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These are the top 40 SEO blogs you should read in 2014. I spent over 10 hours researching, reading, and interviewing people in the SEO industry to narrow down the best SEO blogs. I was actually a little surprised to see that quality SEO blogs are very rare. Much of what I came across was pure crap that contained overly optimized articles that were written for the quantity of content, rather than the quality.
The top 40 SEO blogs aren’t solely based on my personal opinion. In fact, part of the reason I wrote this post was to find more and better resources. Here are some of the criteria I used when deciding whether or not to include the blog in this top 40 list.
- Popularity (# of subscribers and overall brand recognition)
- # of Twitter followers
- Google Rank (for popular terms like “best SEO blog”, “top SEO blog”, “SEO blog”)
- Time since last post
- Quality of posts (case studies, visuals, how to’s)
- Average # of article shares (Twitter, FB, Google+)
The Top 40 SEO Blogs to Read in 2014
1. The Moz Blog
Blog: http://moz.com/blog
Twitter: @moz
2. Search Engine Land
Blog: http://searchengineland.com
Twitter: @sengineland
3. QuickSprout
Blog: http://www.quicksprout.com/blog/
Twitter: @neilpatel
4. YouMoz
Blog: http://moz.com/ugc
Twitter: @moz
5. Matt Cutts
Blog: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/
Twitter: @mattcutts
6. SEOBOOK
Blog: http://www.seobook.com/blog
Twitter: @seobook
7. Rand Fishkin
Blog: http://moz.com/rand/
Twitter: @randfish
8. Search Engine Watch
Blog: http://searchenginewatch.com
Twitter: @sewatch
9. Search Engine Journal
Blog: http://www.searchenginejournal.com
Twitter: @sejournal
10. Bruce Clay
Blog: http://www.bruceclay.com/blog
Twitter: @BruceClayInc
11. SEO by the Sea
Blog: http://www.seobythesea.com
Twitter: @bill_slawski
12. Search Engine Roundtable
Blog: http://www.seroundtable.com
Twitter: @seroundtable
13. Digital Relevance
Blog: http://relevance.com/blog
Twitter: @drelevance
14. Daily SEO Blog
Blog: http://www.dailyseoblog.com
Twitter: @ManiKarthik
15. Copyblogger
Blog: http://www.copyblogger.com/blog
Twitter: @copyblogger
16. David Naylor
Blog: http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk
Twitter: @davenaylor
17. SEO Guides From Boise
Blog: seoguidesfromboise.com
Twitter: @seoguidesboise
18. UpCity
Blog: http://upcity.com/blog
Twitter: @upcityinc
19. SEO Theory
Blog: http://www.seo-theory.com
Twitter: @seo_theory
20. ClickZ
Blog: http://www.clickz.com/category/search/seo
Twitter: @clickz
21. Marketing Pilgrim
Blog: http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/category/search-marketing
Twitter: @MarketingPilgrm
22. Search Engine Guide
Blog: http://www.searchengineguide.com
Twitter: @sewatch
23. REELSEO
Blog: http://www.reelseo.com
Twitter: @reelseo
24. Higher Visibility
Blog: http://www.highervisibility.com/blog
Twitter: @highervis
25. Yoast
Blog: http://yoast.com/cat/seo
Twitter: @yoast
26. John Battelle’s Search Blog
Blog: http://battellemedia.com
Twitter: @johnbattelle
27. BacklinkO
Blog: http://backlinko.com
Twitter: @Backlinko
28. OptimizePrime
Blog: http://optimizepri.me
Twitter: @OptimizePrime
29. SEOno
Blog: http://seono.co.uk/category/seo
Twitter: @steviephil
30. WordStream
Blog: http://www.wordstream.com/blog
Twitter: @wordsteam
31. Zazzle Media
Blog: http://www.zazzlemedia.co.uk/blog
Twitter: @zazzlemedia
32. Koozai
Blog: http://www.koozai.com/blog/category/search-marketing
Twitter: @koozai
33. SEO Nick
Blog: http://www.seonick.net/seo
Twitter: @nick_eubanks
34. Kaiser the Sage
Blog: http://kaiserthesage.com
Twitter: @kaiserthesage
35. DejanSEO
Blog: http://dejanseo.com.au/blog
Twitter: @dejanseo
36. Small Business Online Coach
Blog: http://www.smallbusinessonlinecoach.com/blog
Twitter: @smbusinesscoach
37. iAcquire
Blog: http://www.iacquire.com/blog/category/seo-2
Twitter: @iacquire
38. David Leonhardt’s SEO and Social Media Marketing
Blog: http://www.seo-writer.com/blog
Twitter: @amabaie
39. siegemedia
Blog: http://www.siegemedia.com/blog
Twitter: @siegemedia
40. SEO Gadget
Blog: http://seogadget.com/category/seo/
Twitter: @seogadget
Your SEO Blog Recommendations:
Did I miss any? Tell me below and I will add them here!