Top 25 SEO Blogs

I love rankings, what can I say. After I published the “Top 25 Blogs About Blogging” list I thought that someone would replicate it for the SEO sphere. But no one did, so here we go again.

This list was made using pretty much the same algorithm (only small modifications were made, mainly due to the fact that SEO blogs are more popular). Once again the list should be useful because it is based on objective factors. There are many “Top SEO Blogs” lists around the web, but most of them are based on the preferences of the author.

The Top 25 SEO Blogs list, instead, ranks the blogs according to their Google Pagerank, Alexa rank, number of Bloglines subscribers and Technorati authority. Each factor has a score from 0 to 10, and the maximum score for each blog is 40. Details about the algorithm can be found below the table.


#1	Search Engine Land	7	10	9	10	36
#2	SEOBook	6	10	10	10	36
#3	SEO Moz	5	10	10	10	35
#4	Matt Cutts	7	10	8	10	35
#5	Search Engine Watch	7	10	10	7	34
#6	Search Engine Roundtable	7	10	8	8	33
#7	Search Engine Journal	7	8	9	8	32
#8	Online Marketing Blog	6	7	7	10	30
#9	Pronet Advertising	7	7	5	10	29
#10	Marketing Pilgrim	7	8	6	8	29
#11	SEO Chat	6	10	4	6	26
#12	Search Engine Guide	7	8	4	6	25
#13	SEO Blackhat	6	8	6	5	25
#14	Stuntdubl	6	6	6	6	24
#15	Graywolf’s SEO	6	7	4	7	24
#16	SEO by the SEA	6	4	5	5	20
#17	Link Building Blog	5	5	5	4	19
#18	Jim Boykin	5	6	4	4	19
#19	SEOpedia	6	5	4	4	19
#20	DaveN	6	5	4	4	19
#21	Bruce Clay	5	7	3	3	18
#22	Blue Hat SEO	4	6	3	4	17
#23	Tropical SEO	5	5	3	4	17
#24	SEO Refugee	5	6	1	3	15
#25	Small Business SEM	5	4	3	3	15

Blogs considered: the list considers only blogs that have a high percentage of SEO-related content. Topics might range from SEO news coverage to general SEO discussion and link building.

Google Pagerank (0 to 10): the actual Pagerank was used on the algorithm.

Alexa Rank (0 to 10): Ranges were determined based on the Alexa Rank (i.e., 100k and up, 80k-100k, 60k-80k, 40k-60k) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).

Bloglines Subscribers (0 to 10): Subscriber ranges were determined (i.e., 1-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150-300) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).

Technorati Authority (0 to 10): Ranges were determined based on Technorati’s Authority rank (i.e., 1-125, 125-250, 500-750,750-1000) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).

*The Top 25 SEO Blogs was inspired by Todd And’s Power 150, a ranking of the top English-language marketing blogs developed by Todd Andrlik.

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Daniel Scocco on July 23, 2007 | Filed Under SEO

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137 Responses to “Top 25 SEO Blogs”

Ramkarthik on July 23rd, 2007 9:32 am

Great work Daniel. I thought Pronet Advertising was much about Social Networking as I found most articles on that. All interesting blogs and must read blogs.
Daniel on July 23rd, 2007 9:53 am

Yeah lately Pronet is focusing more on social media, but they have a lot of SEO content on the archives.
Mike on July 23rd, 2007 10:37 am

Wouldn’t it have been easier to just do a google (msn, yahoo) search on ’seo’ or ’seo blog’? Wouldn’t that tell you who the best seo is?
Daniel on July 23rd, 2007 10:39 am

Yeah in fact I thought about including the SERPs as a ranking factor :). Perhaps I will add it on the next update.
GnomeyNewt on July 23rd, 2007 11:12 am

Thanks for this list. I have been looking for a really good SEO blog for a while. A lot of blogs cover SEO but are not dedicated to it. Going to check these out!
Ash Haque on July 23rd, 2007 11:13 am

Very nice list
Andy Beal on July 23rd, 2007 11:28 am

Thanks for including Marketing Pilgrim on the list! We’re one of the youngest sites on the list - less than 2 years old - but glad to be in such great company.
Sheila on July 23rd, 2007 11:39 am

I’m married to the Marketing Pilgrim. We have fascinating conversations about blogging over dinner and wine. Is it healthy for our marriage for me to have blog envy over my husband’s blog?
Daniel on July 23rd, 2007 12:08 pm

Andy and Sheila, thanks for stopping by. You did an outstanding job with the blog, it is no surprise you making it to the Top 10.
Alex Ion on July 24th, 2007 4:47 am

I would use MUCH more filters to decide top25. SERPs, RSS subscribers, traffic!

For me this is not the actual Top25
Daniel on July 24th, 2007 4:54 am

Alex, it is quite difficult actually to use what you mentioned.

SERPs may vary depending on what region we consider (Google US, Google UK?).

RSS subscribers? There is no way to access that number for the blogs, unless they make it public (and most don’t).

Traffic? Again, how can you know what kind of traffic someone is getting? You would need to ask them directly, and then again how would you make sure they are telling the truth?

I am open for suggestions to improve the rankings, just let me know some feasible ways :).
Alex Ion on July 24th, 2007 5:04 am

I also agree with you Daniel, and I want you to know I don’t want to be rude or anything like that.

To improve those numbers I think everyone should be mailed and asked. Maybe an interview with all the candidates? That would be really nice!
Daniel on July 24th, 2007 5:11 am

Alex, no worries, I always appreciate different points of views.

I might try to do something like that in the future, but usually these guys are very busy and I doubt they would have the time.

Aaron Wall charges $500 for 1 hour of phone consulting… that speaks by itself :).
Andy Beal on July 24th, 2007 5:12 am

I barely have enough time to keep up with these comments.
Alex Ion on July 24th, 2007 5:12 am

Oh yeah, but I guess he can answer some questions via e-mail easily
Lee Odden on July 24th, 2007 6:55 am

He Daniel, thanks for including Online Marketing Blog! Along with Andy, we’re not exactly all about SEO, but that’s certainly a big part of our content.

It would be interesting to factor in RSS subscribers for those with Feedburner Feedcounts turned on.

Here’s a list of SEM blogs by RSS subscribersthat might be useful.
Daniel on July 24th, 2007 7:02 am

Nice Lee, thanks for sharing that. I will check how many of the 25 display feed count and consider using it as a factor.
eMule on July 24th, 2007 11:00 am

23 .COMs! 1 .ORG! 1 .UK!
The remaining portion of the world does not have SEOS?

Regards.
Cristian Mezei on July 24th, 2007 11:10 am

As Alex reminded me in my own blog, and as Lee said about his own, SEOPedia is not “just” about SEO too.

So thank you for the honour to be in this top..
Daniel on July 24th, 2007 11:36 am

Yeah I am aware. It is very difficult to cut a clear line on what is an SEO blog and what is not, so I just considered blogs that have a “great” part of their content related to SEO (that is very flexible, I know :)).
Cristian Mezei on July 24th, 2007 1:05 pm

I think there’s no A list blog that deals strictly with SEO anymore.

All of the most known blogs dealt just with SEO at the beggining then varied the stories to make it more interesting for their audience.

Moreover, SEOPedia is just my personal blog , not an industry website like SEJ or SeoMoz.
Daniel on July 24th, 2007 1:09 pm

Right. Perhaps you should change the title though if you want to avoid confusion hehe.

Currently it is: Internet Marketing and SEO Blog.
Cristian Mezei on July 24th, 2007 1:19 pm

Old lines, old habbits.

It’s 15% about SEO, since SEO is mostly about anything in the technical field.

Plus, I’m like in the 3rd page for “SEO”
Manish Pandey on July 25th, 2007 3:23 am

Very nice list indeed!

But I didn’t find John’s blog there! He might not have that much buzz…
Daniel on July 25th, 2007 3:27 am

Yeah I considered him, got 14 points or so.
Desibabesworld.com on July 25th, 2007 8:17 am

Very nice list indeed!

http://www.desibabesworld.com/
Your Search Advisor on July 25th, 2007 9:09 am

Great list of sites and a good reminder to update RSS subscriptions. Thanks!
lior on July 25th, 2007 9:33 am

Hey Daniel,
I love this posts. I will also be happy to see other “top blogs” like “how to” blogs or business blogs
Amanda on July 25th, 2007 12:39 pm

I wonder if pjmommy will ever make the list. I guess we’ll have to expand on our blogging content!
Darren McLaughlin on July 25th, 2007 1:29 pm

Interesting list. You have forums on there, etc. LOL.

I guess I’ll take your word these are the best SEO blogs around.
Daniel on July 25th, 2007 3:29 pm

Darren, what forums are you referring to?
Vinod on July 25th, 2007 11:51 pm

Hope to see DoshDosh entering the list in near future.
Jim Westergren on July 26th, 2007 9:35 am

I don’t really mind and I don’t think my blog is an actual SEO blog but I think I scored around 17 points with jimwestergren.com
Bill Hartzer on July 26th, 2007 10:31 am

Great list! Obviously there are a lot more than 25 SEO blogs, so perhaps I should create “top 100 list”?

I think Darren is referring to “SEO Chat”, as many people consider them to be forums rather than a blog.

What’s really interesting, though, is that not all of those SEO blogs on the list have nofollow implemented on their comments.
Cristian Mezei on July 26th, 2007 11:06 am

What’s really interesting, though, is that not all of those SEO blogs on the list have nofollow implemented on their comments.

Right
Daniel on July 26th, 2007 11:22 am

Bill, if you think it is suitable go ahead and create the Top 100 SEO blogs.

I think there are not as many though, at least not valuable ones.
Glen Allsopp on July 29th, 2007 3:04 am

Great list, hope to make it on there myself one day!
Seo Красавчег on July 29th, 2007 8:45 am

Niceone, it’s very interesting scale of popularity….
Richie on August 1st, 2007 2:28 am

Great list, nice to see old Matt Cutts not topping the charts - there’s a couple of great blogs I have never come across before.
Elias Kai on August 2nd, 2007 6:03 am

no wonder all the sites are in English.
keep an eye guys on Asia and Europe and be more specific.
lassaad on August 3rd, 2007 12:48 pm

1- most seo experts consider alexa is out of the game.
it is better to use rss subscribers than this tool.
2- it is a top seo blog in English not worldwide, I think that there are many others language.
Sam on August 7th, 2007 10:43 am

IMHO, this is a bad list (I am not saying those blog is bad, but the way of judging those blog isn’t right.)

PR, alexa, technorati and blogline can be easily manipulated if you have enough cash.
OOM on August 14th, 2007 3:35 am

Very nice list. Love reading and analyzing it. Though based on my subjective view, I would have chosen a different order. But your’s is objective, so perfectly fine.
SEO Expert in Delhi on August 20th, 2007 1:15 pm

hey
it’s very nice list !

But I didn’t find manish pandey blog there!
seonotes on August 25th, 2007 6:18 am

Liked that list, though I’m biased in favor of SE Roundtable and SEOmoz.
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çanta on November 27th, 2007 11:13 am

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Best LCD TVs on November 28th, 2007 3:26 pm

Nice compilation. Plenty of reading for the cold winter nights. Anything to break the bordom that comes from comparing HDTVs is most welcome.
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Treat on December 9th, 2007 7:51 pm

very informative post.. my favorite site out there is SEO MOZ
Igor The Troll on December 10th, 2007 2:22 am

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Black Friday Shopper on December 17th, 2007 2:02 pm

Wonderful post. I am making it my new years resolution to learn as much about SEO as I can. Thanks for directing me to the right place.
Çanta on January 9th, 2008 7:47 am

Nice compilation. Plenty of reading for the cold winter nights. Anything to break the bordom that comes from comparing HDTVs is most welcome.
Suresh on January 15th, 2008 2:09 am

But you are not in the list.
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akshay khanna on January 20th, 2008 12:08 am

great list

i think you should also add a few more sites like problogger and seomoz
SEM Expert on February 16th, 2008 9:19 pm

Nice link bait concept.One more thing you can also add in your criteria list that is traffic part - because more traffic more popular blog it is.What i think if i can if i choose this topics i will also recommend rank wise pointing system with particular keyphrase “SEO Blog” - What you think - Am i wrong!
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Great list.
but where is your blog.
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seo outsourcing on March 3rd, 2008 12:45 am

Those blogs that you have listed are the best ones. I consider them the authorities in blogging coz they provide great informations.
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Squeaky on March 9th, 2008 9:02 pm

Nice list of top blogs and information. Looking to improve my webmasters blog, so these links will help me to see what the top bloggers are doing.
Devina R on March 11th, 2008 12:48 pm

wow
Drupal SEO on March 12th, 2008 2:17 am

wow! thats a nice blog list presentation.
SEO on March 14th, 2008 10:49 am

What are your criteria to rank these blog sites?
Botox Doctor on March 16th, 2008 12:43 pm

Great list there, will have a lot of reading to do. It may be of interest that Danny Sullivan which runs Search Engine Land (#1) was originally a contributor at Search Engine Watch (#5).
SEO Guru on March 17th, 2008 5:48 am

A lot of people complain about this algorithmic methodology, but I honestly find that it does a pretty good job of accurately identifying the best SEO blogs (or whatever type of blogs you apply the algorithm too).
PIRLANTA on March 21st, 2008 8:57 am

It may be of interest that Danny Sullivan which runs Search Engine Land (#1) was originally a contributor at Search Engine Watch (#5).
exen emlak on March 21st, 2008 9:09 am

good luck.
nice job.
türkiye rehberi on March 24th, 2008 2:23 am

seo open tool is good.
how is that seo ?
good luck !
su deposu on March 24th, 2008 12:20 pm

Very nice list
Lokesh on March 26th, 2008 12:06 pm

Thanks for the list of SEO blogs. Very useful. This is exactly what I was looking for. SEO info changes so rapidly that it is hard to keep up with that. I will pick 3 of them to visit regularly.
article good on March 30th, 2008 1:14 pm

Great list there, will have a lot of reading to do. It may be of interest that Danny Sullivan which runs Search Engine Land (#1) was originally a contributor at Search Engine Watch (#5).
pd on April 3rd, 2008 9:11 am

Nice progekt
will on April 10th, 2008 8:37 pm

Very nice list. Thanks for this mate
I seem to be seeing Matt Cutts’s name everywhere currently.

Will.
vinç on April 12th, 2008 4:50 pm

I honestly find that it does a pretty good job of accurately identifying the best SEO blogs
SEO tips and articles on April 14th, 2008 7:24 pm

Are these blogs allowing to add the site links in the signature without no follow tags or not?

Thanks
Yannis on April 17th, 2008 9:44 pm

Thanks for the list!, You’ve got a great blog going here..very informative..

Thanks Again!
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vinç on May 2nd, 2008 7:20 pm

very informative post.. my favorite site out there is SEO MOZ
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Muzaffer_Bhat on May 6th, 2008 6:59 am

It is a nice job in listing all the SEO blogs and putting at one place. Knowing the latest trends in SEO is the biggest advantage of the framed blog list. List has answers to all questions in the SEO field. All the SEO experts and marketyers will get benefitted. NIce job. Thanks and God bless!
StrategyNode on May 7th, 2008 6:52 pm

Thanks for the list this is very useful… now i don’t have to go hunting for information