“popping and locking” may be dead:
Watch this video on YouTube.
But blogging, it’s alive and well.
The International Blogger Championship Tournament is a celebration of success, ONLINE.
I originally created this tournament to inspire and motivate you to be the best by learning from the best in the blogging biz.
These digital masters of the universe have set the bar so high you’ll need more than a ladder to touch it.
What does it take to reach this level of success?
Well, I wouldn’t know to be honest as I haven’t done it myself (YET) as a matter of fact my blog didn’t even make the cut this year.
The highest ranked blogger that I’ve had the pleasure of talking to about such things is Harsh Agrawal who is ranked #7 overall this year.
Don’t Miss What I learned from Harsh Agrawal the founder of ShoutMeLoud.com
But, I heard blogging is going away because of social media?
The truth is Mike Elgan, an extremely popular and successful “social media blogger” who is a main proponent of this idea and others who agree with him are simply wrong. *READ Why Mike Elgan is wrong about blogging.
The #IBCT is proof.
Last year the highest rated blog according to Alexa.com was Jacob Gube’s SixRevisions.com which was ranked #2,512. Therefore last year NO blogs in the #IBCT ranked higher than 2,000 according to alexa.
This year there are 3 blogs that have broken through this 2,000 mark and if someone doesn’t stop Neil Patel he may be the first blogger to break into Alexa’s top 500 Sites on the internet at the rate he’s climbing.
*That’s an amazing accomplishment.
This means the mainstream mega sites like the Mashables and the Huffingtonposts’s may one day be surpassed by “mom and pop” independent bloggers.
That is unless something “blocks” them.
*READ Is Google Blogger Blocking? Why your keyword is (not provided)
or they keep using waaaay too many popups like some bloggers ha haaaaaaaaaaa!
The #IBCT 256 – The Best Blogs In the World
*Sorted by alexa rank
1
Quicksprout.com
NEIL PATEL
2
WPbeginner.com
Syed Balkhi
3
SocialMediaExaminer.com
Michael Stelzner
4
Copyblogger.com
Brian Clark
5
wordstream.com
Larry Kim
6
1stwebdesigner.com
Dainis Graveris
7
ShoutMeLoud.com
Harsh Agrawal
8
wonderhowto.com
Stephen Chao and Mike Goedecke
9
myblogguest.com
Ann Smarty
10
Problogger.net
Darren Rowse
11
SmartPassiveIncome.com
Pat Flynn
12
unbounce.com
Rick Perreault and Jason Murphy
13
bgr.com
Jonathan Geller
14
SixRevisions.com
Jacob Gube
15
FourHourWorkWeek.com
Tim Ferriss
16
matthewwoodward.co.uk
Matthew Woodward
17
moneysavingmom.com
Crystal Paine
18
ArtOfManliness.com
Brett and Kate McKay
19
Source-Wave.com
Becker & Cass
20
marketingprofs.com
Allen Weiss
21
jonloomer.com
Jon Loomer
22
9to5mac.com
Mark Gurman
23
Abduzeedo.com
Fabio Sasso
24
JohnChow.com
John Chow
25
nichepursuits.com
Spencer Haws
26
Jeffbullas.com
Jeff Bullas
27
backlinko.com
Brian Dean
28
socialtriggers.com
Derek Halpern
29
contentmarketinginstitute.com
Joe Pulizzi
30
ZenHabits.net
Leo Babauta
31
imgrind.com
Ryan Gray & Ralph “Ruck” Ruckman
32
slashgear.com
Vincent Nguyen and Ewdison Then
33
bloggingtips.com
Zac Johnson
34
ViperChill.com
Glen Allsopp
35
blogengage.com
Brian Belfitt
36
fizzle.co
Corbett Barr, Chase Reeves, Caleb Wojcik
37
toprankblog.com
Lee Odden
38
addicted2success.com
Joel Brown
39
MarieForleo.com
Marie Forleo
40
Michaelhyatt.com
Michael Hyatt
41
IncomeDiary.com
Michael Dunlop
42
TinyBuddha.com
Lori Deschene
43
Conversionxl.com
PEEP LAJA
44
2CreateAWebsite.com
Lisa Irby
45
necolebitchie.com
NECOLE BITCHIE
46
razorsocial.com
Ian Cleary
47
buzzstream.com
Matt Gratt
48
killerstartups.com
Gonzalo Arzuaga and Fernando Arzuaga
49
kaushik.net
Avinash Kaushik
50
geekwire.com
John Cook, Jonathan Sposato, and Todd Bishop
51
convinceandconvert.com
JAY BAER
52
BoostBlogTraffic.com
Jon Morrow
53
marcandangel.com
Marc and Angel
54
perrymarshall.com
Perry Marshall
55
thisiswhyimbroke.com
Adam Freedman
56
foodbabe.com
Vani Hari
57
bulletproofexec.com
Dave Asprey
58
bloggingcage.com
Kulwant Nagi
59
pointblankseo.com
Jon Cooper
60
wpkube.com
Devesh Sharma
61
NerdFitness.com/blog
Steve Kamb
62
charlesngo.com
Charles Ngo
63
Dudeiwantthat.com
Ryan Carstens
64
BasicBlogTips.com
Ileane Smith
65
TrafficGenerationCafe.com
Ana Hoffman
66
amylynnandrews.com
Amy Lynn Andrews
67
ComLuv.com
Andy Bailey
68
DuctTapeMarketing.com
John Jantsch
69
ShoeMoney.com
Jeremy Schoemaker
70
StevePavlina.com
Steve Pavlina
71
SmittenKitchen.com
Deb Perelman
72
FirePoleMarketing.com
Danny Iny
73
ecommercefuel.com
Andrew Youderian
74
TimothySykes.com
Timothy Sykes
75
amyporterfield.com
Amy Porterfield
76
thesimpledollar.com
Trent Hamm
77
munchweb.com
Chris Munch
78
pinchofyum.com
Lindsay and Bjork
79
seerinteractive.com
Wil Reynolds
80
portent.com
Ian Lurie
81
Entrepreneurs-Journey.com
Yaro Starak
82
kaiserthesage.com
Jason Acidre
83
superfastbusiness.com
James Schramko
84
JamesAltucher.com
James Altucher
85
flyingsolo.com.au
Robert Gerrish
86
PickTheBrain.com
John Wesley and Erin Falconer
87
blogtyrant.com
Ramsay The Blog Tyrant
88
DavidRisley.com
David Risley
89
EmpireFlippers.com
Justin Cooke and Joe Magnotti
90
Kikolani.com
Kristi Hines
91
kottke.org
Jason Kottke
92
bloggingwizard.com
Adam Connell
93
kimgarst.com
Kim Garst
94
ZacJohnson.com
Zac Johnson
95
strategicprofits.com
Rich Schefren
96
goinswriter.com
Jeff Goins
97
getelastic.com
Linda Bustos
98
SEObyTheSea.com
Bill Slawski
99
CarAdvice.com.au
Alborz Fallah
100
quickonlinetips.com
P. Chandra
101
ChrisBrogan.com
Chris Brogan
102
trendland.com
Cyril Foiret and Ani Tzenkova
103
FamousBloggers.net
Hesham Zebida
104
Clicknewz.com
Lynn Terry
105
socialmouths.com
Francisco Rosales
106
TheBloggess.com
Jenny Lawson
107
jamesclear.com
James Clear
108
daniellelaporte.com
Danielle Laporte
109
LKRsocialmedia.com
Laura Roeder
110
arealchange.com
Sandi Krakowski
111
WeBlogBetter.com
Kiesha Easley
112
MariSmith.com
Mari Smith
113
writetodone.com
Mary Jaksch
114
clubthrifty.com
Greg & Holly Johnson
115
slowrobot.com
Hans Johnson and Jared Wunsch
116
ryanlee.com
Ryan Lee
117
AdrienneSmith.net
Adrienne Smith
118
MakeALivingWriting.com
Carol Tice
119
iBlogZone.com
Francisco Perez
120
ReachFinancialIndependence.com
Pauline Paquin
121
socialfresh.com
Jason Keath
122
chrisducker.com
Chris Ducker
123
thesocialmediahat.com
Mike Allton
124
marginalrevolution.com
Tyler Cowen
125
PenelopeTrunk.com
Penelope Trunk
126
seanogle.com
Sean Ogle
127
101cookbooks.com
Heidi Swanson
128
Coolest-Gadgets.com
Allan Carlton
129
GrowMap.com
Gail Gardner 2013 Champ
130
ZenPencils.com
Gavin Aung
131
heidicohen.com
Heidi Cohen
132
SteveBlank.com
Steve Blank
133
inspiretothrive.com
Lisa
134
hellboundbloggers.com
Pradeep Kumar
135
GaryVaynerchuk.com
Gary Vaynerchuk
136
MyWifeQuitHerJob.com
Steve C
137
SocialMediaExplorer.com
Jason Falls
138
Imimpact.com
Shane Melaugh
139
therisetothetop.com
David Siteman Garland
140
EntrepreneurBoost.com
Chris Guthrie
141
mikefrommaine.com
Mike Thomas
142
rebekahradice.com
Rebekah Radice
143
SparringMind.com
Gregory Ciotti
144
TheSalesLion.com
Marcus Sheridan
145
freelancefolder.com
Conrad Feagin
146
jimromenesko.com
Jim Romenesko
147
liveyourlegend.net
Scott Dinsmore
148
swiss-miss.com
Tina Roth Eisenberg
149
OnlineIncomeTeacher.com
Matt Smith
150
suitcaseentrepreneur.com
Natalie Sisson
151
nathanbarry.com
Nathan Barry
152
tropicalmba.com
Dan Andrews
153
blurbpoint.com
Sanket Patel
154
LeavingWorkBehind.com
Tom Ewer
155
lighthouseinsights.in
Prasant Naidu
156
vervesearch.com
Lisa Myers
157
schneier.com
Bruce Schneier
158
feld.com
Brad Feld
159
rookiemag.com
Tavi Gevinson
160
BecomeABlogger.com
Leslie Samuel
161
thecreativepenn.com
Joanna Penn
162
switchandshift.com
Ted Coine
163
reviewzntips.com
Daniel Sharkov
164
pammarketingnut.com
Pam Moore
165
DannyBrown.me
Danny Brown
166
sivers.org
Derek Sivers
167
writersincharge.com
Bamidele Onibalusi
168
MattsMarketingBlog.com
Matt Carter
169
mervikhaums.com
Mervik Haums
170
happiness-project.com
Gretchen Rubin
171
stuckincustoms.com
Trey Ratcliff
172
tab.co.uk
Jack Rivlin
173
PositivityBlog.com
Henrik Edberg
174
binarynote.com
Rakesh Kumar
175
clambr.com
Richard Marriott
176
computerhowtoguide.com
Peter Lee
177
eventualmillionaire.com
Jaime Tardy
178
tripleseo.com
Chris Dyson
179
alexandrafranzen.com
Alexandra Franzen
180
60secondmarketer.com
Jamie Turner
181
Everywhereist.com
Geraldine DeRuiter
182
TylerCruz.com
Tyler Cruz
183
inboundpro.net
Hector Cuevas
184
topdogsocialmedia.com
Melonie Dodaro
185
BrianSolis.com
Brian Solis
186
PaidToExist.com
Jonathan Mead
187
SteveScottSite.com
Steve Scott
188
earningguys.com
Ravi Ahuja
189
techtage.com
Rohit Palit
190
socialable.co.uk
Lilach Bullock
191
kevinmuldoon.com
Kevin Muldoon
192
webmaster-success.com
Kharim Tomlinson
193
my4hrworkweek.com
Eric Gati
194
raptitude.com
David Cain
195
chasejarvis.com
Chase Jarvis
196
BloggerMint.com
Franklin Manuel
197
HackTheSystem.com
Maneesh Sethi
198
SmartBloggerz.com
Sushant Risodkar
199
LetsBuildWebsites.com
MITZ
200
ryanhanley.com
Ryan Hanley
201
jeffwalker.com
Jeff Walker
202
thewritelife.com
Alexis Grant
203
JohnPaulAguiar.com
John Paul Aguiar
204
scotthyoung.com
Scotth Young
205
Dukeo.com
Stèphane Kerwer
206
MenWithPens.ca
James Chartrand
207
tynan.com
Tynan
208
dustn.tv
Dustin
209
bloggingtipstoday.com
Joseph Adediji
210
denisewakeman.com
Denise Wakeman
211
enchantingmarketing.com
Henneke Duistermaat
212
whowhatwhy.com
Russ Baker
213
Rob Cubbon.com
Rob Cubbon
214
mytrafficmentor.com
Kim Roach
215
digitalphilippines.net
Venchito Tampon
216
esmeenetwork.com
Chitraparna Sinha
217
stylingyou.com.au
Nikki Parkinson
218
howtomakemyblog.com
Marko Saric
219
jonathanfields.com
Jonathan Fields
220
pamorama.net
Pam Dyer
221
pushingsocial.com
Stanford Smith
222
JoelComm.com
Joel Comm
223
personalexcellence.co
Celestine Chua
224
ImJustSharing.com
Mitch Mitchell
225
stevenaitchison.co.uk
Steven Aitchison
226
extraordinarymommy.com
Danielle Smith
227
sbabzy.com
Oluwaseun Babajide
228
thewritepractice.com
Joe Bunting
229
IncomePress.com
Joey Kissimmee
230
consulting-business.com
Michael & Sam Zipursky
231
HotBlogTips.com
Brian D. Hawkins
232
theselby.com
Todd Selby
233
justinjackson.ca
Justin Jackson
234
ForeverJobLess.com
Billy Murphy
235
grownupgeek.com
Rand Wilson
236
austinkleon.com
Austin Kleon
237
dollarsandroses.com
Jeff and Mandy
238
lifeoptimizer.org
Donald Latumahina
239
lionblogger.com
Lahaul Seth
240
ManvsDebt.com
Adam Baker
241
rightmixmarketing.com
Tom Treanor
242
sachagreif.com
Sacha Greif
243
thetomkatstudio.com
Kim
244
siegemedia.com
Ross Hudgens
245
thenewinquiry.com
Mary Borkowski, Jennifer Bernstein, and Rachel Rosenfelt
246
sideincomeblogging.com
Larry Deane
247
startuplessonslearned.com
Eric Ries
248
stayonsearch.com
Mark Thompson
249
gringosabroad.com
Bryan & Dena Haines
250
nevblog.com
Nev Medhora
251
bonniegean.com
Bonnie Gean
252
lbeeandthemoneytree.com
Lauren
253
bloggersmakemoney.com
Wade Harman
254
ContentMarketingup.com
Michael Chibuzor
255
lorirtaylor.com
Lori R. Taylor & David Masters
256
ProlificLiving.com
Farnoosh Brock
*Only the top 64 blogs will make the 2014 #IBCT Tournament.
Download your bracket NOW and follow the tournament
ibct 2014 pdf version (with links) – blank bracket
Now it’s over to you.
Who do you think should advance to the championship round? Who will win the EAST, WEST, SOUTH, AND NORTH region? Who is the best blogger in the world? The people decide thanks for voting with a comment below.
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