Knowing where to start with SEO, social media, and online marketing can be confusing and frustrating. Even if you know your way around, there’s always more to the ever changing puzzle than it seems.
The Online Marketing Blog, TopRankBlog.com, is one of the best places to go to learn about all forms of online marketing ranging from search and SEO to social media.
Top Rank Online Marketing Blog
Site: www.toprankblog.com
Contributors: Lee Odden (CEO), Julie Brue, Jolina Pettice, Adam Singer, Thomas McHahon, Michelle Bowles, and Mike Yanke
Online since: Feb 2005
Page Rank: 6
Ad Age Rank: Top 10 (currently 9)
Alexa Rank: 9,114
Inbound Links: 174, 946 (source: websitegrader.com)
Pageviews per month: 1.1 million (source: Google Ad Planner)
Feedburner Subscribers: 27,543
Design and Layout
The design of the site doesn’t even slightly represent the quality of content. In fact, I’ve personally skipped past this blog more than once due to its appearance.
The site doesn’t have a distinguishable logo or banner, and the layout looks like a free 3 column theme you can download anywhere. The sidebars feel cluttered with badges which makes the site uninviting. Don’t let the amateur look fool you into judging this blog by its cover; this site is packed so full of content it’s hard to stop reading.
Amazing Online Marketing Content
If you have even the slightest interest in online marketing, scanning through the Top Rank Blog archives will make your heart flutter. As I mentioned before, they cover a huge variety of online marketing topics including: Blogging, Content Marketing, Email Marketing, PPC, SEO, Social Media, and more.
Don’t mistake TopRankBlog for a simple Make Money Online blog. They do cover MMO and so much more. If you have a business doing any marketing online you’ll find amazing tips, how-to’s, and lists to make you more successful and give you a better understanding of what you’re doing.
One of the best offerings on TopRankBlog are the BIGLIST updates. Every so often, they post a list of the best SEO/SEM blogs on the net. If you’ve having a hard time finding reliable resources covering search topics, the BIGLISTs are a great place to start.
I’ve always believed it’s hard to have a successful blog without a professional appearance, but Top Rank Online Marketing Blog proves once again that badass content can still be king.
If you’re ready to get some seriously good online marketing advice, look no further than Top Rank Online Marketing Blog.
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Blake, I’ve been looking for something just about like this.
Thanks for digging it out.
Sometimes, assuming the content is there, all you need is time and consistency.
I’d say it’s the assumption that gets people in the most trouble. Interesting content to some people is of little interest to others unfortunately. Time and consistency once your demographic is understood are definitely the key features after the fact however :-)
I think you need more than just time and consistency in the extremely competitive online marketing blog niche that we write in today.
If you don’t have a great look, you’re going to need to do some major promoting and gain the approval of others in your niche to get noticed.
I found Top Rank Blog through a couple referring links. It took reading several articles on their site before I realized they had amazing content. Sadly, I brushed them off for a hurried up amateurs the firsts time I saw their site. Little did I know they are some A-list pros!
Hey, thanks for this info. I’m going to check this out. :-)
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