The 2010 Best Blog Awards by SEO Toronto Canada

I love those so called expert blog post. I for one am not interested in your opionion on what are the best blogs. Show me the proof. Well Toronto SEO went out and did just that.

Our Best Blog / Social Media Relevance Rankings

1. Yahoo Links – Measures how many incoming links Yahoo reports for this domain.
2. Yahoo Pages – Measures how many pages Yahoo reports it has indexed for this domain.
3. Alexa Rank – A reflection of the Alexa rank for this domain.
4. Compete Rank – A reflection of the Compete rank for this domain.
5. Compete Volume – Based on the monthly traffic volume Compete reports for this site.
6. Referring Domains – The number of unique domains which refer to this site with incoming links as reported by Majestic SEO.
7. Majestic Links – Measures how many incoming links Majestic SEO reports for this domain.

BackType -

Website: http://www.backtype.com

DESCRIPTION: Not really a blog but it combines blogs with Social media. BackType gives your comments a home where they can be discovered, followed and shared. Comments from blogs, social news sites and more on BackType.

1.  = 287,336  2. = 896,702  3. = 8,339  4. = 0  5. = 2,049  6. = 10,062  7. = 1,246,475

Blog Catalog -

Website:  http://www.blogcatalog.com

DESCRIPTION: Blog Catalog is the premiere social blog directory on the internet. Search, Browse, Rate and Review thousands of blog sites.

1. = 2,861,673  2.= 35,985,727  3.=315  4.=684  5.=2,465,966  6.=120,576  7.=57,646,745

Blogger - 

Website: http://www.blogger.com

DESCRIPTION: Blogger is a free blog publishing tool from Google for easily sharing your thoughts with the world. Blogger makes it simple to post text, photos and video

1.= 37,237,883  2.= 5,630,031  3.= 7  4.= 0  5.= 0  6.= 1,537,668  7.= 2,147,483,647

Disqus -  

Website: http://disqus.com

DESCRIPTION: Disqus is a global comment system that improves discussion on websites and connects conversations across the web.

1.= 15,329,629  2.=4,510,883  3.=3,243  4.=0  5.=5,033,424  6.=44,104  7.=47,438,568

Live Journal -

Website: http://www.livejournal.com

DESCRIPTION: LiveJournal.com is a free service for all your journaling and blogging needs, offering privacy controls, photo storage, publishing tools, style templates and more.

1.=1,987,541  2.=6,959,243  3.=82  4.=334  5.=4,224,194  6.=693,472  7.=558,064,581

Tumblr -

Website: http://www.tumblr.com

DESCRIPTION: Tumblr makes it effortless to share text, photos, quotes, links, music, and videos.

1.= 1,856,523  2.=271,363  3.=182  4.=364  5.=4,033,137  6.=237,951  7.=121,732,423

Type Pad - 

Website: http://www.typepad.com

DESCRIPTION: TypePad is the premier blogging service for professionals and small businesses. TypePad hosts many popular blogs and small business websites.

1.=4,387,288  2.=179,990  3.=180  4.=122  5.=8,948  6. 779,339  7.=535,600,141

Word Press - 

Website: http://wordpress.org

DESCRIPTION: A semantic personal publishing platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability.

1.=176,261,973  2.=1,000,894  3.=283  4.=1,554  5.=1,221,011  6.=2,602,276  7.=1,092,574,300

As you can see, WordPress and Blogger have the best numbers. Sure there are many other blog platforms but there numbers are well below what’s listed here.