media sites. Share anything on the web to different social bookmarking sites, including Digg, StumbleUpon and Delicious.
Blerp
Blerp is a fun way to post webpages, stories, videos, photos and more to any site while sharing your views and comments on them. Start an interactive discussion on them just as you would with any ranking and bookmarking site.
Social Media for Firefox
Here’s a status bar that reveals how many votes a particular story or webpage has from various social sites.
Fleck
Fleck enables you to include sticky notes on top of the pages you bookmark. Other functionalities include the capability to build a knowledge base with a group.
Whenever you come across a great YouTube video, song, or image, you’re first instinct is to save it so you can share it. Oftentimes you can do that, so it can be really annoying when you can’t. Try these tools out. Sharing and enjoying your media was never easier!
Orbit Downloader
The Orbit Downloader didn’t become popular for nothing. Chosen by millions of viewers, it’s probably the most popular YouTube application today.
Youplayer
Essentially a YouTube playlist add-on for Firefox similar to Winamp. Just by dragging your YouTube links, you can bookmark a number of your favourite videos online.
Youtube Cinema
Are you interested in playing YouTube in cinema mode? Multimedia fans will love this tool because his application enables you to do just that.
The Desktube
Aptly categorized as a desktop YouTube, DeskTube allows you to play videos easily on your PC.
Loom TV Estimator
With LoomTV, you can search various video sites, create playlists, and then distribute it to friends.
You3b
Ever wanted to watch one Youtube video check out another? This application enables you to play three videos simultaneously. Just copy the links and paste them in.
master Tube
Share your favourite videos online. In addition to music playlists, Mixmaster Tube lets you act as a DJ, mixing and creating your own playlists with videos from a large online source.
Desktop.tv
Here’s a browser application that works with desktop functionality. Drag and drop your videos between players, resize your windows and access standard menus. iDesktop.tv has great functionality and user friendly features to view and manage your video content on the web.
Flickr Downloader
Are you looking for software that will allow you to create Flash slideshows, screensavers, and download photos from Flickr? Then Flickr Downloader is the solution to your needs.
Fireflix
Fireflix is a sidebar extension that minimizes the time and effort required in searching, uploading, and managing files on Flickr.com
FlickrSync
As a freeware photo synchronization software, FlickrSync displays local folders and Flickr sets. Create synchronization rules between these files and you can easily manage your photos locally and keep them updated on flickr.
Flickengr
Combine your Messenger contacts with Flicker. Flickengr lets you see what your contacts on messenger are posting on the Flickr website.
Invitr
Specify private pictures with Invitr so you can control exactly which photos can be displayed to. Keep private photos among your friends or share it with as many or as little people as you want.
Gickr
Are you looking to create animated GIF images for free? Gickr.com lets you do just that.
Last.fm
Listen to your favourite music and videos while discovering new and interesting songs, videos and concerts. Last.fm recommends music, videos and concerts based on what you listen to.
Mixcloud
This is music social networking on a whole new level. Mixcloud lets you listen, search, and recommend music to other listeners
qBox
qBox is a social network for music lovers. With qBox, you can stream music, meet other music fans, create your own music feed and library and even turn Wikipedia into a music streaming service.
blueTunes.net
For those who love listening to music online, blueTunes is the next generation music player that lets you access your music from the cloud. Listen, upload, and share your audio content with anyone you want, wherever you want online.
Playtagger
Simply put, this handy code snippet lets you play MP3 files on Delicious. Just copy the code into your HTML and you’re good to go.
MySpace Toolbar
Share websites, receive updates, automatically log in, and instantly access your profile on MySpace with a single toolbar.
BuddyWave
A useful browser for MySpace addicts, BuddyWave gives you access to the site with a click of a mouse.
SPUKO.com
Spuko provides MySpace users with information on popular gaming apps that can effectively build your friends list. Find out how to add friends and how to be added by fellow gamers with apps like Mobsters, Mafia Wars, Vampires and more.
MySpace Editor
A layout editor for the MySpace site. Make your page more attractive with a customized look that expresses your own tastes.
Contactbles
Contactbles is a hip, fun and easy to use contact table generator. Although a contacts table is a minor thing to customize, it adds a great customized style to your page.
Slide
Headed by an experienced social web team, the guys over at Slide give you a few tools to help you create fun slideshows for different social networking sites including MySpace.
MySpaceIM
MySpaceIM is referred to as the official instant messaging application for MySpace. Log on and check in on your MySpace friends, get alerts for messages and comments and even Skype your friends from your PC.
Metacafe
Metacafe is proudly one of the biggest video sharing sites in the world. You’ll find quality, short-form, user generated videos.
Vimeo
Looking for a new YouTube site? Vimeo is another popular video sharing community on the web. Upload, store and share the videos you create. Vimeo’s got privacy options and sharing tools to make it easier.
Ustream
On Ustream anyone can become a livestream broadcaster. Create your own channel and engage with your audience. Ustream’s cool interactive broadcast functionality lets you personally interact directly with whoever is broadcasting.
Justin.tv
Broadcast and watch live video online for free. Create music, broadcast selected videos, collaborate and chat with others.
Hobnox
Hobnox is an online platform and workshop environment created by artists for artists. You can find a number of quality videos, projects and unique media content in real time from the Hobnox community.
Stickam
Here’s another live broadcast site. Only, in addition to streaming you life online, you can upload videos, display your photos in a slideshow and play your audio/music files on your Stickham player.
It’s common to be connected and signed up with more than one social site. Having trouble keeping up? Try out these aggregators for both social networks and IM clients. They’ll keep organized, updated and connected.
Flock
Flock is the web browser geared especially towards interacting with social sites. The latest version has Twitter enhancements, the ability to broadcast to different social sites and comes equipped with Facebook chat abilities.
TweetDeck
If you want to stay connected and updated, then TweetDeck is the right application for you because it connects you with contacts in Facebook and Twitter among others.
Glue
Automatically shows itself on movies, restaurants, books, stocks, and even shows so your friends will know if you looked at the same things
FriendFeed
With FriendFeed, you can stay updated with the videos, photos, and files that are being shared by your friends across the web. Why not create your own?
Yoono
Remain in touch with friends and family. Yoono gives you live updates by connecting to a number of your favourite sites into a handy sidebar in your browser.
Snag
As its name implies, Snag literally snatches information from your various social networking sites to give you the top news on your friends.
Secondbrain
Save bookmarks of articles, blog posts, videos and photos that you find online. Secondbrain helps you save it all and lets you manage them easily in a single place.
Spokeo
If you want to leverage your existing social networks and solidify your relationships, Spokeo is the site for you because it enables you to grab content conveniently on the internet.
Plaxo
Are you still looking for great content from your friends? If so, then look no more because this site not only brings you great content from your friends, but are also given the capability to distribute your own.
Domain Stats Tool
Competitor Statistics
This tool is free and easy to use. It helps you track statistics about your competitor’s domains. Statistics include Alexa Traffic Rank, Age of the domains, Yahoo WebRank, Dmoz listings, count of back links and number of pages indexed in Search Engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN.
This tool is free and easy to use. It helps you track statistics about your competitor’s domains. Statistics include Alexa Traffic Rank, Age of the domains, Yahoo WebRank, Dmoz listings, count of back links and number of pages indexed in Search Engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN.
digsby
This application can display multiprotocol IM clients so you can chat with your friends via different mediums including Google Talk, MSN, AIM, etc via a single buddy list
Trillian
This is a Windows application that integrates different IM service. It includes features like Instant lookup and Metacontact.
Proteus
For Mac users, Proteus is the application to check out. It can support different protocols, support drag and drop file transfer, a user friendly interface and growl notifications.
radiusIM
Described as a social IM, it is only application that lets you know where your friends are hanging around at the moment.
Pidgin
As a free chat client, Pidgin can easily supports Google Talk, AIM, ICQ, MySpaceIM, Zephyr, Yahoo, MSN and more.
Meebo
Tired of logging into different IM clients online? Use Meebo, a live communication platform that lets you IM from anywhere online without the downloads or installations.
KoolIM
Here’s another web-based messenger that can connect to your inbox and other IM networks including Yahoo, ICQ, MSN, Gadu-Gadu and Xfire.
eBuddy
Essentially, a popular online messenger, eBuddy can support Facebook, MySpace, AIM, Yahoo, and GTalk among others. Get it on the web or on your mobile phone.
imo.im
Here’s a web-based service that requires not user-registration, sign-up or fee. With imo.im, you can hold text, voice, and video chats on multiple instant messaging protocols including: AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN, MySpace, Skype, and Yahoo Messenger.
EasyMessenger
The site claims that the software can combine contact from MSN, AIM, Yahoo!, ICQ and Jabber-all in a single platform. All you have to do is create an account and go online.
BlogPulse Conversation Tracker
Conversation tracker and trend search: just two of the things you can expect from BlogPulse Conversation Tracker. This tool is a great automated trend discovery system for blogs.
Popurls
PopURLs is a popular news aggregator that is used the world over. Track the top webpages from Digg, Reddit, Technorati, YouTube, Newsvine, Slashdot, boinboing, wired, Spike and more.
Jimmyr
Here’s another news aggregator that has received wide praise because of its user-friendliness. Find the top stories categorized by news, pictures, videos, science, and trends among others.
Google News
Google News aggregates news from all over the internet to deliver the fresh and the latest right to your browser.
Pipes
Pipes is a popular tool that lets you compose, manipulate, aggregate, and mash-up content from around the internet. Of course, you can share your Pipes with anyone and even use them for different purposes.
From MSN and Google Talk to Skype and Twitter, IMs are becoming a major trend. You can find a number of different tools that will enhance your chatting experience. Well, here are a few to help you have fun as well.
MSN Messenger
The popular chat client from Microsoft is now better than ever: customize your chat window, share photos, go mobile and more.
AIM Messenger
Similar to the above, you can chat with your buddies anywhere and anytime with this instant messenger as well
MSN Webmessenger
On a public computer? No problem. MSN is also available online.
aMSN
An open-source application, this MSN clone can run on any platform. Features include: voice clips, custom and animated emoticons, support for note adding and webcams, event alarms, mobile service and offline messaging.
Emesene
An open source IM designed as a simpler, cleaner and easier to use version of MSN with all of the same main features you’re familiar with.
Mercury
A full-functional Java MSN Messenger client that contains the same major features as offline messaging, custom views, icons and emoticons, audio/video conference and file transferring.
Skype Gadget for Google Homepage
When logged into your Google Homepage, this Skype Gadget allows you to see at a glance whether or not your selected contacts are online.
Skype Vista Gadget
Skype Vista Sidebar was specifically fashioned to show your contacts’ status and display your chats on your Vista desktop side bar.
callburner
This handy application records your Skype calls. You can record directly to MP3 and WAV formats, record each side for the call to separate files and convert your voicemails.
CallGraph
Instead o f just recording, CallGraph also includes group collaboration features and transcription service. No time limits or hidden costs-completely free to use.
Skycandy
Interested in speed dating? The Skycandy application was designed for connecting Skype users. Once set up, you have 5 minute speed dates with 1 minute intervals to vote and rate your dates. Then add the successful ones to your contacts list.
Twitter Mail
TwitterMail lets you Twitt through a TwitterMail email address that will post any email sent to that address on Twitter.com.
Tweetscan
After you select some keywords, it sends Twitter alerts on any threads related to them directly to your inbox.
Twittervision
Do you want to know where other Tweeters are located? This application lets you see Twits on a map.
Tweetlater
A Twitter automation application, Tweetlater saves you a lot of time and effort on your part especially if you have a lot of followers.
Twitdom
Get all the Twitter applications you need right here. Twitdom is the updated applications database for Twitter.
Twellow
The makers of this application describe it as the yellow pages of Twitter.
Gtalk sidebar
This is the Google Talk on your sidebar that comes in handy when you can’t use gmail or don’t have time to install the IM client.
Extended talk
Some of its features include customizing images, file transfer, slash commands, active status, and desktop friends.
Gtalk blackberry
Designed for Blackberry, Gtalk offers you IM on the go. Chat with your friends for free while emailing and playing games.
Google talk
Chat with your webpage visitors through this "chatback" badge. Just copy and paste the HTML code provided into your webpage. The chatback badge homepage will generate a new one for you each time, so you can switch it up easily.
SoGoogle talkabout
This handy tool is an effective translator bot for Gtalk users. Add the translator bot email address to your contacts and you’ve got your own personal translator.
Gtalk profile
Gtalk profile is great for finding new chat buddies to add to your list. It enables you to find Gtalk users anywhere in the world.
Fring
It’s important to stay connected even when you’re on the go. Fring lets you do just that with a number of different chat clients. Find out which phones and services it supports.
Agile Mobile
Here’s an all-in AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, ICQ, and Google Talk IM client for your mobile phones.
EQO
EQO contains a variety of features like friend feeds, photo sharing, phonebook, and Twitter feeds-all for your mobile phone.
MovaMessenger
This application can work with different IM clients on your phone. Notable features include a user-friendly GUI and multi-lingual support.
mTalk
Works in different gadgets like Pocket PC, Blackberry, Symbian, and J2ME phones.
Nimbuzz
This is a social messenger for mobile individuals. It combines VoIP, geo presence, and social networking sites to deliver the ultimate solution to your phone.
Xfire
Xfire is perfect for gamers everywhere. Its functionalities lets you chat while playing your favourite computer games including Counter-Strike, WoW, Warcraft III, Call of Duty and more.
IMVU
Do you want to chat in animated 3D? Look no further; this specific software application enables you to do that
DSpark
Spark is a cross-platform IM client and open source solution for business and other types of organizations. It features built-in support for group chat, telephony integration, and strong security as well as in-line spell checking, group chat room bookmarks, and tabbed conversations.
Thus far, you’ve taken a look at 114 tools that have been developed by third parties or the companies themselves. Now here’s your chance. Create, modify or enhance a few tools of your own for the most popular social media, bookmarking and blogging sites. Enjoy!
BuddyPress
Want to transform the installation of WordPress MU into a social platform? BuddyPress has the capability that lets you do that.
DoBroadband Mechanics
An aggregation engine, ID hub, content management system, and social networking are all available in the source code. Your social life can be automated with this application.
Clonesumating
If you’re looking for the kind of social networking that can be based on consummating.com, this is the right app for you. It features digital property, tags, blogging, and other features.
Yogurt Social Network
This is a module for ImpressCMS Xoops. So Orkut, MySpace, and Facebook users will find this particularly helpful.
MyCrumbTrail
Create your own social networking site that YouTube and Flickr users can join. They can list their contents and friends from each social media site collectively together into one solid and automatically-updated profile page.
iSocial
A free networking CMS application that enables you to make your own Orkut or Friendster-like websites.
AstroSPACES
As the world’s very first open source social networking application, you can expect a lot of great things from AstroSPACES.
ClipBucket
Want to creat your own video sharing website? Checkout Clipbucket–a free and open source video sharing script that can be accessed for free.
DPHPmotion
Create and run your very own video sharing website, music sharing site, and picture sharing site with PHPmotions Media Sharing CMS. Get fully CSS based templates, admin areas GUI, support for MP3 and all for free.
Akarru
Akarru is a social bookmarking engine you can use to build your very own social bookmarking site.
Delicious api
This is a “delicious” API that’s popular among many users as it reads/writes access to your Delicious bookmarks and tags via an HTTP-based interface.
Ridiculous
Ridiculous is essentially a ruby wrapper for the delicious website API
Reddit code
This site has the Reddit source code that enables you to help improve the Reddit site with your own developments.
Pligg
A social networking content management system that can be compared to Digg
slash/links
Developed by Eyebeam R&D, it automatically mirrors links from popular social sites for your personal or business website.
Social Traffic Monitor
Essentially, Social Traffic Monitor is a plug-in designed for WordPress. It is capable of monitoring traffic and other activities from bookmarking and social news websites.
The reddit button
Want to add a Reddit button to your WordPress blog? Here’s some DIY code and instructions that enable you to generate valid XHTML codes. Works with WordPress 1.5 or above.
SimpleFlickr
If you want to embed a Flickr simple-viewer into your Wordpress site, the SimpleFlickr plug-in can help you do just that.
Sociable
Try out this code to a great social bookmarking plug-in for WordPress bloggers. You can add social media buttons for 99 different social media sites.
Postalicious
Post your delicious, Google Reader, Reddit, or Yahoo Pipes bookmarks automatically on your blog with this application.
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flickrRSS
Display Flickr photos on your weblog with this Flickr RSS plugin for the WordPress platform. This site also gives you step by step instructions on how to DIY.
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November 7th, 2009 at 1:23 pm
Woww .. Amazing list .. Im stumbling right away !!
November 30th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Cool looking blog, can I ask you what template you are using and how much it costs? I’ve been using cheap ones but cannot find one that I really like.