Being a single mother, business woman, and a part time blogger I value each and every minute of every day.  When it comes to writing it’s not always easy to complete what you’re working on as fast as you’d like, I found some tools that will help all of us save some time.  Everyone should be able to appreciate a good time saver!

These tools include gadgets for iGoogle and Firefox addons that may be useful in saving time for bloggers.

Move over from Google to iGoogle it is a Bloggers treasure trove of tools and applications.  I recommend you make iGoogle your home page.

iGoogle gadgets

1. Blogger Dashboard:  Allows easy access to the Blogger DashBoard by inserting the ID of your blog extracting links from your group. This is a great way to edit your post, set up or edit your blog directly from your iGoogle.

2.  Blogger Post: This one is similar to QuickPress available in WordPress and it allows you to easily create your blog posts form iGoogle Home.

3.  Photobucket Gadget: For uploading images to PhotoBucket. The features include:
Uploading pictures from your PC                                       
Browsing your photobucket albums
Getting the image URLs
all these features are available without access to Photobucket.com.

4.  Google Reader: This one is great for research and following your Fave Blogs

5.  Blogger Buz: Delivers updates and new features from the Blogger Team.

FireFox Add-ons:

6.  Zemanta: This add-on suggests tags, links, pictures, and articles in real-time.  This is a huge time savor!

7.  ScribeFire: This full featured blog editor integrate with your browser and lets you post directly to your blog. 

8.  Photobucket Uploader: Is a simple add-on which helps you upload images by right-clicking on an image displayed on any web page and upload it to their Photobucket account.

9.  Blogger Toolbar: Is an amazing Blogger Toolbar, which incluses a search box, links for direct access to all options available in Blogger DashBoard and “Blog This!”

10.  Popular Posts: Highlights your most engaging content.

11.  Google Analytics: (or Woopra for newer cool tool) Analyze and gain understanding of your Blog traffic.

12.  Crazy Egg: Allows you to see what your visitors or clicking on

13.  Outbrain: Allows you to get votes and recommendations from your users.

14.  Soda Head or PollDaddy: With these you can engage and get feedback through polls.

15.  Contact Form: Allows your visitors to contact you and give feedback.

16.  Subcribe to Comments: Helps get more visitors coming back to your Blog.

17.  SEOmoz Trifecta Tool: This one is cool, it compares your Blogs popularity with your competitors.

18.  Turn on Google Site Search Analysis: Helps you find out what your visitors are looking for.

19  All in One SEO pack: This one is a must, it optimizes your Bog for search engines and helps you get more visits!

20.  Share This: This one allows your visitors to share your great content with friends.

21.  MyBlogLog: Allows you to add an instant community to your Blog.

22.  MyAvatars: Allows your visitors to show their Avatars when they comment on your Blog.

23.  What Would Seth Godin Do Plugin: This nifty little plugin gives your first time visitors  a personal message.

24.  4Q Survey Tool: Another great way to find out what your visitors think through surveys.

25.  Google Website Optimizer Plugin: With this one you can start doing testing on your Blog to improve it.