The best SEO blogs 2017

Extensive analysis and ranking of the best SEO blogs 2017

Welcome visitors! The last couple month we’ve invested an effort in analysing the best 100 SEO blogs worldwide and evaluating those, concerning different criteria. In the following text you’ll find a complete list of the best SEO blogs in 2017 and the individual rating criteria. (click here for the german version) You are a SEO expert and got improvements and suggestions for our future analysis? Please share your thoughts with us. We’re looking forward to interesting and informative conversations in the comments. But first of all we talk about the results of our analysis. The best SEO Blog worldwide in 2017 comes from “moz.com”! It received top ratings in every category and differentiates itself by far from all other blogs:

Analysis value of „Moz.com“, Status: 11.05.2017 See the full list here

Evaluation of critique

We from ONMA Online Marketing GmbH created a statistic for optimizing SEO analysis. Every statistic has its own conditions and therefore needs a professional critique. Below you’ll find a critique on which this time-consuming analysis is based on. Thereby it goes detailed into the quality and quantity of backlinks. Furthermore it talks about the charging rate of websites. Content also plays a key role for the analysis of course. Moreover we inform you about the analytical tools Seitwert and SEOkicks and the relevance of social media.

Quantity of backlinks

In the beginning we analyse the quantity of backlinks . The establishment of backlinks is an essential factor of search engine optimisation. The reputation of a website is significantly dependent on the number and quality of backlinks. Factors like Alexa Rank, MOZ Rank and XOVI Rank are also determined by backlinks. We from ONMA Online Marketing GmbH will also use these ranking systems in the future. However some tools are unreliable and provide different statistics. You never know if the backlinks you create today will be identified by these tools tomorrow. Moreover these portals register backlinks which don’t exist anymore, just because they are reluctant to delete them.

Quality of backlinks

The quality of backlinks is determined by the number of IP addresses and anchor text structures. Thereby we analyse if these texts come from forums, if they are brand- or performance orientated or if they are orientated on money keywords. Furthermore the function of backlinks depends on the indication of the domain. The Tool XOVI determines an Online Value Index and relies on the factors trust, authority, content and backlinks. This aspect is a great key performance indicator and already shows a tendency. However this tool is also problematic because some companies have a very good ranking and many customer inquiries but nevertheless a low XOVI value.

Technology

The best known and most valid method to optimize the charging rate of websites is Google Page Speed. Hereby you should consider that some tools provide incorrect data and 100% doesn’t have to mean, that loading speed is as fast as possible. In addition, the subjective and technical perception has an important role. For example, it’s possible to create a technically flawless website but also have a subjective perception of a long loading time. This effect could result from an overloading of the internet in a specific region.

SEOkicks and Seitwert

Seitwert and SEOkicks are essential analysis tools. The German tool Seitwert makes it possible to easily understand if a portal is active or not active online. But in our view from ONMA Online Marketing GmbH, this is not the most important factor of the analysis. We favour “SEOkicks” because it provides sustainable successes.

Content

In this section we discuss the analysis of content. We exclusively analyse with the Google instruction “site”. Thereby the number of subpages, which are indexed, might be inaccurate sometimes. Furthermore this number doesn’t say wheter we are dealing with “duplicate content”, “internal” or “external duplicate content”. Moreover the number of internal links and the average number of words isn’t analysed. Also, “flesh value” which describes the quality of text, isn’t integrated in the analysis. We seek to take these factors into account in 2018.

Social Media

Another and increasingly important aspect is social media . In 2018, we want to take into account Google+, Twitter and Facebook for our analysis. In the long-term other social networks like Pinterest and Instagram should be integrated also.

Global Alexa Rank

Alexa rank describes the placement of any websites according to the number of visitors. Therefore this number has an important value for the calculation of traffic. But this tool is not error-free, because Alexa is known for underestimating the range of websites. But Alexa helps to put traffic in relation to other blogs and that’s why it’s very important for our analysis.

Moz Rank

Moz Rank provides an alternative method to Seitwert und calculates also different On- and Offpage factors. We also use Moz Rank indicators to guarantee objectivity. Maybe you ask yourself why we are using a tool of this page, which emerged as the winner of this analysis. Be sure: We didn’t manipulate this analysis in any way.

Authority

Authority of a website consists of different On- and Off-page factors, similar like the calculation of seitwert.de. We use this tool together with Seitwert to prevent any deviations of the different measurement methods.

Domain Age

Domain age, which we identified with the German portal seitwert.de is an important aspect for calculating the Google relevance of a website. It’s proven that older domains have a better ranking than younger domains, as long as other values haven’t been changed. However it can be assumed that age doesn’t play too big of a role for Google, because website operators can’t really influence this aspect. Nevertheless we consider age as an important factor in our ranking, because all participants of the analysis have been continuously active since the start of their website, which indirectly refers to the number and quality of content. Do you have a different opinion? Please tell us in the comments!

Final words

This analysis serves as a strong basis for search engine optimisation in the future. We’re looking forward to your comments and ideas on how to implement this concept successfully in 2018. After about 100 hours of analysing and many internal discussions and conversations about which criteria would be best for the analysis, we’ve came to the conclusion, that there are many good Blogs which would deserve an award. Because of that, we’ve contacted every owner of the Blogs listed here and distinguished them with the award Top SEO Blogs 2017. We are eager about the analysis for 2018. Which changes will take place if we take into account social media activities and focus more on the quality of reputation action? Well, we are looking forward to constructive and factual feedback from SEO experts about our approach on the analysis.

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The full Analysis of the Top 100 SEO Blogs 2017

Ranking Blog Seitwert Domainage Backlinks Authority Global Rank Number of Content Google Page Speed Desktop Static Ovi Moz Rank 1 Moz.com 71,51 19 30314 91,85 1381 96100 79 32,86 6,75 2 Searchengineland.com 80,1 18 35052 89 6143 31500 70 21,6 6,62 3 Sitepoint.com 68,82 17,5 20144 84,02 1551 303000 71 28,66 6,18 4 Searchenginewatch.com 76,93 19 25465 84,28 14080 74000 64 14,07 6,50 5 Searchenginejournal.com 65,5 14 14726 81,8 12344 21100 86 11,38 5,43 6 Yoast.com 67,16 17 666 79,38 6393 52600 83 5,91 6,50 7 Seobook.com 64,46 14 10570 77,45 21269 3920 86 4,49 6,17 8 Blogs.forrester.com 58,37 12 9322 83,71 33061 54700 85 0,83 6,21 9 Blog.hubspot.com/marketing 66,17 9 5380 88 578 6100 72 39,55 6,19 10 Copyblogger.com 74,91 11 16234 86,6 23644 6670 65 4,93 7,11 11 Blog.kissmetrics.com 56,84 8 14.585 82,76 5072 2030 82 13,15 5,83 12 Econsultancy.com 56,57 3 14829 81,39 17733 239000 62 6,22 6,40 13 Toprankblog.com 58,8 12 4754 78,92 87493 4580 86 1,96 5,08 14 Lorelle.wordpress.com 49,26 12 2124 96,27 27386 57100 80 0,06 5,86 15 Seroundtable.com 60,07 13 8078 73,26 23271 67800 75 1,65 4,56 16 Seo-united.de/blog 64,63 10 2165 59,54 131399 6510 98 60,36 4,97 17 Mattcutts.com 55,83 14 10779 78,97 94724 1560 92 1,87 4,78 18 Kaushik.net 52 18 4096 75,47 85447 2070 78 0,75 4,99 19 Marketingpilgrim.com 64,02 19,5 3802 68,54 20230848 2220 89 3,85 5,28 20 Contentmarketinginstitute.com 39,06 7 10674 84,97 26971 14900 61 3,96 7,11 21 Sistrix.de/news 64,82 15 2208 61,41 52434 2540 52 53,87 5,32 22 Bruceclay.com 44,03 20 3193 64,06 110719 7990 73 2,06 4,70 23 Dailyblogtips.com 52,12 10 4768 71,24 144892 3720 88 0,24 5,28 24 Semrush.com/blog 57,91 8 3047 79,8 1475 5780 69 3,07 4,32 25 Vandelaydesign.com 40,27 10 3105 61,45 36173 1390 80 4,94 5,95 26 Experian.com/marketing-services 64,35 20,5 0 87,7 9483 864 36 4,97 5,91 27 Googleblog.blogspot.com 53,16 0,5 33420 88,58 227771 17800 58 0,22 7,05 28 Marketingprofs.com/opinions 69,57 17 78 78,91 26431 8480 65 2,22 0,10 29 Johnchow.com 53,11 17 3047 60,19 103249 5640 49 0,26 5,20 30 Internetmarketingninjas.com/blog 49,71 10 2091 64,44 73110 2130 80 3,95 4,34 31 Problogger.net 44,28 1 12934 82,07 661137 5540 68 3,05 6,03 32 Shoemoney.com 50,07 16 2290 61,73 252951 4360 68 0,28 5,00 33 Entrepreneurs-journey.com 56,55 12 2131 60,2 72488 5980 41 1,38 4,87 34 Quickonlinetips.com 47,43 12 1870 61,93 188583 3690 79 0,34 4,92 35 Seobythesea.com 53,11 12 2187 64,94 229435 2190 70 0,46 4,98 36 Searchenginepeople.com 39,17 10 2745 62,33 111814 12800 75 0,77 4,68 37 Bloggingtips.com 45,73 14 2088 54,2 149003 5580 67 0,12 5,90 38 Blog.searchmetrics.com 39,61 7 1841 74,25 33866 1710 66 4,49 5,66 39 Battellemedia.com 47,22 18 2977 70,35 1273563 5700 31 0,04 6,19 40 Pubcon.com 54,57 20 1295 62,62 611746 5130 62 0 5,30 41 Stonetemple.com 43,89 20 2115 60,83 169466 2840 52 0,39 4,88 42 Marketingcharts.com 51,98 10 5.589 73,92 112880 23500 54 0 4,72 43 Highervisibility.com/blog 49,22 15 647 53,34 237227 1030 71 1,15 5,37 44 Highrankings.com 34,16 18 1653 58,3 266390 7770 74 0 4,86 45 Tagseoblog.de 59,98 8 259 49,51 297609 3750 79 12,34 4,27 46 Blog.compete.com 30,91 4 1564 69,65 83275 1060 100 0 6,12 47 Web-strategist.com/blog 32,42 17 3891 67,6 373687 9780 45 0,15 4,83 48 Seo.at 41,12 14 43 38,55 1293549 4450 76 2,08 6,33 49 De.onpage.org/blog 54,95 5 1375 53,38 20247 553 66 188,93 3,39 50 Viperchill.com 46,38 11 1334 56,58 145048 572 72 0,25 5,11 51 Seerinteractive.com/blog 45,6 15 1520 58,47 120262 994 72 0,64 3,24 52 Seo-portal.de 42,99 10 31 44,5 229052 54300 28 12,3 5,79 53 Branded3.com/blog 45,99 14 0 57,25 138313 3330 67 1,4 4,90 54 Seokratie.de/blog 40,66 10 877 48,6 254998 430 69 19,6 5,29 55 Revenews.com 37,03 17 746 51,85 903514 5360 87 0 4,44 56 Performancing.com 35,03 9 2684 64,58 306661 3210 60 0,01 6,19 57 Seo-hacker.com 47,49 7 670 42,07 120471 3050 41 2,44 5,49 58 Chimpify.de 44,86 5 708 43,59 262890 474 80 13,34 4,72 59 Pandia.com 50,67 18 1321 56,26 508643 1090 61 0,2 4,40 60 Research.googleblog.com 29,43 1 1055 82,55 2858 973 13 1,21 5,33 61 Internetkapitaene.de 49,75 13 439 42,22 540735 1940 63 5,47 4,58 62 5staraffiliateprograms.com 51,87 8 463 44,02 11638863 33200 80 0,73 3,47 63 Seo-trainee.de 34,63 8 543 40,88 396400 1590 81 12,12 4,01 64 Seo-suedwest.de/news/blog 47,5 7 247 33,25 341295 3620 75 8,08 3,77 65 Eisyk.eu 53,95 9 657 43,34 456568 1050 45 8,33 4,74 66 Seo-theory.com 39,17 10 605 46 508966 4630 76 0,16 4,29 67 Webmetricsguru.com 37,21 11 399 43,91 4743758 8890 71 0 5,34 68 Localseoguide.com 30,87 10 658 53,92 248919 1470 76 0,22 4,48 69 Techipedia.com 33,78 11 898 54,99 1347569 1620 65 0,03 5,20 70 Cornwallseo.com 37,12 11 296 38,86 2500895 6150 77 0,34 4,01 71 Sugarrae.com 37,7 2 905 53,99 341878 338 68 0,31 5,64 72 Roirevolution.com 40,1 11 410 47,2 294268 1230 64 0,24 4,82 73 Contentmanufaktur.net/blog 44,82 9 198 40,05 3684090 339 73 10,43 5,00 74 Soloseo.com 34,28 13 410 44,68 444813 974 59 0,01 5,92 75 Distillked.net/resources 58,32 6 2 62,82 102636 1040 39 0,76 3,55 76 Johnon.com 30,42 11 281 43,27 3745922 1460 93 0,02 4,96 77 Smallbusinesssem.com 32,75 11 878 58,7 1089787 2260 66 0 4,50 78 Daggle.com 20,85 13 779 55,74 18625 185 58 0,01 4,71 79 Stuntdubl.com 28,88 13 587 51,14 2165206 757 64 0,05 5,34 80 Shopdoc.de/blog 40,51 5 151 30,24 160900 504 69 7,2 4,44 81 Whoisandrewwee.com 32,09 4 273 41,64 2751240 1620 86 0,01 5,25 82 Muhammadsaleem.com 29,5 17 173 41,5 7226677 386 80 0 5,29 83 Redflymarketking.com 38,78 11 758 41,08 772569 135 79 0,07 3,94 84 Seopt.de/blog 36,3 13 227 36,41 2638714 767 74 1,97 0,00 85 Googlesystem.blogspot.ch 42,73 5 17 51,65 10487 1 73 0 2,89 86 Selfmademinds.com 12,33 17 163 37,31 485013 464 63 0 5,52 87 Nextlevelseo.de 32,42 1 48 17,38 429133 257 85 4,95 3,84 88 Yahoosearch.tumblr.com 32,87 2 153 98,1 1545422 277 56 0 5,38 89 Graywolfseo.com 22,54 7 122 31,63 1043772 1380 80 0,07 4,72 90 Blog.traffickk.com 11,81 0,5 398 48,38 9202431 341 73 0 6,80 91 Marcel-schrepel.biz/onlinemarketing-blog 31,06 14 43 15,73 3741271 213 79 0,49 3,74 92 White.net/blog 31,71 3 1 45,82 425272 98 63 0,32 5,60 93 Seoegghead.com 29,64 11 445 42,87 3176289 430 71 0,01 3,55 94 Blog.linkbird.com 16,99 1 217 44,33 341827 691 49 0,97 4,82 95 Pagetrafficbuzz.com 29,22 6 164 39,47 1303007 6350 63 0,02 0,00 96 Natewhitehill.com 26,72 10 175 40,21 8768890 487 56 0 5,49 97 Termfrequenz.de 31,67 8 84 26,56 2747613 219 69 1,27 2,16 98 Barryschwartz.org 20,6 1 4 39,24 7278978 3800 76 0 0,00 99 Online-consulting.net 22,05 5 50 19,12 7041684 153 85 0,16 0,00 100 Keylimetoolbox.com 30,07 3 40 24,76 2031481 113 58 0 4,90