Search engines have become the starting point for most online activities. As a result, if you have a website, getting traffic from search engines via search engine optimization is becoming increasingly important and increasingly competitive.

There are lots of excellent guides to get started but to truly stay on top of your SEO game, you have to keep an eye on the rapidly changing search engine market.

Following the top bloggers on SEO is one sure way to do that and we have compiled a list of the top SEO blogs. If we left any of your favorite top SEO blogs off this list, please let us know and will be sure to take a look:

The Top SEO Blogs:

Blog: SEOmoz
URL: http://www.seomoz.org/blog.php
Description: News, tips and highlights from the search marketing industry.

Blog: William Slawski
URL: http://www.seobythesea.com/
Description: Offers great search engine optimization advice and tips.

Blog: SEO chat
URL: http://www.seochat.com/
Description: Great blog with well researched posts. Part of a larger site with an excellent forum and free SEO tools.

Blog: Aaron Wall’s SEO Book
URL: http://www.seobook.com/
Description: Leading SEO blog by Aaron Wall covering the search space. It offers marketing tips, search analysis, and whatever random rants come to mind.

Blog: Matt Cutts
URL: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/type/googleseo/
Description: Matt Cutts works for Google and is responsible for search engine quality (i.e. getting rid of spam) and for helping web masters with good SEO practices. This one is a must for anyone that wants to master good, solid, SEO practices.

Blog: Searchenginewatch.com Blog
URL: http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/
Description: Blog founded by Danny Sullivan, internet consultant and journalist. It offers many search engines resources and SEO related news.
Free newsletter.

Blog: Jill Whalen
URL: http://www.highrankings.com/
Description: While they do not maintain a blog, they have an excellent newsletter and lots of great seo articles.
Blog: Nadir Garouche
URL: http://www.seoprinciple.com/
Description: A blog covering Search Engine Optimization
techniques, news, commentary and much more.

Noteworthy

Blog: Stuntdubl
URL: http://www.stuntdubl.com/
Description: Todd is a certified AdWords Professional and SEO
consultant. He maintains a very solid blog where he shares his
latest thoughts and insights on SEO. Well worth reading.

Launching soon:

Blog: Search Engine Land
URL: http://searchengineland.com/
Description: Everyone is waiting for this blog to launch. It will cover the latest news on search engine marketing and promises to be the single most resourceful tool on search engine marketing.

Free SEO Tools

Blog: SEO company
URL: http://www.seocompany.ca/tool/seo-tools.html
Description: In this blog you will find 156 SEO tools that will help you to optimize your website and move your search engine position higher.
Blog: The webconfs.com SEO toolset
URL: http://www.webconfs.com/
Description: You will find SEO Tools, Articles and Forums. Try also to do the quiz on SEO practices.

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Prior to MindValley Media, Mike was the Head of New Ventures Strategy at eBay where he conceived of the strategies that led to the investment in Craigslist, the launch of Kijiji.com and the acquisition of Skype. Mike has an MBA from Stanford and previously worked for the Boston Consulting Group. He is also a certified Google AdWords Professional.

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