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• Jonathan Dingman on Dec 28, 2007 at 10:38 am

  Hmmm I wonder why my site didn’t make the cut for Google blogs…

  doh

• jim boykin on Dec 28, 2007 at 10:49 am

  my blog is actually at jimboykin.com …not webuildpages.com

• Loren Baker, Editor on Dec 28, 2007 at 10:52 am

  Jim, my bad, changed on both the post and survey.

• Search◊ Engines Web on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:13 am

  .

  Some of the wordings have been changed since the original posts, thus biasing the results.

  Also, Link Bait Blog does not appear to have been added to the finalists - this was a good addition.

  Cutts’ blog certainly deserves more than a few categories - in fact looking at the Technorati top 100 popular blogs, just a few of the blogs on that lists have ever made it.

  There should be another category for non search or non advertising blogs.

  One should be Tech business and Another should be Tech Gadgets.

• Peter Davis on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:14 am

  Voted….. and thanks for organizing this Loren, lots of fun!

• Andy Beard on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:22 am

  Good luck to those that got nominated and included

• Lee Odden on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:28 am

  Hey Loren, thanks for including TopRank!

  The blog post above does not include TopRank in the “Best Conference Coverage” category, but on SurveyMonkey where the voting happens, it does?

• Loren Baker on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:33 am

  Thanks Lee, will address that tweak.

• Lee Odden on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:36 am

  Cool, thanks. When does voting end?

• chris on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:56 am

  you forgot “Most Ignored Blog Commenter” (number one is SearchEnginesWeb)

• SlightlyShadySEO on Dec 28, 2007 at 11:58 am

  Best of luck to those who made the cut.
  I’ll be back next year :-)

• Li Evans on Dec 28, 2007 at 12:03 pm

  hey loren on #3 you have SMG twice, while i’d love the votes from being listed twice, it might harm more then help! LOL :)

• Loren Baker, Editor on Dec 28, 2007 at 12:56 pm

  Li, fixed.

  Chris, I’ll add that category next year :)

• Hobo Scotland on Dec 28, 2007 at 1:07 pm

  Vote for all the blogs that kept you from your work in 2007. :) Congrats to all. :)

• Loren Baker, Editor on Dec 28, 2007 at 1:08 pm

  Lee, I’ve decided to leave voting open until January 4th, since things are usually slow during the holidays.

• Sebastian`s Pamphlets on Dec 28, 2007 at 1:19 pm

  Loren, thanks for running the contest, and many thanks again for the nominations. Being on this list is truly an honor.

• Loren Baker, Editor on Dec 28, 2007 at 1:27 pm

  Sebastian, your blog kicks a$$, keep it up man!

• Lee Odden on Dec 28, 2007 at 1:34 pm

  I agree with Loren, Sebastian’s Pamphlets rock!

• uGuX SEO on Dec 28, 2007 at 1:34 pm

  Maybe once I cream Wikipedia at becoming number one for “SEO”, I’ll be nominated. ;)

• Sebastian on Dec 28, 2007 at 1:48 pm

  Loren & Lee, thanks for the compliments! I’ll do my very best to crank out more pamphlets in 2008.

• Navneet on Dec 28, 2007 at 1:58 pm

  Loren,

  Thanks for including PageTraffic Blog this year too!

  Our blog name is PageTraffic Blog. I think it accidentally got listed as Pagetrafficblog.

• Linda Buquet on Dec 28, 2007 at 2:10 pm

  Thanks Loren for including the 5 Star Affiliate Blog in the affiliate marketing category. Congrats to all the nominees in the other categories too!

• Rohit on Dec 28, 2007 at 2:41 pm

  Loren,

  Thanks for including my blog in the social media marketing category. I noticed that you just listed the URL for my blog as “rohitbhargava.typepad.com” … would you mind listing the name of the blog (Influential Marketing) instead of the URL as I think more people probably know it by this title? I’m looking forward to exploring some of the other blogs on the list!

• Mike Blumenthal on Dec 28, 2007 at 2:45 pm

  Thank you very much for the nod!

  Mike Blumenthal

• Patrick Altoft on Dec 28, 2007 at 2:57 pm

  Pleased to be a breakout blog at just 6 months old. Thanks. :-)

• allen stern on Dec 28, 2007 at 2:59 pm

  thanks for including me!

• Blogging Experiment on Dec 28, 2007 at 5:40 pm

  This year’s competition is going to be TOUGH there are a lot of great blogs on the list.

  @ Sebastian, gotta agree with everyone else on this one, keep up the good work!

• Glen Allsopp on Dec 28, 2007 at 6:12 pm

  Really expected to make the list this year, will make my votes anyway

• DazzlinDonna on Dec 28, 2007 at 6:52 pm

  I think you’re gonna get some skewed results. I know a lot of people who didn’t understand the concept of how to vote…choosing 1 for #1 (best), 2 for 2nd-best, etc.

• Video SEO on Dec 28, 2007 at 7:22 pm

  Bummer, guess ReelSEO is probably too knew but these are great nominations. I would just like to say that as far as most giving search blogger…. I would like to call out Charles Knight. It has been an absolute pleasure working with Charles and he has been very giving and helpful in my blogging efforts.

• David Wilson on Dec 28, 2007 at 8:47 pm

  Loren

  Thank you for including me Loren.

  David

• Charlie Anzman on Dec 29, 2007 at 1:44 am

  Hey Loren - 19 is like almost impossible !

• Gary Price on Dec 29, 2007 at 6:42 am

  Loren,
  Thanks for including ResourceShelf given that it’s not a “true” SEO blog but more for our core reader’s, librarains and other researchers. In about two months we will celebrate our 7th birthday and now have a team working on both of our sites. In those seven years and much to my wife’s dismay, we have posted at least one new item everday minus about six. Tiring? Sometimes. Fun and hopefully useful, absolutely!

  We are honored just by the nomination.

  cheers,
  g

• Loren Baker on Dec 29, 2007 at 8:50 am

  Cheers Gary, and tell Patrick and the rest of the crew thanks for the holiday card!

• Wiep on Dec 29, 2007 at 9:32 am

  Wow, thanks for the nomination Loren, I really feel honored to be on the list!

• Kathryn on Dec 29, 2007 at 10:53 am

  You are missing a good one!

  http://www.searchengineoptimizationjournal.com

• joe on Dec 29, 2007 at 11:31 am

  No nomination for Michael Martinez? He’s really my favorite..

  My most recent 2 faves..

  http://tellinya.com
  http://bloggerunleashed.com

• chetan on Dec 29, 2007 at 5:05 pm

  Loren, can we have any glimpse of any live results?
  Or we just have to wait till 4th Jan?

• deluxdon on Dec 29, 2007 at 9:11 pm

  Loren,

  Thanks for making this wonderful List.

  Juse voted.

  When does voting end?

  DON.

• chetan on Dec 30, 2007 at 1:31 am

  Don, i think he said 4th January!

• Kalena Jordan on Dec 30, 2007 at 6:11 am

  Most giving? Giving what?

• Debra Mastaler on Dec 30, 2007 at 11:47 am

  Rohit - Leaving your URL and not the blog name was my faux pas, not Loren’s. Sorry, was in a hurry…:(

• Kim Krause Berg (cre8pc) on Dec 30, 2007 at 3:43 pm

  Hi Loren. Your’s are the big awards the SEO/M industry looks forward to. It’s late in the game (holidays!), but I wish to write-in my nominee, Jennifer Laycock, for “Exceptional Use of Social Media by an SEO blogger.”

  Jen Laycock’s going up against the pork industry by using her marketing skills to handle that situation in ways both sides could benefit from, represented the industry by putting into action a lot of what others just give lip service to.

  And, in a year where education was finally getting much needed attention, I’d like to suggest that a category for “Best in SEO Education” be considered for future awards. I would nominate Kalena Jordan for this because she started the Search Engine College years ago and has never been acknowledged by the industry for her efforts. She’s one of the first to understand the value of education and finding certification criteria.

  Thank you :)

• Gab Goldenberg on Dec 30, 2007 at 5:25 pm

  Facebook Whores for SEO, SMO and SEM Awareness get my vote

  Also, Dosh for breakout blog of 07. Killer advice right there.

• SEOish: Pat on Dec 30, 2007 at 9:52 pm

  Loren, thanks for putting this out and it is great to have been nominated for best breakout blog.

  Forgive my post about it, I am me. Drunk and smartass, I don’t see that changing :)

• Kalena Jordan on Dec 31, 2007 at 12:19 am

  That last category made no sense to me until I read the explanatory text in the survey, hence my comment above.

  @ Kim - thanks for the kudos *blushing*

• Topseo.org on Dec 31, 2007 at 12:57 am

  I have just finished survery, excellent categories, but still some good site name missing in survey.

  May some of wellknown sites getting more votes. Specially people awaiting result for last the question.

• Henri on Dec 31, 2007 at 3:29 am

  Nice survey. But some categories are too long.

• Loren Baker, Editor on Dec 31, 2007 at 9:56 am

  Thanks Kim, yes, I’ll be throwing in some honorable mentions.

  I’ve read that there is some confusion surrounding the rating system. Each blog is to be rated from 1 to 5, 5 being the best. And if you don’t read the blog, you can skip it and not rate it.

  Yes, some of the bigger blogs get more attention, but that’s just the name of the game, which is one reason we spread out the categories and added the Breakout blog section.

  By most giving blogger, the purpose is to honor the blogger which gives time, information and other parts of their self and experience the most, in your opinion.

  You may feel that one blogger gives more because they write more. Another blogger may write less, but with lots of amazing material.

• Joe Baptista on Dec 31, 2007 at 12:01 pm

  What criteria was there to select the nominees? There were a lot of nominees suggested on your original post that are not listed above and some that were not mentioned, but are listed. Seems maybe a vote for nominations would make it a bit more democratic. Who knows, maybe you have a large staff of unbiased people helping. :-)

  For example, the “Best Link Building Blog” category. You have two blogs listed that have no business being listed:

  –Linkbuildingblog.com - it appears to not exist anymore. not to mention it had no new posts the last half of 2007.

  –Linkjuicy - have you viewed the blog? There are 3 months of posts and that’s it.

  The others are great nominations in that category.

  I also think its odd to see nominees that appear on your site. Like pronetadvertising and most in your blogroll.

  I would also like to see a section like the grand prize of everything. Like “Best Overall Blog” that covers all areas of search.

  Most disappointing nomination? “IHelpYou” as best community?! That’s like an oxymoron.

  It’ll be interesting to see the results.

• Hamlet Batista on Dec 31, 2007 at 12:30 pm

  Hi Loren,

  Thanks a lot for the nomination. It is really an honor to see my name on this list.

  Happy New Year!

• Fridaynite on Dec 31, 2007 at 12:31 pm

  The “Paid Link” Question is the best of all ;-)

  Happy New Year!

• Zerosleep on Dec 31, 2007 at 3:03 pm

  Digital Point Forums all the way :D

  Happy New Year

• Abhilash on Dec 31, 2007 at 3:50 pm

  Congrats & good luck to all the nominees. Happy NYE everyone!

• Duane Forrester on Jan 1, 2008 at 12:58 pm

  Just a point to note some disappointment that http://www.searchengineforums.com never made the list in question # a community. :(

  I mod there, to be fair, but still… Was it simply overlooked or are we just seen as dead? I’m busy there every day, so I know there are plenty of new folks floating through asking questions…

  I also realize not every community could be included, but I’m trying to build a picture of how SEF is viewed these days - and no, I won’t suggest the question be edited. ;)

  Thanks for the chance to rank some of my faves, though, Loren. :) All voted up!

  Duane (SportsGuy)

• Local SEO Guide on Jan 1, 2008 at 1:24 pm

  Muchas gracias for the nomination although I was really shooting for best coverage of Paris, Brittany & Lindsay. I’ll have to try harder next year.

• Peter on Jan 2, 2008 at 3:37 am

  Thanks for including Linkjuicy.com, Loren :)

  >>Linkjuicy - have you viewed the blog? There are 3 months of posts and that’s it.

  We’re not going for quantity. We’ll leave that to others.

  More interviews in the bag, will be published soon….

• lyust on Jan 2, 2008 at 8:33 am

  I think there are too many categories, but that is not big problem.

• Masood on Jan 3, 2008 at 6:18 am

  The question and the answeres match perfectly. Great selection of course. :)

• The Rock on Jan 3, 2008 at 7:45 am

  DP is the best SEO forum in world

• product design on Jan 3, 2008 at 9:02 am

  Wow, what you call a big list!

• Loren Baker, Editor on Jan 3, 2008 at 11:36 am

  Voting is closing today at 9pm PST. We’ll then be tallying the votes and making announcements on Monday.

  Thanks for voting, Loren and the SEJ team.

• Jaan Kanellis on Jan 3, 2008 at 2:00 pm

  How is WebProWorld not included in the award for:

  Best Search Engine Community/Forum

  ????

• Snoop Bloggy Blog on Jan 4, 2008 at 1:26 am

  Come on “Drinking Your Way to Popularity”,

  You can dew eit!

• Artem Vaulin on Jan 7, 2008 at 2:09 pm

  I like it http://www.joostdevalk.nl/wordpress/meta-robots-wordpress-plugin/

• Daryl Clark on Jan 8, 2008 at 8:02 pm

  Great post! Not only do I see a lot of my favorites sites your post has helped me learn about more SEO resources I wasn’t aware of. Great job and great post. Thanks!

• AskApache on Jan 9, 2008 at 12:24 pm

  This list has some really fantastic links, thanks for compiling it!

  The robots is really nice but it overcomplicates things maybe a little. That one would get my vote though for sure for the “seo plugin” category, its great.

  I’d say the Google 404 Seo Plugin was overlooked. It wasn’t purposefully made for SEO, but its still pretty cool!

  Google 404 Plugin

• Hip-Hop on May 23, 2008 at 9:32 pm

  Thanks for the share Loren!!!!

• Amaan Goyal on Jun 18, 2008 at 2:05 am

  Loren,Thanks for making this wonderful List.I think there are too many categories, but that is not a problem.

• Brook on Jul 7, 2008 at 7:16 pm

  That is an awesome reading list. thank you.

• nile on Jul 13, 2008 at 5:44 am

  I am Searchig about seo award and found the list, i am happy for the work you done.

  Thank you

• Nick Stamoulis on Jul 30, 2008 at 7:23 am

  This is a great list! I look forward to seeing the 2008 version of this list!

• Alan on Aug 7, 2008 at 8:59 am

  Loren,

  Thanks for the list. Was very helpful with finding resources as well.

• Ironing Boards on Sep 1, 2008 at 3:30 pm

  Thanks for this comprehensive list, I’ve been back here often to dive down the rabbit hole of a new blog, love it.

• Brad on Dec 2, 2008 at 3:47 pm

  I know who my votes going to :)

  http://www.top-share.com

• randy bragg on Dec 6, 2008 at 9:48 am

  Seems like a list that I have seen before with a few added goodies…..Thanks…

• kanishka on Feb 23, 2009 at 11:48 am

  Thanks for the wonderful List. :)

• econcept infotech on Mar 29, 2009 at 5:46 am

  Good information - Keep it up ! - Hemang

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