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.
This list is in no way official, just from a sample of data I collected.
Congrats to all the people who made it on to the list, I have tried to focus on purely link building blogs rather than general SEO blogs. If your blog is solely link building and you think you should be included simply leave a comment or email me.
{ 5 trackbacks }
{ 37 comments… read them below or add one }
You forgot CollinLahay.com – the old MixedMarketArts.com.
Very good blog about link building, the first one I ever found on the subject.
Desk Coders last blog post..10 Reasons You’re Not Rich
This is really interested. You have quite a bit of links compared to the other sites. And to have 1/5 or 1/7 or what the top link builders have is pretty impressive as your blog is so new.
Keep up the good work and keep this stat updated as I would like to see if you could pass them up.
Adam
Among all those linkbuilding blogs, what I only know is your blog and linkbuildingbible. Let me see the rest one by one.
Husseins last blog post..WordPress Theme Weekly: Helium
Pretty good Danny. Keep climbing the list.
Mike Collinss last blog post..Article Marketing – The Traffic Generating Machine
Well, I currently have 1,637 links so I would be between number 7 and 8.
Andrei Buius last blog post..Writing from the heart
how to get those figure? If not mistaken, mine is about 300++
iCalvyns last blog post..DS300 Mobile Phone from CSL
Basically what I do is goto Yahoo! Site Explorer, enter the domain, the on the drop down boxes choose ‘except from this domain’ and ‘to all pages’.
Good stuff, Danny! I like how you created a list that has value and relevance.
Congrats on the inbound links and I am sure your goals are much higher than that. Go for it!
Freddies last blog post..Goal Setting Sunday: Week 7
Who would have thought there are so many blogs about just on building links!!
Clog Moneys last blog post..Right that’s it, I give up with facebook.
Hello Danny, nice blogs, but is it the best way to count inbound links?
Shoto Azikuris last blog post..Top 13 Worthy Blog Directories
Well done Danny on such a large amount of links already.
Its a great post and if anyone can build links – then owners of link building blogs would always be quite high up there
To be honest, you’re the only Link Building blog I knew of! hehe
I don’t read a lot about link building so that’s probably why, but I’ll definitely check these other websites.
Ben – frogstr.coms last blog post..How to fake Feedburner subscriber count
I only knew of yours, linkbuildr and link buildingbible
– I think I have 13,000 backlinks, but u will have overtaken me within a few days
If my blog was a link building blog, I would be placed just above u
Otooos last blog post..Get The Basics Right
Wow you made great process for being such a new blog, keep up the good work, and soon you will be on top of that list
Danny, your in 3rd, keep it up and soon you’ll be at the top of that list.
I need links for my 1 week old blog. I’m like a falling tree in a forest. A needle in a hay stack.
All this work for pennies. Flipping burgers pays more and is only 40 hours a week.
Travelinators last blog post..The Whitehaven Hotel
Good interesting post man! Its amazing that you are third in that list, seems your doing really well! Keep the good work coming
Dans last blog post..It’s Not Going Well…
I think you should add yourself to this list, your comments have made your blog number 4 in the top 20 commentluv active sites!
(I changed the routine so it only counts unique visitor comments made in the past 24 hours)
Andy Baileys last blog post..Tell me what you want, what you really really want……. (please, no zigs or ahs)
So much to learn….I this linking, and networking and blogging is new to me. My head is going to explode!
Ms Sparkys last blog post..KBR Hires Criminals? Say It Isn’t So!!
Wow. Great resource for blogs for me to comment on
Congratulations on getting such a high Technorati rank.
Joel Drappers last blog post..How to Comment Like a Pro
Great resource – props to your last post
Will try and check them all out during the week.
No BS SEM Blogs last blog post..5 Top AdWords Landing Page Tips
Very cool indeed. I will take some recommendations here and do some reading
Dennis Edells last blog post..Guest Post: DaBlogger Tells His Experiences with Social Bookmarking
keep climbing Danny
Norhafidzs last blog post..Promotional Items – Use Your Imagination
great list this.
and it’s interesting that the first one’s a blogspot blog. :O there may be hope for us blogspot-ers yet. 
koujis last blog post..blog action day 2008: philippine poverty haiku poems
true. i think i’ll go visit these as well. got curious.
koujis last blog post..blog action day 2008: philippine poverty haiku poems
cool. just tried this. i do show yahoo backlinks. bummer though that i’m still hardly getting any traffic from yahoo.
koujis last blog post..blog action day 2008: philippine poverty haiku poems
hi,thanks for the lists, it is very informative, i am putting this as a link to my blog. Cheers.
mikerambling.com
mikeramblings last blog post..Have you try this Advertising Company ?
Thanks a bunch for thinking of and even adding me to the list! I’ve been working hard to get up there and I hope to make the top 3 next year!
Cheers,
Ryan from Linkbuildr.com
Linkbuildrs last blog post..Link Building With YouBundle.com
Hopefully your aspirations will come true if you keep up the hard work.
You could use search status mozilla plugin for easier analysis of sites and the number of backlinks to them.
BTW, great list
Cheap styling stationss last blog post..Cheap Beauty Salon Equipment
I need my blog to be listed here . i am working on it
Chetans last blog post..Will it be SONY’s new PSP 2 ?
Interesting that some of those blogs nofollow comments – that’s hardly fair is it?
How could you leave off collin’s blog? It’s one of the best.
Jeremys last blog post..GO Zone Newsletter 11/22
The last blog had just a few links and it was in the top 10. The first blog with all those links is just PR5, makes me wonder how many links you need to get PR9?
Car Blogs last blog post..Audi India 2008 Sales Rise
Thanks for the list. I’ts not often one blog in a niche supports other blogs in that same niche.
I have over 1,000 backlinks and I am nowhere near that number for PR. Does that mean there is somthing wrong?
scotts last blog post..Search Hudson County MLS
great list, i need to check some of these out. Wow! that is a ton of links!