I’ve never used Blogbeat, but that’s because any decent hosting provider should supply a decent stats package. I tried both Google Analytics and Sitemeter, and found them both subpar compared to AWStats that my host provides me with.

IDS is a good tool if you already know what you’re looking for. If you’re experimenting, then a place like Nameboy (http://www.nameboy.com/) would probably be more useful.

I’m personally not a big fan of wordpress, but that’s partially because I’m a ColdFusion developer. Instead, I’ve actually written all the software for my blogs.

I would use Zookoda on the principle that it’s another ColdFusion site, but it’s much more convenient to use Feedburner’s services since I was already using them.

I personally hate Technorati almost as much as I hate MySpace. Their tagging makes searching for anything useful almost impossible because there are no real standards. Plus, their robots do a terrible job of parsing many blogs. I use it currently because there is nothing else, but wish there were something much better.

And dreamhosts prices sound a little on the high side compared to what I’m paying over at OurInternet.us.