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Friday, December 4, 2015

Top 100 SEO & Internet Marketing Blogs

Posted on 10:18 PM by xbeast
There have been a number of blog ranking tables created in the past few months but they all use the hugely inaccurate and outdated Google PageRank as a method of measuring success.
This table simply uses Alexa Rank and Technorati Rank to calculate the popularity of each site. These are the two most accurate methods of determining the traffic and number of links to each blog and, while sometimes slightly inaccurate, are very good at measuring the relative popularity of blogs from the same industry.
The rankings will be updated every day and if you find a search engine marketing blog thats missing from this list please email me.
Finally a big thanks to the Big List of SEO Blogs which made up a large proportion of this list.
 BlogTechnoratiAlexaScore
1seobook.com10114541555
2seomoz.org31312891602
3problogger.net1722322249
4johnchow.com4623772423
5searchengineland.com6024972557
6shoemoney.com7425642638
7blog.searchenginewatch.com92724493376
8mattcutts.com8533863471
9seroundtable.com43839434381
10blog.compete.com306316074670
11sitepoint.com54555305985
12performancing.com7168076878
13doshdosh.com3868946932
14copyblogger.com4173727413
15searchenginejournal.com59183038894
16marketingpilgrim.com39395429935
17dailyblogtips.com3751341313788
18lorelle.wordpress.com3971458414981
19seoblackhat.com46751037415049
20googlesystem.blogspot.com1041498415088
21blog.v7n.com12586304915635
22marketingvox.com10141570616720
23weblogs.hitwise.com23781456816946
24e-consultancy.com49281224217170
25wolf-howl.com12821609117373
26toprankblog.com1661752917695
27blog.clickz.com12541527717818
28andybeard.eu10141710218116
29entrepreneurs-journey.com27041574218446
30quickonlinetips.com19721656918541
31bluehatseo.com49051398618891
32pronetadvertising.com1001901119111
33bruceclay.com50961618621282
34davidnaylor.co.uk38671861922486
35blogstorm.co.uk49051883323738
36googlewatch.eweek.com18374619724571
37battellemedia.com4972416324660
38blogs.forrester.com35352168225217
39highrankings.com19197750826705
4045n5.com57042202527729
41blog.cre8asite.net19896977629672
42ysearchblog.com15322861730149
435staraffiliateprograms.com180571268430741
44jimboykin.com55022560031102
45grokdotcom.com31532808831241
46stuntdubl.com17953090532700
47micropersuasion.com1133345433567
48cashquests.com67032787234575
49seofaststart.com149112172736638
50web-strategist.com9293580236731
51vandelaydesign.com51953380338998
52yoast.com75343160239136
53bloggingtips.com53003387639176
54natewhitehill.com10263896139987
55revenews.com80373297941016
56netbusinessblog.com57763827344049
57tropicalseo.com54413964545086
58google.blognewschannel.com51104066845778
59selfmademinds.com84943958948083
60kaushik.net21744753749711
61seorefugee.com260172652352540
62cornwallseo.com75594568253241
63seobythesea.com31175202355140
64pandia.com128344292155755
65earnersblog.com152764147956755
66seo-scoop.com101404748957629
67hittail.com51481771059191
68seopedia.org101095256562674
69whoisandrewwee.com109475226463211
70muhammadsaleem.com140524918163233
71blog.sponsoredreviews.com60135367663811
72mpdailyfix.com22876347665763
73johnon.com158515097366824
74smallbusinesssem.com102435737967622
75vanessafoxnude.com70566450471560
7610e20.com97666181871584
77stonetemple.com320154377875793
78soloseo.com289964846977465
79blog.sitepronews.com570352147578510
80roirevolution.com297474944079187
81fantomaster.com417353755279287
82webmetricsguru.com55977377179368
83redflymarketing.com255455467380218
84here.org.uk305535169782250
85seoegghead.com187216742586146
86cartoonbarry.com88027822287024
87pubcon.com562393111587354
88techipedia.com148037382188624
89blog.seoptimise.com175317405491585
90sugarrae.com130677898892055
91blog.michellemacphearson.com392495407993328
92searchmarketingstandard.com279726704195013
93daggle.com101728488095052
94viperchill.com349656349698461
95seo-theory.com3890761220100127
96unofficialseoblog.com2994570425100370
97traffick.com1240389466101869
98niallkennedy.com686395155102018
99mediabuyerplanner.com830593987102292
100alistercameron.com880296051104853
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Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Challenges in SEO

Posted on 9:27 PM by xbeast
Starting from the continuously changing algorithm to the lack of keyword optimised content, it has become very difficult to achieve the expected result or rather to even see the results. According to current trend of SEO, the cost of input has increased while the level of expected output has decreased to a certain level.
One of the major challenges faced while helping the clients in achieving improved search engine rankings is to update the edits and changes implemented in a regular basis.
The first thing that needs to be focused on is that the website should be optimized at its best level along with the targeted keywords which can be easily achieved by addressing the Meta Title, Description and keyword optimized content.
Search engine result pages are never static. They vary by location as well as types of users (whether the user is using a desktop or a mobile for surfing). According to the sources, the traffic generated from mobile users have gone from 5% to 30% and this has lead to a huge drop in conversion rates and high bounce rates as a very less amount of time is being spent on the site.
The life of an SEO is always an adventure. The meaning of SEO is variably different to different number of people, with many others talking about and offering SEO services; there is not a single exact definition or exact procedure, which leads to mismanaged expectations of the clients.
We cannot predict that how our industry is going to evolve from one week to the next, as this is all under the hands of merry-go-round updates of Google’s algorithm. All an SEO expert can do is to keep firm eyes on the changing tides all the time and be up-to date with the latest launches and developments and act accordingly to grow the business at the same time.
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SEO + SEM + SMO = ROI

Posted on 9:18 PM by xbeast
Getting back to the basics with some well-worn acronyms to remind us what they are, why they're important, and how to do each correctly.
Everyone's doing "digital" now, and many surveys say that most advertisers will increase the majority of their digital budgets in 2011. But what is not so certain is whether the advertisers or their agencies will be deploying those dollars wisely and effectively across digital tactics. In fact, a recent compilation of studiesshows that most marketers openly acknowledge their lack of understanding of many of the diverse digital tactics and seek to improve their knowledge. So it may be worthwhile to revisit some of the well-worn acronyms - SEO (search engine optimization), SEM (search engine marketing, aka "paid search"), SMO (social media optimization), and ROI (return on investment) - and get back to the basics of what they are, why they're important, and how to do each correctly.
SEO (Search Engine Optimization)
In a world where users' first instincts are to go online to look up the answer for pretty much anything, search engine optimization should be the first thing on advertisers' digital to-do list. After all, "if they can't find you, you don't exist." At a minimum, advertisers' websites that are a few years old should be revisited with an eye towards whether the content is in text or HTML format so that search engines can index it. Many sites built in recent years still excessively use Flash and graphics and are thus "hurting themselves" because content inside graphics cannot be indexed by search engine crawlers. So while the site looks pretty to human eyes, it looks blank to search engines because the content is hidden. There are further advanced techniques to ensure proper and complete indexing (see Glenn Gabe's e-book "Taking Control Of Your Online Marketing").
SEM (Search Engine Marketing)
Once your website "house" is in order through basic SEO techniques, you'll be ready to drive more traffic to it through search engine marketing, or paid search. These are the paid ads on the right-hand side of a Google search result page. Because these ads are served up based on exactly what term the user is searching and when they are searching for it, these ads are orders of magnitude more relevant and timely than other forms of online ads - such as banner ads, which are served up next to content. Furthermore, because paid search ads are typically paid only when there are clicks (cost per click), the advertiser cuts out the 99 percent that would have been wasted; in other words, if click-through rates are 1 percent, that means the other 99 percent of the impressions are wasted. So by switching from paying for impressions to paying only for clicks, approximately 99 percent of the waste is eliminated (see "This is what happens when 99% of the inefficiencies are cut out of a system").
SMO (Social Media Optimization)
In the new digital world where users ignore most forms of advertising as "noise," what is an advertiser to do? Most are turning to social media and social networks like Facebook, Twitter, etc. But as we have seen before, many are still applying "old world" tactics and metrics to it; in other words, buying billions of banner ad impressions on a CPM basis on Facebook - to achieve branding through "reach and frequency." At a minimum, advertisers should "click the radio button" on Facebook advertising and switch from paying by CPM to paying by CPC (paying only for the clicks they get). This will save tens of thousands of wasted ad dollars instantly (see Facebook Advertising Metrics and Benchmarks).
A more sophisticated way to use social media would be to empower users to pass along and amplify your message, or better yet, let them create their own "rave" about your product and pass that along in their own words. Their words can yield powerful insights about what they think are the key attributes of your product and why they think they are important enough to pass along. Finally, the phenomenon of social commerce occurs when "friends don't let friends do just social media"; they are so passionate about a product they not only tell their friends about it but they help their friends all the way through a purchase.
ROI (Return on Investment)
So, what do you get with even a few tweaks to the execution of the well-worn acronyms above? ROI! And ROI in my book doesn't mean more traffic to a website or a higher "brand affinity" score. ROI means dollars made or dollars saved. By making your content indexable and more easily found by your target customers through proper SEO, you're helping them get closer and closer to the purchase of your products. By switching from costly, impression-based media to paid search (SEM), you are eliminating lots of inefficiency and wasted media dollars. Finally, by enabling and encouraging your customers to be your loudest fans (proper SMO), you leverage genuine word-of-mouth to achieve social amplification and even social commerce for the ultimate in ROI.
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