As a blogger, your work takes place on the Internet and this means that the most important tool you use is going to be your Web browser. Fortunately, there is a good selection of free browsers that you can choose from including at least half a dozen “big name” browsers that most at least know about.

For bloggers, Facebook has provided an unprecedented way for us to connect with out readers. Not only does it give us a chance to be where our readers are naturally, but it is much more personal than email newsletters, RSS subscriptions, etc. Best of all, it gives our readers an excellent chance to share and spread our content, something that’s much more difficult over other means.

For WordPress users all over the world, today has been a pretty busy day as yesterday saw the release of the much-anticipated WordPress 3.1 of the popular blogging platform. Codenamed “Reinhardt” after the famous jazz musician Django Reinhardt, the new version not only adds a slew of new features to WordPress but also improves security and usability.

To tweet or not to tweet has been a question bloggers have had to ask themselves pretty much since the dawn of Twitter. The main question is whether or not the time, effort and energy spent on creating and nurturing a Twitter profile is justified by the benefit one gets out of it. It’s always been a tough question and one where the answer heavily depends on the blogger, their niche and their audience.

If you’ve never purchased advertising before, it can be a very intimidating process. The terminology can be, at times, very confusing and many sites don’t make it easy to get the information you need. Couple that with pushy sales people and many smart people who seek to buy ads make very dumb mistakes.

Blog security is an often-overlooked necessity for bloggers, even though blog hacking is a surprisingly common event and it is a problem that can affect just about anyone. For example, shortly after Christmas, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt found that his blog had been hacked, hosting unauthorized ads, including those for mail order brides.

The Internet has changed the game in terms of personal publishing. Now anyone, with only a few minutes a free account, can reach an audience of millions on the Web. Individuals with a little bit of free time can compete reasonably well with huge corporations with thousands of employees.