There's an awful lot of good business news out there on the Net, and it's sometimes a bit frustrating to sort through it all. (Psst: I'll have more on this topic shortly.)

So, the 24/7 Wall Street blog has put together a list of the Twenty Best Financial Blogs.   Here's how:

We reviewed hundreds of sites, and narrowed the list down to 60 financial blogs based primarily on strength of content. We picked our 20 finalists from those By looking at these sites it is obvious that financial blogs can go toe-to-toe with mainstream online business media. The best blogs are that good.

Original content counted for a great deal. We had a bias against sites that were nothing other than "feeds" of financial blogs. We also discounted sites where the author or authors posted less than once a month. It was too difficult to check back every few days to look for new posts. We also did not list any site that did not have the name of the real author or authors and a full disclosure policy about investments that the writers might hold.

We have also listed the Alexa rankings for each site's traffic so readers can see how each site ranks among all websites measured. If a site has an average traffic rank of 50,000, it is the 50,000th most visited site in the world. For example, MarketWatch.com is site number 466.

I don't want to ruin the list by picking out a few choices here ... particularly since the author states that the Top 20 are in no particular order.  So just click ahead and pick out your own favorites.

Finding good sources in the blogosphere for the industry you follow is clearly a worthwhile pursuit for all communicators.  In fact, it makes great sense for everyone.  Enjoy!