Top 10 Link Building Blogs of 2008!

What would be the best way to measure the quality of a link building blog? Could it be, inbound links?! In this instance I have used Yahoo! Site Explorer to count the number of links as I think it gives the most accurate results. All statistics are correct at time of writing.

1. The Link Spiel – 75,464

Debra Mastaler has been posting consistently on her blogspot blog for the last three years, and it has certainly paid off! The Link Spiel is a prime example how creating consistently quality content and a good knowledge of link building can lead to an extremely successful blog! Debra also writes blog posts for Search Engine Guide and Link Week on Search Engine Land.

2. Jim Boykin – 53,105

Jim Boykin is the CEO of an Internet marketing company named ‘We Build Pages’. Jim started link building in 1999, the early start has allowed him to get a good foothold on the industry. Juggling between his children, his company and his other projects Jim still manages to post on his blog a few times a week.

3. LinkersBlog - 12,572

I’d love to write how great LinkersBlog is here, but in all honesty compared to the other blogs on this list, LinkersBlog is still just a baby. I currently post once every two days, and this has lead to a pretty good reaction from the blogosphere, as you can tell by the amount of inlinks.

4. Link Building Bible – 10,669

As I am writing this post I realise that the link building bible is changing hands. The Link Building Bible is one of the newest blogs on this list, not much information can be found out about the original owner from the blog apart from a nickname ‘Breakaway’. One thing I do know is that in just 5 and a half months The Link Building Bible has shot up the ranking with help from the dofollow diver and many other great posts!

5. Justilien – 5,750

Justilien is a blog created by Justilien Gaspard, a self taught SEO expert who has worked with many different clients including Fortune 500 companies. Justilien also writes blog posts for SearchEngineWatch and runs his own company Justilien Internet Marketing Solutions.

6. Wiep – 2,656

Wiep Know first started posting on Wiep around 1 year ago, in that span of time he has propelled it to a PageRank 5, with great in-depth posts such the Link Baiting Guide it’s not surprising to see how popular Wiep’s blog is. He will also be speaking at SMX London, which is an event that is actually in my country, unfortunately I don’t think I’ll be attending as its a little to expensive for me at this stage.

7. Link Building Best Practices – 1,810

One of the first things I noticed when I visited LBBP is that they have enabled dofollow on all outgoing links, including comments. This came to me as a surprise considering most link building blogs are quite obsessed with ‘pagerank leak’ and other negative factors involved with dofollow comments. Personally I think this shows that LBBP are rewarding their readers and commentators which is nice.

8. Link Princess Blog – 1,316

“I believe link acquisition is an incredibly important aspect of a successful Web site and quite often it is done poorly, incorrectly, and downright unethically.” - This is a quote from Angela Moore’s (Owner) about me page. I think it is an extremely accurate statement and a testimony as to why we should avoid unethical link building tactics.

9. Linkative – 1,090

Linkative looks like a basic blog which has started out with good intentions but has now been left to die. This seems to be happening a lot in the blogosphere and I find it quite upsetting as there are plenty of bloggers our there which would have happily took over the blog and kept up a good posting frequency.

10. Link Buildr – 295

Apart from a brief conversation over Digital Point Private Messaging I can’t find very much info about the owner of the LinkBuildr blog, although I do now that it can be good for finding quick link building tips that some of the big players seem to overlook.

(Source: linkersblog.com)