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.Download the full list here!
[sociallocker id=”56259″]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 |