Search engine marketing is constantly changing. Like social media and other aspects of online marketing, search engines are working to deliver better results for their users. To do this, they are focusing on new areas like localization and
social search
. As a marketer, it is important to keep up with all of this news, so here is our reading list of
search engine optimization
(SEO) blogs that will help make you a better marketer.
1. SEOmoz Blog - SEOmoz has become the gold standard for SEO information and how-to articles. Its team of contributors offers an article per day to help expand your SEO knowledge.
2. Marketing Pilgrim - Andy Beal and his team of talented writers break search engine and internet marketing news and discuss major industry trends impacting marketers.
3. Search Engine Land - This is one of the best search engine blogs for in-depth news and analysis of the search marketing industry.
4. Search Engine Journal - From link building to the newest changes from Google, Search Engine Journal covers news and tactics related to the search engine marketing industry.
5. Search Engine Roundtable - For detailed discussion and explanations of the fine details of search engine marketing, Search Engine Roundtable has you covered.
6. SEO Book - For reviews of the newest SEO tools to analysis of search engine changes, check our SEO Book.
7. ReelSEO - ReelSEO is a resource for marketers looking to learn more about online video's impact on on search engine marketing.
8. Yoast - Yoast is a how-to focused blog that covers tactics for improving SEO as well as user experience for your website.
9. aimClear - The aimClear blog includes articles about a wide range of search marketing topics, including SEO and PPC.
10. Biznology - This blog discusses many SEO-related issues but has recently focused on content marketing and its connection to SEO.
11. Blue Glass Blog - The talented team over at Blue Glass discusses important industry issues as well as tools.
12. CanuckSEO - Jim Rudnick provides tips and tricks for improving search engine optimization as well as other search engine marketing related topics.
13. Daily SEO Tip - Are you a fan of sites that provide a tip per day? Then this might be the blog for you, offering tips and tricks to help support your search engine marketing strategies.
14. Distilled Blog - The team at Distilled provides insights and musings about the intersection of search and social media.
15. GeoLocalSEO - If local and mobile search is your interest, then the GeoLocalSEO blog is a resource you should check out for tips and tricks related to the local and mobile search industry.
16. Google Webmaster Central Blog - When working in the search marketing industry, you must know what the search engines are doing. Google's webmaster blog gives search marketers insights into the changes and updates to Google.
17. Graywolf's SEO Blog - Michael Gray shares SEO-related commentary and advice in his blog.
18. Industrial Search Engine Marketing - If you are a B2B company looking for search engine marketing guidance, then this is a great resource for you.
19. John Battelle's Search Blog - A co-founder of Wired magazine and a search engine marketing pioneer, Battelle's musings cover search and much more.
20. Junta42 Blog - Content marketing is critical to SEO success. The team at Junta42 shares insights and tips for successful content marketing.
21. Matt Cutts - Matt is Google's most famous search engine engineer who shares his thoughts and insights on search engine optimization.
22. Outspoken Media - This team of bloggers discusses all aspects of search engine marketing while providing tactical information and industry commentary.
23. SEO Copywriting - Copy is a critical part of SEO success. This blog goes into more detail than most about the best practices of SEO copywriting.
UPDATE: After some suggestions from our readers we have decided to add another blog to this list.
24. Search Engine Watch - This multi-author blog was reccomended by several readers and covers a wide variety of search marketing issues.
What other blogs do you think should be added to this list?
Winnie 3:16 PM on August 24, 2010
Thanks for sharing this list. It's great
AMGill 3:36 PM on August 24, 2010
Oh great Hubspot - now you turned me on to more blogs I want to read. ;) Never enough time. Thanks for the great list.
Brittany 5:59 PM on August 24, 2010
Thanks for these, there's definitely some new blogs I'll be adding to my list to check out!
I've really enjoyed reading Gravity Search Marketing's blog at: http://www.yourseoplan.com/blog/
Not only is their blog great, but their resources page is awesome. I've even enjoyed reading their stuff so much that I bought their book -- Search Engine Optimization: an hour a day. Definitely check it out!
Francisco Acosta 8:53 PM on August 24, 2010
Thanks for the tip. I will start digging right away!!
Jamie Favreau 1:32 AM on August 25, 2010
Thanks for this list. I bookmarked it handy.
Jim Rudnick 8:35 AM on August 25, 2010
Thanks for the mention, Kipp...and the really nice thing about this is that I found a couple of new blogs to read myownself! A big Canuck thanks, eh!
;-)
Jim
Barry Adams 9:04 AM on August 25, 2010
State of Search (www.stateofsearch.com) - and not just because I blog there :), it's genuinely a great log with a superb cast of writers.
The Fire Horse Trail (www.huomah.com) - again a superb blog with some very knowledgeable writers, many coming from a computer science background so with a somewhat different perspective on SEO.
Heather Lloyd-Martin 10:46 AM on August 25, 2010
Wow, thank you so much for mentioning SEO copywriting as one of your "awesome SEO blogs." I am very grateful and extremely honored. :)
Matt 11:57 AM on August 25, 2010
Good blogs mentioned here. I'd recommend adding SEO by the Sea and the Conversation Marketing blog run by Ian Lurie
Derek Cromwell 12:27 PM on August 25, 2010
(shameless plug) I believe that you should also mention SEO Copywriting Conundrum(end shameless plug)
Freelance article writer 11:37 PM on August 25, 2010
Wow...great info. Awesome resources Kipp. Some of them are really new for me...let me try some of them today itself.
Virtual Agent 1:40 AM on August 26, 2010
Are all of these sites for business and social media? What about personal blogs or entertainment blogs, are there a lot of these and how do they make their site popular?
Zach T 2:00 AM on August 26, 2010
Funny thing happened to me last year. I unsubscribed from all but one of the "guru" lists and stopped reading all blogs (except HubSpot of course). The result...my business is having it's best year ever. Too many time bandits today in our complex world. KISS....
Mark Robertson 4:36 AM on August 26, 2010
I think that video, although only one part, is an integral part in marketing both online and via various devices. So we work hard to offer valuable insight, news, tutorials, etc... Sooooo.. the props are very much appreciated.
I also agree with your additional selections and will book mark the few that I did not have listed. SEO and digital marketing best practices are changing so much that it is nice to see many great resources out there that are unique and cover a wide range of tangentially related subjects .
OK - that;s enough of a comment for now. No need to approve the comment - just wanted you to see my thanks.
Taobao FOCUS 12:53 PM on August 26, 2010
Well done! Great selection, there are couple of blogs I didn't know before but really worth reading.
Thanks!
George 6:13 AM on August 28, 2010
This is a great list of blogs. And really, the are must-reads. Thanks for sharing.
Theodore Sumrall (Ted) 9:48 AM on August 28, 2010
I think no other web blogs can beat the Google Webmaster Central Blog as the blog is made for it's own system. It always provides accurate and latest news on search engine, analytics, products and lot more. All we need is updated and latest information.
khadijah 2:57 PM on August 28, 2010
will thank you for your blog, I now understand more about SEO, good luck
Nirwana 3:11 PM on August 28, 2010
i love this posting
Vision Gorospe 4:31 AM on August 31, 2010
Thanks for this SEO websites. This is important to my daily SEO task. That is why to this site is a great achievement for me.
Mike from Texas 3:11 PM on September 04, 2010
Very good information. Blogging is really a hard topic to learn and this great stuff. Thanks for posting.