Learn from the successful bloggers!
Top 20 Learning Blogs and Top 25 SEO Blogs
One of the key reason for Ewen Chia's success is his ability to learn from the success of other gurus.Top 20 Learning Blogs and Top 25 SEO Blogs
Here are the top 20 earning blogs and top 25 SEO Blogs, you can observe how they make their earnings and emulate their success.
For those who are still sceptical about the ability to make money online, these blogs just show you that it really works. | Rank | Website | Owner | Main Income | Monthly Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TechCrunch | Michael Arrington | Advertising Banners | $200,000 |
| 2 | Mashable | Pete Cashmore | Advertising Banners | $180,000 |
| 3 | Timothy Sykes | Timothy Sykes | Affiliate Sales | $150,000 |
| 4 | Perez Hilton | Mario Lavandeira | Advertising Banners | $140,000 |
| 5 | Gothamist | Jake Dobkin | Pay Per Click | $80,000 |
| 6 | Venture Beat | Matt Marshall | Pay Per Click | $62,000 |
| 7 | Slash Gear | Ewdison Then | Pay Per Click | $60,000 |
| 8 | Life Hacker | Nick Denton | Advertising Banners | $60,000 |
| 9 | Smashing Magazine | Vitaly Friedman | Advertising Banners | $58,500 |
| 10 | Tuts Plus | Collis Taeed | Advertising Banners | $55,000 |
| 11 | Dooce | Heather B. Armstrong | Pay Per Click | $50,000 |
| 12 | Steve Pavlina | Steve Pavlina | Pay Per Click | $45,000 |
| 13 | TPM | Josh Marshall | Pay Per Click | $45,000 |
| 14 | Car Advice | Alborz Fallah | Advertising Banners | $42,000 |
| 15 | Problogger | Darren Rowse | Advertising Banners | $40,000 |
| 16 | John Chow | John Chow | Affiliate Sales | $35,000 |
| 17 | Kotaku | Nick Denton | Advertising Banners | $32,000 |
| 18 | Shoe Money | Jeremy Schoemaker | Private Advertising | $30,000 |
| 19 | Coolest Gadgets | Allan Carlton | Advertising Banners | $30,000 |
| 20 | Joystiq | AOL | CPM Advertising | $18,000 |
The Top 25 SEO Blogs list, instead, ranks the blogs according to their Google Pagerank, Alexa rank, number of Bloglines subscribers and Technorati authority. Each factor has a score from 0 to 10, and the maximum score for each blog is 40. Details about the algorithm can be found here.
Blogs considered: the list considers only blogs that have a high percentage of SEO-related content. Topics might range from SEO news coverage to general SEO discussion and link building.
Google Pagerank (0 to 10): the actual Pagerank was used on the algorithm.
Alexa Rank (0 to 10): Ranges were determined based on the Alexa Rank (i.e., 100k and up, 80k-100k, 60k-80k, 40k-60k) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
Alexa Rank (0 to 10): Ranges were determined based on the Alexa Rank (i.e., 100k and up, 80k-100k, 60k-80k, 40k-60k) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
Bloglines Subscribers (0 to 10): Subscriber ranges were determined (i.e., 1-50, 50-100, 100-150, 150-300) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
Technorati Authority (0 to 10): Ranges were determined based on Technorati’s Authority rank (i.e., 1-125, 125-250, 500-750,750-1000) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
Technorati Authority (0 to 10): Ranges were determined based on Technorati’s Authority rank (i.e., 1-125, 125-250, 500-750,750-1000) and each range was assigned a number (1 to 10).
 |  |  |  |  | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Search Engine Land | 7 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 36 |
| #2 | SEOBook | 6 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 36 |
| #3 | SEO Moz | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 35 |
| #4 | Matt Cutts | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 35 |
| #5 | Search Engine Watch | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 34 |
| #6 | Search Engine Roundtable | 7 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| #7 | Search Engine Journal | 7 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 32 |
| #8 | Online Marketing Blog | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| #9 | Pronet Advertising | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 29 |
| #10 | Marketing Pilgrim | 7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| #11 | SEO Chat | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| #12 | Search Engine Guide | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 25 |
| #13 | SEO Blackhat | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 |
| #14 | Stuntdubl | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 24 |
| #15 | Graywolf’s SEO | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 |
| #16 | SEO by the SEA | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 20 |
| #17 | Link Building Blog | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 |
| #18 | Jim Boykin | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| #19 | SEOpedia | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| #20 | DaveN | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
| #21 | Bruce Clay | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 18 |
| #22 | Blue Hat SEO | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| #23 | Tropical SEO | 5 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 |
| #24 | SEO Refugee | 5 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 15 |
| #25 | Small Business SEM | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 |
