Promoting a website through search engine optimization, viral marketing, paid search or social media channels requires an understanding of how these systems work, a strong focus and the willingness to measure everything — from hits and page views all the way down to unique impressions by geographic IP. To beat out the competition you must use the best tools, partner with the best companies and be relentless in the pursuit of potential customers.

Website Magazine is featuring two groups of twenty five this issue; the Top 25 search engine optimization and marketing firms, as well as 25 hand selected promotional resources consisting of software providers and services and companies that are actively making a positive difference for their customers and clients. You may find many high profile SEOs and popular software solutions absent from the list but keep in mind that the data provided is a sample into the overall behavior of one subset of the entire Web population. It does provide a valuable glimpse as to where users just like you are visiting for their SEO needs every day.

Research for this report comes courtesy of Ranking.com, the Web’s largest provider of website popularity metrics and detailed website information for more than one million online destinations. To suggest a Top50 category for consideration in upcoming issues of Website Magazine, please visit our online forum or send an email to Top50@WebsiteMagazine.com.