A while back I wrote an article on teaching yourself SEO and I mentioned reading quite heavily. I gave a small blog list of places to get started and received a few requests for more, which I’ve finally put together.
These are all blogs that I personally follow, however following a large number of feeds isn’t for everyone. I would suggest at least taking a peek at a blog before subscribing, as this list is a mixed bag of actionable, vague, basic, advanced, and sometimes random content.
Obviously, this list is going to be SEO heavy, but there are other industry related sections in here as well. The list is in no particular order, this is just how they happen to be in my reader. Hope this works for you guys!
Search Engine Optimization
Since the term “SEO” has grown to meet a wide array of subject matters, these blogs are going to be geared towards a broader range of topics. If you’re just getting started with online marketing, these blogs are a good place to start. Not because the content is beginner level, but from the wide range of topics covered and how they can accent one another.
ClickZ – 
Post Rocket – 
YouMoz – 
SEO Book – 
01100111011001010110010101101011 – Sean Revell – Blog | Feed
Branded3 – 
Blue Glass – 
Bruce Clay – 
Portent – 
Distilled – 
HubSpot – 
Marketing Land – 
Kaiser the Sage – Jason Acidre – Blog | Feed
SEO Chicks – 
SEOmoz – 
Higher Click – 
Aim Clear – 
Nick Eubanks’s Blog – Blog | Feed
Koozai – 
Outspoken Media – 
Point Blank SEO – 
BuzzStream – 
Chris Countey’s Blog – Blog | Feed
Triple SEO – Chris Dyson – Blog | Feed
Green Lane SEO – Bill Sebald – Blog | Feed
David Cohen’s Blog – Blog | Feed
Linkbuildr – 
John Doherty’s Blog – Blog | Feed
The Saloon of Literature – Blog | Feed
RKG Blog – 
Kiss Metrics – Pay Per Click
If you’re trying to learn more about adwords, these are the blogs to keep up with. Some of them may veer in other directions occasionally, but the bulk of the content will be PPC focused. Through these you can learn more about how to properly set up your Google, Bing, and Social advertising campaigns. You’ll also see a lot of keyword research topics being covered, which can help you with your SEO efforts.
Cardinal Path – 
Marin Insights – 
Acquisio – 
Calculate Marketing – Alan Mitchell – Blog | Feed
Beyond the Paid – 
WordStream – 
Ion Interactive – 
PPC Hero – 
PPC Chat – 
Quality Scores – 
Righteous Marketing – Blog | Feed
Web Ranking – 
Conversion Rate Optimization
I consider CRO one of the most important branches of online marketing, because of the hidden benefits of user experience, brand perception, brand trust, and of course the increased revenue potential. These blogs are a great way to learn what propels users through the conversion funnel, which is especially important if you’re doing any landing page testing. You’ll also see some pieces about which forms of content convert better, which is useful on both landing pages and web copy in general.
Crazy Egg – 
Wider Funnel – 
Unbounce – 
Conversion XL – 
UX Booth – 
The Conversion Scientist – Blog | Feed
Invesp – 
Content Verve – 
Convert – 
Future Now – 
Online Behavior – 
Bryan Eisenberg’s Blog – Blog | Feed
Copy Hackers – 
Get Elastic – Public Relations
These PR blogs are heavily focused on content, customer relations, and social media. Basically anything with a focus on online brand perception. This is a great way to learn where, when, and how you should post news or promotions about your company and brand. There’s also a lot to learn from a reputation management perspective, for example learning how to deal with negative backlash within reviews or social media.
Copy Blogger – 
Arik Hanson’s Blog – Blog | Feed
Danny Brown’s Blog – Blog | Feed
Dave Fleet’s Blog – Blog | Feed
Top Rank – 
Beyond the Hype – 
Convince and Convert – Blog | Feed
Rohit Bargava’s Blog – Blog | Feed
Journalistics – 
PR Daily – 
Spin Sucks – Entrepreneurial
Most of these blogs will cover startup leaders efforts, strategies, and insights. There aren’t typically a whole lot of actionable items in these posts, but it’s a great way to learn tactics business owners used to achieve steady revenue and growth. There’s also some good management and leadership advice to be learned through these posts, which can be important for advancing in your career.
Both Sides of the Table – Mark Suster – Blog | Feed
Mixergy – 
Killer Startups – 
Startup Tunes – 
Web Strategist – Jeremiah Owyang – Blog | Feed
The Entrepreneurial Mind – Blog | Feed
Entrepreneur – 
Marketing Profs – 
Seth Godin’s Blog – Blog | Feed
Duct Tape Marketing – Blog | Feed
Venture Hacks – 
Relatable Interests
Most of these have little to do with marketing directly, however they occasionally cover topics that are loosely related and geared towards the tech industry.
Adverblog – Adverblog showcases some of the best advertising campaigns pulled off from small and large brands. These can be everything from tv commercials, to social media campaigns, but tend to be video focused. The campaigns are extremely creative and are great for some out of the box brainstorming.
Betashop – This is Fab’s blog. Even though they’re not a marketing company, they occasionally share great industry related insight. For example, during the holidays they announced that nearly 60% of their holiday sales were mobile. Now, of course Fab has a very different e-commerce model than most, but the fact that the number is attainable at all is information worth knowing. It’s these kind of stats that keep me checking in on their blog.
Pando Daily – Pando Daily is really a mixed bag of all things internet. They talk about everything from VC funding and Google authorship to tablet comparisons and app revenue. The number of daily posts can be overwhelming, but their posts are consistently intriguing and worth a read.
Seriously? Comics? Actually the blog has little to do with the Dilbert comics themselves. It’s comprised of thoughts from the creator himself, which are surprisingly relatable to anyone working in the tech industry.
Little SEO value is gained from following the Google blog, but it’s a good way to get a sneak peek of what goes on indoors and get an idea of what they’re involved in.
Note: If anyone notices a dead link, please let me know.
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Bit of deja vu, think we’ve been here before? :)
Thanks again for including the blog. Definitely checking out the PR/Conversion blogs. Quite a few I haven’t seen before.
Hah! I did another one that was similar with feeds, twitter, and email subscriptions. Was getting a few requests for strictly feeds, so I put this up :)
Cheers!
And you have done a great bid, Peter. I think there are a few notable ones like Inbound and Searchenginpeople, but still the list contains some of the top web marketers. I will recommend it to everyone looking for a marketing guide or info.
Great list Peter! But you forgot my “little” entrepreneurial blog: Dane Carlson’s Business Opportunities Weblog (http://www.business-opportunities.biz)
Thanks for including me in this awesome list, Peter!
Why all links and blogs are for English speaking market?
It is extremely difficult to do link building for other markets than English.
If someone could post list of German, Polish, Hungarian, Italian, French etc.. websites and blogs that are good for SEO purposes, that would be real jewel.
Bi list…reallly a big list. I almost forgot but someone did offer an .opml file of SEO blogs.
Great list Peter, thanks for compiling this. It’s good to have a central resource for blogs and industry info.
Hey, Peter…great list. I’d love it if we were on it someday! We post daily (and you seem to have an appetite for reading). We also run FBPPC.com (Facebook advertising) and post daily there. Drop by and check us out.
Great list, Peter! Thanks for including my blog. This is a fantastic resource for all marketers.
It’s always nice to know when someone you respect reads your company’s blog. WordStream is proud to be on this list!
Cheers everyone! Glad you all like it!
Thanks for adding me :)
Holy smokes… this is a seriously insane list. Consider it tweeted, liked, upvoted, and +1′d! Nice work Peter
Nice to see you mentioning lots of blogs that I visit nearly on a daily basis! Plenty of new ones in there too though so I’ll make sure I check them out. Thanks for the huge list – must have taken ages to put that together!
Holy Awesome Peter!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nltVuSH-lQM
I’ve been looking for a great list and this is it!
Appreciate it
Peter,
Great list bro. This is what it’s all about. Sharing the knowledge.
What’s the best google reader app for google chrome?
I’m honestly not sure for Chrome. I personally use the Reeder mac app which I’m happy with.
The blog and feed for Clickz is the wrong way round bro.
Thanks Sean! Fixed!
Great list Peter and thanks for the mention.
One question….when do you do any work!?
Hah! I don’t read every post that comes through. I skim through titles till something catches my interest :) I also set time aside after work to finish up any reading.
Nice list…I’ll have to share, and bookmark.
I am as big a trade blog junkie as anyone and you still had about a dozen sites I hadn’t heard of before. It must have taken you a very long time to get all of these together, just want you to know that the community appreciates your work. I know those PPC links are going to come in handy very soon for me ;)
This is an incredibly good list that could keep readers busy for months! Thanks so much for taking the time to put this together…kudos to you Peter!
Your list has been added to my personal bookmarks. I have several close friends who are now trying to get some web-based start-ups off the ground, and this will come in very handy when I don’t have the time to help them myself. If you do ever come back to this list, I would love to see some additions about copy and blogging.
So much good content here! Great list Peter. We were wondering how to make the cut for the next one?
Thanks for the kind words and your interest Andrew! I chose blogs that I either saw on twitter often or had a tighter niche topic. Just keep churning out content industry leaders want to read and you’ll end up on lists much better than mine.
Cheers,
-Peter
Thanks again Peter. We’ll take your advice and keep working hard so that eventually, we can make it on a list just like yours.
Thanks for the great resource, Peter! I’m going to keep an eye on these in the future.
Oh baby! This is a fantastic list of blogs. My reader isn’t going to be able to handle all of these :)
Thanks for putting this together Peter!