What are the best blogs to read up on search engine marketing (SEM)?

I'd also recommend http://seobook.com http://searchenginewatch.com

www.copyblogger.com http://searchengineland.com/ http://problogger.net/ http://marketingpilgrim.com/ http://e-consultancy.com/ (most of the quality articles and reports are paid)

Kindly provide you with my own top list I made spending long painful diggings(in alphabetic order):http://websearch.about.com/http://www.aimclearblog.com/http://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/blog/http://www.audettemedia.com/bloghttp://backlinko.com/http://www.beanstalk-inc.com/blog/http://www.beingpeterkim.com/http://www.beyondthepaid.com/http://www.billhartzer.com/#categorieshttp://biznology.com/category/monthly_newsletter/http://www.briansolis.com/http://www.bruceclay.com/blog/https://blog.bufferapp.com/http://buzzsumo.com/blog/http://www.canuckseo.com/http://chiefmartec.com/http://www.cision.com/us/blog/http://rainblog.clickrain.com/http://clickz.com/expertshttp://blog.compete.com/http://blog.comscore.com/http://www.contentmarketinginstitute.com/http://www.conversationmarketing.com/http://www.convinceandconvert.com/blog/http://www.copyblogger.com/blog/http://cornwallseo.com/search/http://www.cruc.es/http://www.dailyblogtips.com/http://www.brandrepublic.com/blogs/http://www.digitalmarketer.com/blog/https://econsultancy.com/blog/http://www.epiphanysolutions.co.uk/blog/http://www.fathomseo.com/blog/http://www.takeflyte.com/bloghttp://blogs.forrester.com/cmohttp://www.businessesgrow.com/blog/http://www.hallaminternet.com/blog/http://heidicohen.com/http://www.experian.com/blogs/marketing-forward/http://blog.hubspot.com/http://learn.infusionsoft.com/http://www.industrialsearchenginemarketing.com/blog/http://www.marketersstudio.com/http://www.chrisg.org/http://jeffbullas.com/http://battellemedia.com/http://www.jonloomer.com/http://kikolani.com/https://blog.kissmetrics.com/http://www.komarketingassociates.com/blog/http://getlevelten.com/bloghttp://blog.mailchimp.com/http://blog.mannixmarketing.com/http://www.marismith.com/mari-smith-blog/http://www.marketingcharts.com/http://www.marketingexperimentsblog.com/http://marketinginsidergroup.com/blog/http://marketingland.com/http://www.marketingpilgrim.com/http://www.mpdailyfix.com/http://sherpablog.marketingsherpa.com/https://marketoonist.com/bloghttp://community.microsoftadvertising.com/blogs/http://blog.marketo.com/blog/https://blogs.oracle.com/marketingcloud/http://www.morevisibility.com/semblog/https://moz.com/bloghttp://www.multilingual-search.com/http://blog.newscred.com/http://kaushik.net/avinash/http://www.oktopost.com/blog/http://www.toprankblog.com/http://www.philbradley.typepad.com/http://www.polepositionmarketing.com/emp/http://www.proactivereport.com/http://www.problogger.net/http://www.prdaily.com/Main/Home.aspxhttp://www.stonetemple.com/blog/http://raven-seo-tools.com/blog/http://www.readwriteweb.com/http://www.receptional.com/bloghttp://www.revenews.com/http://www.rimmkaufman.com/blog/http://www.roojoom.com/blog/http://www.scottmonty.com/http://www.thesearchagents.com/http://feeds.searchengineland.com/searchcaphttp://www.searchengineguide.com/index.htmlhttp://www.searchenginejournal.com/http://searchengineland.com/http://www.free-seo-news.com/index.phphttp://www.searchenginepeople.com/blog/http://www.seroundtable.com/http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/http://www.seerinteractive.com/blog/http://semphonic.blogs.com/semangel/http://www.seobythesea.com/http://seo.com/bloghttp://www.seocopywriting.com/blog/http://www.searchenginepeople.com/bloghttp://www.seo-theory.com/wordpress/http://www.seomoz.org/bloghttp://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/http://blog.shop.org/http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/http://www.twistimage.com/blog/http://smartblogs.com/social-mediahttp://www.smartinsights.com/blog/http://soshable.com/http://www.socialbakers.com/blog/http://socialmediab2b.com/http://www.socialmediaclub.org/http://socialmedia.biz/blog/http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/http://spinsucks.com/http://sproutsocial.com/insights/http://www.stateofdigital.com/http://news.stepforth.com/blog/http://storyneedle.com/https://blog.sysomos.com/http://searchblog.tamar.com/http://www.techcrunch.com/http://www.techmeme.com/http://www.acquisio.com/blog/https://contently.com/strategist/http://thefuturebuzz.com/http://www.hmtweb.com/marketing-blog/http://www.wpromote.com/blog/http://www.scottmonty.com/index.htmlhttp://thinktraffic.net/http://unbounce.com/blog/http://www.unofficialseoblog.com/https://www.getvero.com/resources/http://www.vertical-leap.uk/learn/http://www.verticalmeasures.com/blog/http://www.verticalresponse.com/blog/https://www.vidyard.com/blog/http://www.vizioninteractive.com/blog/http://onlinebusiness.volusion.com/http://www.webanalyticsworld.net/pt-homehttp://www.webinknow.com/http://www.webmasterworld.com/http://www.websitemagazine.com/content/blogs/posts/http://www.web-strategist.com/blog/http://www.webuildpages.com/blog/http://www.whatsnextblog.com/http://wistia.com/hubhttp://www.wordstream.com/bloghttp://www.wordtracker.com/bloghttps://www.ypulse.com/http://www.zazzlemedia.co.uk/blog/http://www.zeusjones.com/blog/Best of luck)

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