47 Weblog Directories, Portals & Platforms

Pete Prestipino — Mon, 17 May 2010 18:22:00 GMT

You need links and lots of them. If you're a blogger however acquiring links can seem challenging if not downright impossible at times - even more so than for e-commerce or service-oriented sites. Our upcoming June 2010 issue features a helpful article from John Alexander of Search Engine Academy called "Stress-Free Link Building" which I'm sure will be an instant hit among our audience as it provides very practical insights on this challenging aspect of search engine optimization and guidance on how the problem can be overcome.

That upcoming article will be available early June for Website Magazine monthly subscribers. If you're not yet a member you can sign up now or keep reading below for some related guidance.

Alexander's article got me thinking during our final round of edits how truly common the feeling of stress must be among those responsible for building links. Since finding sites that like what you do enough to send a link your way is so time consuming, many opt instead by starting their link building campaigns by submitting to directories. This can be especially helpful for those that frame their sites exclusively as weblogs. Below we've listed some of the top blog/weblog directories on the 'Net and provided an estimate (courtesy of the DoubleClick Ad Planner) on their monthly unique visitors.

These sources should be just one part of a multi-phase link building effort but it's handy to use them to get your link building underway. Keep in mind that many of these are not your traditional "directory" or "portal" but rather multi-user blogging platforms. But hey, a link's a link - especially when you're getting started. Did we miss one (or two)? Comment below and let WM and our community know.

Website URL (Estimated Uniques)

aboutus.org (1.7M)

allforblog.com (9.4K)

biggerblogger.com (13K)

blloggs.com (1K)

blogarama.com (63K)

blogburst.com (22K)

BlogCatalog.com (2.9M)

blog-collector.com (10K)

blog-directory.org (21K)

blogdirectory001.com (10K)

blogexplosion.com (44K)

blogflux.com (260K)

bloggapedia.com (57K)

Blogged.com (760K)

Bloggeries.com (52K)

bloggernity.com (58K)

bloggernow.com (26K)

bloggerschoiceawards.com (58K)

bloggingfusion.com (24K)

bloghub.com (48K)

blogintro.com (8.7K)

blogio.net (12K)

bloglisting.net (22K)

blogobbler.com (8.5K)

blogoriffic.com (13K)

blogpulse.com (76K)

blogrankings.com (150K)

blogs-collection.com (25K)

blog-search.com (30K)

blogsearchengine.com (43K)

blogsforsmallbusiness.com (9.4K)

bloguniverse.com (15K)

blogville.us (18K)

getblogs.com (10K)

Globeofblogs.com (47K)

liquida.com 27K)

OnTopList.com 84K)

regator.com (77K)

submitblognow.info (10K)

superblogdirectory.com (10K)

topblogarea.com (390K)

weblogs.com (57K)

webworldindex.com (84K)

zimbio.com (9.1M)

totalblogdirectory.com (39K)

bloghints.com (39K)

blogtoplist.com (630K)

E-Commerce Merchant Blogs: Product, News, Philanthropy

MaureenA — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 20:50:00 GMT

For an e-commerce merchant, publishing a blog can present various opportunities such as building a community for your customers to publishing new product information. E-commerce merchants that do operate blogs, do so for many different reasons. However, while doing research for this article, it quickly became clear the large amount of e-commerce merchants that don't publish blogs, but do operate Facebook pages and Twitter profiles. It appears some have bypassed blogging altogether and moved to the social networking arena.

Despite those who have decided blogging wasn't for them, there are still some big names in the industry with active blogs. Website Magazine looked at five e-commerce merchants that do blog and what they are doing with their blogs.

Amazon
Amazon’s blog does a good job of addressing news and relating it to their products without hard selling the reader. For example, a recent post about DJ AM addresses his history and talent with links throughout the post to DJ AM products that Amazon sells. Amazon never misses an opportunity to link to a product they sell that relates to the content.

Walmart
Walmart approaches its blog slightly differently than Amazon. While the company pushes product as Amazon does, Walmart is very direct about its promotions, sales and discounts of certain products. For example, its most recent post talks all about a new deal for the Toshiba L355 17 in. screen size laptop for $348. In addition, Walmart uses its blog to promote corporate strategies and goals.

Dell
Dell addresses products in its blog, but spends a good amount of content on its philanthropy, community outreach and the company. It also takes every opportunity to use images and screen shots to make each post more aesthetically pleasing and interesting.

Sears
Sears focuses on the community of its customers with its blog. Found in the MySears section of its website, the blog talks about customer suggestions, community polls, club cards, promotions and deals. In addition, the blog includes images of coupons that customers can print out.

eBags
eBags blog addresses problems and solutions on its blog. For example, the football season just kicked off so you might be in need of a bag that has your favorite team on it. That’s exactly what the most recent post is about. Other posts help moms find diaper bags that aren’t boring, or those in need of a hydration pack. Every post includes product images and links to products.

If you’re an e-commerce merchant, comment below on how you operate your blog. Or if you know of other e-commerce merchant blogs that operate differently, please add your thoughts on those below.

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