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Can you believe it’s Friday already?  Like clockwork, TopRank brings dear readers of Online Marketing Blog yet another nice roundup of search marketing blogs we lovingly like to call the BIGLIST.  Fire up your favorite RSS reader and start clicking.

• Metamend SEO Blog – Without question, one of the most prolific and talented writers in the SEO space is Jim Hedger who also consults with the Metamend agency in Vancouver.
• johnmu.com – Software engineer Johannes Mueller works with Google Webmaster Tools as a Webmaster Trends Analyst in Switzerland in addition to being exceptionally helpful on the Cre8asite forums and Google Groups. He writes a variety of deep insights into SEO, search engines and the technical side of search marketing.

What a crop of tasty SEO blogs we have for you today! Why bother working, when you can dig into some fine SEO reading? Heck it’s Friday, right?  Enjoy!

• Ask the SEO Guru – Bob Massa of SearchKing fame spells it out for you in plain English with comments like, “I don’t do SEO. I do online business development, with traffic generation being one part of that” and content like, “The Basic Concepts of SEO“.
• Clickfire Blog – Emory Rowland blogs about Google, webmaster issues, SEO and related topics.
• Shylock Blogging – Alexandru or “Alex” blogs about making money online which means the nitty gritty of site promotion.
• PalatnikFactor – Pablo Palatnik blogs SEM. SEO. Social Media. Branding. Marketing and News.

Not many additions this week, but we did do a bit of housecleaning. Fifty blogs were removed due to non-activity.

Also, our diligent maintainer of the BIGLIST was kind (too kind in my opinion) to note previously removed blogs which have now started posting regularly again. These are on probation but will be added back in for now. Otherwise, if you’ve been dropped, you’ll need to email us to be added back.   Welcome to the BIGLIST people!

New additions:

• SEO Fast Start - Dan Thies’ place to build a network of like minded students of SEO with a handy e-book and an occasional rant on search engine conspiracy theories.
• SEOptimise PPC & SEO Blog – Patrick Altof blogs his observations on the major search engines as well as topics related to search engine optimization, social media and PPC.

This week proved there’s no rest for the weary TopRank SEO blog search team, scouring the web for new blogs to add to the BIGLIST of search marketing blogs.

• SEO Snafu -Markus writes a blog about some of his favorite topics including:  SEO, social media, social bookmarking, marketing, Web 2.0, blogging, & of course, making money online.
• Rhea Drysdale – A newer blog where you can read all about SEO ramblings and personal entries from monkeygirl herself.  I should note that the rumor about Rhea guilting me to list her blog in the BIGLIST is just not 100% true.

We are now back to our regular schedule of Friday updates to TopRank’s BIGLIST of SEO blogs. Not to be confused with qwerty’s “The Kind of Smallish List of Sort of Search Marketing Blogs“.

• Lorna Li Green 2.0 – Black is back in this blog design and I think it works. Lorna Li is a MBA grad with a passion for SEO, PPC and SMO as well as for environmental awareness and sustainability with blog posts reflecting both interest areas.
• Apple Pie & Custard – UK based Kelvin Newman, Eloi Casali and Damon Lightley from Site Visibility blog personal and professional insights into SEM, social media and PPC.

After a jam packed week at Search Engine Strategies in San Jose last week, there was still time to discover a few new blogs for the BIGLIST of SEO blogs.

• Kelsey Group Blog – For all things related to local search marketing and online yellow pages, this blog is an excellent resource on industry news and observations from the team at Kelsey Group.
• Amplify Interactive Blog – Ben Lloyd, Christian Bullock and Kristin Wall write about fundamental search marketing tips, SEO, PPC as well as industry events.
• Marketmou SEO Blog – Copywriter and MBA undergraduate Patricia Skinner writes a blog for writers and marketers that want to learn about search engine optimization and online branding strategies.

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We have quite a haul of SEO blogs this week and with Search Engine Strategies coming up, search marketing enthusiasts will no doubt be looking for new sources of information on topics of interest as well as conference coverage.

• ClickZ News Blog and ClickZ Experts – The newly designed ClickZ web site continues to offer first class coverage of the search and interactive marketing industry as well as insight from leading industry experts.
• DigiTales Blog – Microsoft’s UK man in the know, Mel Carson blogs for BrandRepublic on all things related to digital marketing. Unfortunately, Brand Republic has decided you must login to see the full posts.
• Marketing Piranha – SEO Analyst & Social Media Marketing Consultant Thomas M. Schmitz has a brand new blog brand having previously blogged at SEO Critique.

Another week, another set of informative SEM and SEO blogs for the TopRank BIGLIST of search marketing blogs delivered right to a RSS reader or browser near you:

• Social Marketing by Michelle MacPhearson – Michelle explores how web 2.0 tools can be used for marketing and documents her findings, such as the hotly anticipated social marketing checklist.
• LinkJuicy – This new blog from Peter DaVanzo of SearchEngineBlog.com fame, promises to deliver all things related to link building and includes a recent interview with Ralph Tegtmeier, aka Fantomaster.
• The Invesp Blog – Khalid Hajsaleh writes about marketing online with a focus on improving conversion rates.

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Never fear, the BIGLIST weekly update of SEM and SEO blogs is here! This week’s update offers a nice mixture of old and new. Enjoy!

• The Search Insider – Not to be confused with MediaPost’s “Search Insider”, this blog from Wpromote’s Mike Mothner provides insight into pay per click and the business of search marketing.
• Web Usability, Experience and SEO Blog – Tanya Vaughan, SEO Global Program Manager for HP.com does a very nice job of posting about HP’s experiences with search marketing intermingled with industry observations. This is a refreshing “total picture” blog focusing on both traffic driving mechanisms as well as user experience.
• SunTZU SEO Blog – Jeff Hinds blogs about SEO from Kansas City with a great collection of search marketing resources and industry insights on topics ranging from local search to PPC to social media and online reputation management.

Even though we’re doing the “RV vacation” thing starting today, we have a nice list of search marketing blogs for you in this week’s update to the BIGLIST of SEM and SEM and SEO blogs. Enjoy!

• Internet Marketing Monitor – A paid staff of writers at IMM pull internet marketing industry stories of the day as well as case studies and add commentary.
• KoMarketing Associates SEM Blog – A group/company blog covering SEO, PPC, events, industry news/trends, tips and a lot of personal insight. These folks are clearly involved in, and have an opinion on, what goes on in the industry.
• Clix Marketing Blog – PPC Expert David Szetela has lots of speaking gigs. I just wish he’d post more often on industry news and tips on paid search advertising.

OMB brings you yet another fine mix of SEO blogs that made the BIGLIST this week with a nice mix of association content, yellow pages, social media, straight out SEO and in-depth observations about information retrieval. And so without further adieu, here you go. Enjoy!

• SEMpdx Blog – The Portland Search Engine Marketing Professionals group promises to be the voice of the Portland search marketing community and uses the blog to publish association announcements, events, industry participation and observations. This is an excellent example of a Regional SEM Community.
• Search Perspective – tmp directional marketing, the world’s largest Online Search & Yellow Pages Marketing Agency, publishes this group blog focusing on tmp’s “Point of View” as well as SEO, SEM and industry conferences. The blogroll is a bit sparse though.

Have you noticed your blog has been dropped off the BIGLIST of SEO blogs? If so, you should know that we perform a periodic review of every blog on the list, nearly 400 of them, to ensure the blog is alive and active. No posts for 2 -4 weeks and it will be taken off the list.

Now on to this week’s update which includes two blogs and one very cool social media community for search marketing:

• Hamlet Batista dot Com – This SEO blog promises a focus on the more advanced search engine optimization tactics drawn from personal experience with SEO consulting as well as affiliate marketing.
• eCommerce Blog – Ethan from Baltimore based Groove eCommerce posts on this newer blog about industry and company news followed by topics ranging from SEO to analytics.