Solomon’s Top Sem Blogs - Niche Marketing Blogs Reviewed

this will be updated frequently

At Social Media Systems we’ve been discussing how to build out a healthy blogroll, both to aid our visitors, provide valuable content, and to enhance our SEO campaign. We decided to put a post up for each of our blog authors allowing them to share the blogs they read the most with the rest of the world and then putting these author blog lists in the traditional blog roll area. Each list will be complete with descriptions of why the author finds each blog worthy of attention. Here is my list of top blogs on the subject of search engine marketing, search engine optimization, blogging, social media and general niche marketing blogs.

Top SEM Blogs:

In Alphabetical Order:

Andy Beal’s Marketing Pilgrim Internet Marketing Blog & Consultant
A multi-author blog with extremely frequent updates. Covers search marketing news, how to tips, and general online trends.

Avia Directory Internet Marketing Blog
A great blog on growing your online business and getting more traffic. Authored by the Avia link directory.

Cornwallseo.com
This guy writes very creative titles and offers personal anecdotes and stories from his life as a professional SEO. Fun read with some decent insights as well.

Copyblogger
A blog about how to write and market online by harnessing the power of perfect copywriting written by the defacto online copywriter “ this guy’s headlines are outstanding ( I use some of his headline templates myself!!!!!!)

Daily Blogging Tips
Just like the name “ daily blogging tips ranging from beginner to moderate and occasionally advanced tips.

Graywolf’s SEO Blog
This is an outstanding blog because, unlike almost all SEO blogs, this one contains lots of little experiments Greywolf is “messing with. So the information it contains is unique and filled with a distinctly first person voice and some humor. This blog addresses a lot of the more aggressive SEO techniques through experimentation and offers the pros and cons of each well.

Lorelle on Wordpress
A very detailed, updated blog on all things related to building, maintaining and profiting from a perfect wordpress blog.

Problogger
Tips and articles on how bloggers can earn money from a professional full time blogger Darren Rowse.

Pronet Advertising
Great insight into what’s going on in the world of social media and internet advertising.

Publishing 2.0
Articles on new media, blogging and the future of publishing. I enjoy reading the authors take on what certain news items reveal about the future of new media.

Search Engine Land
With it’s multitude of authors and new summaries, this site covers the search engine industry more throughly than any other I’ve seen (except perhaps Search Engine Watch). The articles themselves are a bit long and the site suffers from information overload, but the summaries are a great read to stay informed on the latest moves in the search industry.

Search Engine Roundtable
A blog on everything search. It’s main attraction over all the other blogs is that it covers trends that are popping up in the various search marketing forums and blogs. It’s coverage of controversial issues in search with summaries of differing opinions (from their own forums too) is excellent.

SearchAnyway PPC Online Search Marketing Guide
Chris is an active video blogger (and regular blogger) on all things search related. I don’t always agree with him, but his quick personal videos and rants give a nice dose of personality to a sometimes stale subject.

SEO by the SEA
Lots of patent info and well researched technology articles alongside some back to basics posts thrown into the mix. SEO by the SEA is also one of the most frequently updated SEO blogs I’ve ever seen. It’s a good read and you can tell this guy eats, lives and breathes search. I asked him once how long he spends writing his blog, the answer: 3-4 hours day. That’s right while you’re watching TV, Bill Slawski is writing about Search.

SEOBook.com
Aaron Wall writes a lot, and I mean a lot. It’s one of the most active blogs written by a single individual I’ve ever seen. He also authors a book on SEO and writes for other websites as well. Seobook is an essential blog because it contains well-researched articles that express opinions and aren’t just parrots of existing news. He also provides real life examples from his very successful SEO campaigns and is considered to be an industry leader.

SEOMoz Daily SEO Blog
SEOMoz, a professional SEO company is connected to the hub of the search engine optimization world. Their company’s multi-author posts provide a large amount of links to different things happening in the SEO world. They have a large following so controversial posts are flooded with topics from professional SEO’s all over the world. The comments are valuable if you can sort through the signal to noise ratio.

Seth’s Blog
Marketing guru, best selling author, writes about how ideas are spread online and off, loaded with lots of stories of good and bad marketing attempts.

ShoeMoney
Famous internet marketer talks about advertising online, startups, and search.

Stuntdubl Business Search Marketing Consulting
A very popular professional search marketer and avid digg user who writes with lots of analogies providing easy to follow how to’s. A good read.

TechCrunch
Cover all things web 2.0. Very detailed company and website reviews. This blog is so powerful it often scoops MSM on developments in web 2.0 space.

The Blog Herald
Topics include everything from wordpress and blog promotion to social media to editorials and news on technology. Updated daily by 16+ authors.

The Credibility Branding Blog
Marketing blog on branding and how to build credibility written by Jennifer McLean, author of the credibility factor. It’s topics range from general insights to stories and marketing news.

Tropical SEO
Offers some great how to articles and analysis on social media and search marketing written from experience in an witty personal voice (which I like.)

Top Rank Blog
I’ve been following Lee Odden’s blog for some time and I’m extremely impressed by his short, to the point posts, that are written from the perspective of a PR / business professional (as opposed to a SEO geek). Lee also works hard to include photos and videos whenever possible and updates his blog daily. He also maintains a very large SEO / SEM blog list, where you can get a chance to browse through more SEO blogs then you can handle.

WebProNews
Online publication that syndicates many of the great bloggers I listed above (and our blog!) that covers all aspects of internet marketing including search marketing news, how to’s, speculations, and other info. It’s also a great place to discover some great blogs. Updated every single day.

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