Introduce yourself - who are you?
Blogs are a funny thing in that you usually never really know who’s reading your blog.
I’d like to break that by asking for anyone reading my blog to add a comment with a little bit about yourself. You can even post a link to your company.
Who are you and what do you do?
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January 5th, 2006 at 12:24 am
I’ll even start this out.
Hi, I’m Jim Boykin.
I consider myself an Internet Marketing Specialist, specializing in obtaining links for Search Engine Optimization. I’m also the CEO of We Build Pages - http://www.webuildpages.com
January 5th, 2006 at 1:44 am
I’m Rand Fishkin. I’m also in the Internet marketing game, with a focus on organic SEO. I’ve got a background in usability and web design and I’m the owner and operator of SEOmoz.org
January 5th, 2006 at 1:48 am
Ok, I’ll go second. (Why does this feel like an AA meeting?) I’m a software/systems consultant in the field of Fibre Channel, SCSI, and Linux Device Drivers. Just about anything real-time embedded.
I’m really fascinated by the SEO process and dabble in writing stupid little utilities that nobody will use because they’re buried six feet deep on the last page of Google.
January 5th, 2006 at 1:49 am
Ok, how about third?
January 5th, 2006 at 2:02 am
Me 4th!
My name is Lea {hi Lea!} and I’m an Australian-based web developer.
I support the internet presence of small-to-medium businesses, which means I’m a jack of all trades for anything to do with the web and I wish they would stop asking me questions about their email clients
Anyway, SEO (for want of a better name) is probably the most fun part of What I Do for people, so your blog is of interest. Why I even had a rant here a week or so ago! {blush}
January 5th, 2006 at 2:16 am
I’ve been in the web stats tracking business over 6 years now. While my business has matured well over the years there are still massive improvements I’d like to make in nearly every aspect of the service. My focus has been bouncing between keeping the server network alive, building/improving the service, maintaining support and running day to day business. Quite a delicate balance! Do I ever loose sleep over it at night? Don’t we all?
January 5th, 2006 at 3:00 am
My name is Scott… I started my Internet marketing company in 1997, and developed it throughout high school and college… having graduated a few years ago. We’re a small firm in Boston… 10 people now.
I consider myself an online marketing specialist with expertise in search engine marketing and expressing brands online. We have a diversity of clients in our “active client” roster, including a Fortune 100, mid-sized public companies, and small businesses (Yahoo Store E-commerce owners, high-tech companies, etc).
January 5th, 2006 at 5:24 am
I’m Dave Child (a.k.a. ILoveJackDaniels) and I’m an internet marketing consultant with Propellernet (http://www.propellernet.co.uk) in the UK. I’m also a web developer.
Like the site, Jim - you’ve got some great information here.
January 5th, 2006 at 5:51 am
I’m an IT consultant with a quite broad background. I’m focused on SE friendly Web development and Web outlets of ERP systems. I fulfill the architect role best, so I prefer to get involved in an early stage, but nowadays it seems that I’m mostly hired when the engines have banned, ignored or penalized a site already. I’m working as subcontractor and for my own clients across the globe as well. When I’ve the time I write pamphlets on linking, crawlability, database design and related topics. Oups, Jim may I link out that much?
January 5th, 2006 at 6:23 am
Hi,
My name is Alex, i work for a SEM company in Spain as Webmaster/SEO. We work for small/medium businesses, and also for damn-big-companies.
Take a look: http://www.ntbuscadores.com
January 5th, 2006 at 6:58 am
Hi Jim. Enjoy your blog. I’m Mark Sceatsf rom New Zealand & run a web marketing called Viz Marketing. http://www.viz.co.nz. Focus is on search engine optimisation & PPC management. Always fid your thoughts on link building useful. Happy New Year.
January 5th, 2006 at 7:23 am
I am a software developer with a stack of ideas for products that keep piling up. Quite varied languages - my favourites are PostgreSQL and PHP.
I am 50% of http://Lifeart-Marketing.com (note blank main page at present - sorry.)
I am a novice with SEO, however am good at coming up with things that are impossible. (very simple - start with “how do I make this possible” instead of “this cannot be done”)
A year ago I wrote some unusual web tracking software purely because I was told it could not happen. (I am about to release this month finally - other work keeps getting in the way)
Something else I have on my design list is a system by which you can find out all the links Google knows about for a site (well 99.9%), instead of just what they tell you. Jim you have convinced me this should be freely available when I build it - your free tools here are AWESOME.
PS - thanks for turning off the nofollow, Jim! I hate how SPAM caused us to ditch part of what makes blogging so great…
January 5th, 2006 at 7:37 am
Hi, I’m Brian, and I’ve been full-time in SEO since March 2004 - so I’m pretty recent to the party.
My company is http://www.britecorp.co.uk, which is run with a sole-trader mentality, and targets small business and start-ups, who have small budgets and need help online.
Also run http://www.platinax.co.uk as a business resource site.
First ambition is to save the world; second is to be a traditionally published fiction writer.
January 5th, 2006 at 7:53 am
Well Jim went first, but Howard went twice, so I guess this is 6th? but whos counting….
My name is Jason, and I’m a software developer from Australia. I’m working on starting a blog type site (www.mid4.net), and I follow Jim’s posts to keep an eye and ear on the SEO world.
Happy 2006 everyone!
January 5th, 2006 at 8:34 am
hi everyone
my name is Rustum and i am doing company registration services from Malaysia and my website is http://www.ReadyCompanies.com
January 5th, 2006 at 8:47 am
Well, I am from Bulgaria. I am in the internet marketing field for 2 years now. My main focus is on Organic SEO and Link Building (50/50). I am currently working for one of the leading Bulgarian internet companies. Before that I had about 4 years of experience as a freelance web developer and designer. I also have some background in software development, server administration and networking.
I consider SEO to be one of the most difficult things in the web (if done right). For me a good SEO-er/SEM manager should have:
1. Excellent knowedge in Web Design, Internet marketing and SEO/SEM specific stuff (things that you do not learn in any other area listed here);
2. Very good knowedge in Linguistics, Psyhology, Web development, Server Administration, Network Tehcnologies;
3. Good knowedge in Statistics.
Very good level of general education is also important, I think it gives you a way of seeing the “big picture”.
I still do not consider myself a SEO Expert (although I have some pretty good results in my portfolio) but I try to never stop improving my knowedge in the areas listed above.
Jim’s Blog is on my list of 30 or so carefully chosen blogs that cover SEO, SEM and Internet Marketing. And yes, I read them on a daily basis, when possible.
I am also a regional editor in the Multilingual Search blog (I cover Bulgaria, of course).
January 5th, 2006 at 8:53 am
Hi,
my is Johannes, but i prefer my nickname “Jojo”. I am from a little town in Germany. Mostly I am working on my own web projects, blogs and such stuff. I am also working on an german SEO ebook and I am planning on distributing it at the “Aaron Wall”-way. At the moment I have 20 pages and I plan to publish the first version with 30 pages somewhere later this month.
I am although thinking about taking 1 or 2 clients for a little variety of my life later this year.
My German SEO blog: internetmarketing-news.de
January 5th, 2006 at 9:53 am
Hi Jim!
Long time reader. First time caller.
I’m currently the Director of Search Marketing for a rapidly growing software company. But over the course of my career, I have held a lot of different positions under the auspices of “Internet Marketing.”
I write a blog on “Improving Customer Experience (ICE).” It’s been a little neglected as of late but my New Year’s resolution is to get it rolling again.
My background is in usability/user experience and Internet marketing.
Last year, I was very interested in tagging and RSS as a potent combo for improving search engine visibility. I even wrote a tag generator that allows you to create tags for Technorati, Del.ico.us, Flickr, and Furl. Since my blog is an open-source app, I need to build that into my blog as well this year. But for now, it is free for all to use and enjoy.
My other New Year’s resolution is to try to quit being such a lurker in the SE community. I’m going to do my best to contribute more this year. Perhaps this is a small first step.
Keep up the good work Jim.
EGM
January 5th, 2006 at 10:02 am
Who am I? How did I get here?
January 5th, 2006 at 10:42 am
Hi,
My name is Josh and I manage all organic SEO for a Boston-based B2B site. We have a similar model to LendingTree - submit one form and be connected to many suppliers on business products and services, like Copiers for example.
I’ve been trying to figure best practices for SEO for about 3.5 years now. Thanks for all the great thoughts you’ve shared so far, Jim.
Josh
January 5th, 2006 at 11:08 am
My name is Andy Pull, and I just started working as an Internet Marketing Specialist for The Step2 Company last September. I’m definitely new to the game, and learning every day.
I also love to create sites with notepad and GIMP. My latest scheme is to get on the Amazing Race with an online petition at goPulls.com. I’d love every bit of word-of-mouth advertising I can get!
Jim, I love your blog.
January 5th, 2006 at 11:08 am
I am a web designer/programmer from Canton, Ohio also SEO novice. Been deep for a few months now but still sitting back and watching before jumping in. You, Jim, have the esteemed privilege of hosting my first SEO blog comment. Congrats!
January 5th, 2006 at 11:19 am
Hey there Jim,
My name’s Peter, and I’m down here in Atlanta Georgia. Currently juggling a few gigs. During 9-5, I’m a principal at SearchIgnite, which is a Centralized PPC Keyword Management application for Google, Yahoo, MIVA, Kanoodle, and soon to be MSN AdCenter. Outside of that, I play around with several SEO sites like Atlanta Walkabout, and Planet BnB. Love this blog though. One of the few I visit on a daily basis.
January 5th, 2006 at 11:25 am
Hi, I’m Dan Kramer. I’m the author of the cloaking software program “KloakIt”, as well as owner of a couple of e-commerce ventures. I’ve been your client since just after the Orlando WMW conference. I’ve been in “the business” since around 1996, and learned SEO the old fashioned way — by making it up as I went along. Remember the good old days when InfoSeek was the SEO’s best friend?
Love your blog, Jim. I think it’s one of the best SEO blogs out there, and if you read carefully, there are some real gems in here.
January 5th, 2006 at 12:25 pm
Programmer (about 10 languages), Web Designer (all kinds of combinations), Silicon Valley dot commer, Startup Entrepreneur, net coding since early ‘95. prior to that Electronics Technician in US Navy out of Yokosuka, Japan (traveled Asia).
Current things include my main blog at Diggers Realm and it’s counterpart Inside Online Advertising, where I analyze how changes on Diggers Realm directly affect revenue.
Love your info Jim!
January 5th, 2006 at 12:27 pm
greg hartnett here. i am the president of BOTW, an activist, husband and father of two, and general dissident.
January 5th, 2006 at 12:43 pm
I’m a fellow internet marketing specialist focusing on organic SEO.
I own a marketing/advertising company based out of Las Vegas (but living in Tennessee)
I’ve been developing websites professionally for 6 years and have been doing SEO for 2.
I’ve just now started my own blog at http://www.tony-hill.net
January 5th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Hi, my name in Martin Muller and I come from Prague, Czech Republic.
I work for travel agency which offers accommodation in Prague hotels and hostels at http://www.prague-spot.com/ .
I also write Prague photo blog http://www.prague-pictures.cz/ .
January 5th, 2006 at 12:45 pm
Hi, I’m Bill Hartzer. I’ve been doing SEO since 1996. I live outside of Dallas, Texas and and the search engine marketing manager at MarketNet, a Dallas, Texas based interactive full-service web design, development, and SEM firm.
January 5th, 2006 at 12:46 pm
Glenn here, from New Hamburg, Ontario Canada, which BTW has North America’s largest operational waterwheel (thus my online ID of ‘wheel’). The waterwheel is completely useless, it just spins around and around. Doesn’t power anything or generate electricity. And I don’t think it draws any tourists either - I mean who’d go even 2 minutes out of their way to see that?
I do insurance websites and related software.
(Whew! Got my blog spamming duties out of the way early today!).
January 5th, 2006 at 1:25 pm
Been knocking around the web since 1998, beats working for a living.
Into blogs at the moment, bouncing around the niches, amazing what happens when you start a blog a day.
At the moment Model Trains are my thing. model trains
I really think a blog on Blu Tac is the next big thing.
January 5th, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Dear Jim,
I am Murugan Ranganathan, CEO of Square Brothers Information Technologies, Chennai, India.
Our main business is Web Hosting and planning to start SEO services shortly.
I visit this site to hear about your crazy ideas
January 5th, 2006 at 2:34 pm
I’m a directory developer and operator. I own WoW Directory and WoW Yellow Pages and I’m the business manager and partner in Skaffe and Sporge Directory. I read your blog daily. It’s important to us to keep up with the latest SEO news so we can better facilitate our users and submitters.
January 5th, 2006 at 2:51 pm
My name’s Erin Mahoney and I’m a newcomer to your blog, Jim. I’m the SEO Editor for Citysearch.com, and I also publish Chill Out LA, a guide to Los Angeles day spa and yoga deals. And as long as we’re allowed to indulge in a bit of self-promotion, my guidebook Walking LA: 36 Walking Tours Exploring Stairways, Streets and Buildings You Never Knew Existed was recently published by Wilderness Press. Thanks very much for inviting us to share!
January 5th, 2006 at 3:29 pm
Hey there Jim!
I’m a voice-over actor, juggler, and SEO lackey. Nice combination, eh? I try to use my website to get more clients for voice over.
peace!
January 5th, 2006 at 4:50 pm
I blog. I SEO. I CEO TopRank.
January 5th, 2006 at 6:40 pm
I’m a web developer/internet entrepreneur, currently focusing on developing premium domain names. I’m working hard trying to make up for all the lost time I was a user and not a creator.
I also own and run a blog (click my name) covering (I hope this doesn’t set off any duplicate content filters — same list I posted on another blog):
- Contextual Advertising
- Search Engine Optimization
- The Domain name market
- Online Community building
- E-commerce & conversions
- E-mail Newsletters
- Laws pertaining to online publishers
- The online industry in general, sales, acquisitions, and mergers.
The blog is primarily a way for me to remember all the important things I’ve read while giving me some public recognition (which leads to the occasional consulting job.) I’ve also been called an “internet expert” by Brendon Sinclair who wrote Sitepoint’s Web Design Business kit, which I certainly appreciate.
January 5th, 2006 at 7:28 pm
I market property all over the world and have been reading your blog from the start. Your SEO tips and techniques are great and you have a very REAL thought process….from this
I have decided to start my own blog, as people are so full of crap in my industry and I want to give my perspective on it all.
BTW Nice to meet you in Vegas!
January 5th, 2006 at 7:30 pm
Hi! I’m Max from Moscow (Russia). I started SEO in 2002 promoting only one online gambling site. Now I’m a black hat SEO thanks to all russian spammers mentor GreenWood.
January 5th, 2006 at 8:28 pm
Hi Jim,
I’m what Todd would call SEO3.0 (3 for being a latecomer and 3 for being based in the third world) but I’ve been dabbling on all things Web since 1998.
Been focused on SEO for the past 2 years and have been evangelizing this part of the world on the beauty and wonders of SEM via my blog and the SEO Philippines blog and mailing list.
Your blog and Todd’s are daily destinations. Same goes with the toolsets you’re sharing with the rest of the community.
Marc
PS: with a little link peddling, this could be the next milliondollarpost…everyone will then be fighting to be on it
January 5th, 2006 at 8:54 pm
Hey, Jim. Great idea for an entry!
I’m Brian, founder of Scoreboard Media Group, an SEO consulting firm to the corporate environment. Wasn’t originally the niche I had my heart set on, but I had enumerable contacts within Fortune 1000 businesses from a previous life and those became SEO/SEM clients as I donned my search engine marketing hat.
Recently, I took a hiatus from new clients at Scoreboard, to assume a gig as a Marketing Director for a Bay Area media start-up. Gotta wet my beak on the 2.0 money! In doing so, I’ve also found myself directing prospective clients to the SEO biz to the Webuildpages crew as you guys are probably the only firm I feel comfortable doing so.
Great blog and perspective over here. Good luck in 2006!
January 6th, 2006 at 12:19 am
Hi Jim,
My name is Carl. I’m from Montreal, QC. I sometimes describe myself as an SEO specialist but mostly I do all the webmastery stuff most webguys won’t touch with a ten foot pole. People often say “oh, just ask Carl, he’ll fix it”. This is the cause of my intermittent ulcer. That and clients that ask “Pourrais-tu nous concevoir un site bilingue?”
I started reading your blog one day in October and I haven’t missed a day since. Great insight into the subtleties of SEO, a down to earth attitude and news-you-can-use is what keeps me reading.
Cheers!
January 6th, 2006 at 1:29 am
Hi Jim,
I am a web analytics and SEO consultant in Cleveland. I focus more on the web measurement side of things, but I enjoy SEO and appreciate the community has formed around it.
Trying to get my employer to pay for a trip to SES in Feb. so hopefully I can meet some folks.
January 6th, 2006 at 4:27 am
Hello Jim,
I’m an Affiliate Marketer :slash: Professional Internet Junkie :slash: Wannabe Successful SEO and Google Train Derailer. All that and a blog or two too!
I’m a big fan of Todd’s so that automatically transferred to you (guilt by association kinda thing).
Love your blog!
January 6th, 2006 at 8:51 am
Hi Jim,
Am based in London and have been doing seo/web dev since late 90s. Can normally be found in the bar at most pubcons.
Mike
January 6th, 2006 at 10:29 am
Tony Spencer here in Raleigh, NC. Programmer turned SEO back in the good old Viagra days of the late 90’s. Can usually be found sharing a pint with Mike Nott at the bars at the pubcons.
January 6th, 2006 at 12:16 pm
Hi, I think I’m #40 or something…If anyone gets down this far i’m George Zlatin and i’m pretty new to this wild and exciting SEO game. I started about a year ago working on my own e-commerce store and now I work at a professional SEO firm in downtown Chicago learning from some of the best in the biz. Ain’t life grand.
January 6th, 2006 at 12:33 pm
Hi All—
I work for the same aforementioned Chicago firm, and have been in the game in one way or another for about as long as there has been a game to be in. I have also just launched a new blog and site, Paperclip Marketing (get it— it’s funny, right?). I’m still working out the kinks, so please don’t hold it against me– I’m not a real programmer, and have done the whole thing by hand. I certainly welcome your comments and suggestions on it.
Ari
January 6th, 2006 at 4:57 pm
Hi I’m Spencer Hoyt and I manage a team of SEO professionals in Louisiana. I like Jim’s blog and his insight into the SEO field. It is a must read on a weekly basis for me. Keep up the good work!
January 7th, 2006 at 2:05 am
Hi,
I am the CTO of an excellent SEO and Internet Advertising Company.
Jim is one of the best SEO experts in the world, that is why I like reading what he has to say.
January 7th, 2006 at 6:32 pm
You certainly attract some interesting folk here, Jim. I’m an Internet Marketing Consultant based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. I’m also a moderator on the Cre8asite Forums.
January 7th, 2006 at 11:59 pm
My name is Ammon Johns, I live in Brighton, UK, and I’ve been into web promotions since 1995, taking the title of “Internet Marketing Consultant” back in ‘97 to show that while I am well known for SEO, its only a tool in the bag, not the whole bag.
I’m one of the Administrators at the Cre8asite Forums, a regular speaker at the Search Engine Strategies events, and was one of those who helped found the Search Marketing Association.
I was recently labelled as an ‘original gangster’ (!) of SEO by Rand, which actually made me laugh aloud when I read it. I’ve certainly been called worse things. At the first ever Pub Conference in 2001, London, I was referred to as a “grandfather of SEOs” by a couple of folks who said they’d learned the trade from someone who claimed to have learnt it from me in turn… Made me feel ancient.
January 8th, 2006 at 3:10 am
Hi! I’m Gradiva Couzin and I’m writing a book about SEO… a down-to-earth approach for busy types. Uh-oh, I hope my co-author doesn’t read this, I’m supposed to be working on the outline for Chapter 8. Anyway, our companion site is Your SEO Plan (does your comment take HTML? I hope so). There’s not much on the site right now but more to come (we’re way too busy writing - ahhh deadlines)! Your blog, of course, has been a great resource. Maybe there’s even a free signed book for you here somewhere! Thanks,
Gradiva
January 8th, 2006 at 4:32 am
Hey Jim,
I feel like a loser here, everyeone seems to have done something cool or is on their way to an achievement while I’m a just turned 17 year old who is currently scouting out SEO news at 3:30 am hoping his parents won’t wake up.
Well I’m proud to say I just began SEO a few months back while still studying in high school. I currently run one main site (the website I put in) while trying to open up as many as 20-30 new sites in the coming few months.
I hope to make a reasonable income before I graduated high school.
January 8th, 2006 at 7:37 am
I’m John Scott. Best known as the sultry voice of Bugs Bunny, I’ve recently been moonlighting as a cigarette smoking coffee drinker.
OR, I’m the guy that runs v7n, offending the pompous and preaching anchor text and links, and marketing before SEO.
I’m also a fan of Jim’s. He’s a cool guy to hang out with.
January 9th, 2006 at 10:39 am
Im James Duggan. Im jack of all trades and master of none…..yet - doing a bit of everything search engine related PPC and basic SEO.
January 9th, 2006 at 1:27 pm
Howdy! My name is Brian Gilley & I started an SEO company about 4 years ago called SEOposition.com. Our main business has not (until the new site launch expected this month) been in the signing SEO clients area, with the exception of just a handful.
We’re looking to change all that soon and are adding a host of SEO services including newer LSI methods, content writing, ‘real’ link development with authority hubs, and even some web design using virtually all CSS.
Enjoy your daily findings and thoughts Jim. Very intuitive and insightful.
January 9th, 2006 at 6:50 pm
Hello,
I’m Jarrod Hunt; Internet Marketer and Web Developer for the past 9-10 years.
I also run a few websites, one of them being Textlinkbrokers.com.
I’ve always been impressed with Jim’s focus on quality when it comes to his link building techniques, and his blog is one of the most interesting in the industry.
Keep up the great writing and link building Jim. I hope to see you at a conference someday. We’ll have a few drinks and discuss links
January 10th, 2006 at 7:35 am
Hi
I’m Nick Wilsdon, MD of e3internet. I started SEO back in 2000 but now only consult in-house on our own web production projects. I’m a big fan of your work Jim/Todd and will hopefully be catching up for a beer this year at one of the shows.
January 10th, 2006 at 10:24 pm
I manage the online advertising for a major airline.
January 16th, 2006 at 10:05 pm
Hi,
I’m Mike Pedersen of Perform Better Golf. I have been online for over 6 years with several golf trainingwebsites.
I’m an info junkie when it comes to learning SEO, online marketing and branding.
January 18th, 2006 at 2:44 am
I’ve been working online for just over 2 years now. Started out with no html knowledge or anything. I love it all, love my job!
I love poker, play about 3 hours a day and am presently working on Poker Baron (If anyone wants to write about poker, I’m willing to pay for articles!)
I learned all I know about SEO because I once hired a lame SEO company that didn’t do their job - didn’t even mention linking.
Lucky for me I know how to read and surf the net and found out what I needed to know to get started.
This blog great, Jim. It’s a daily read for me.
January 18th, 2006 at 2:45 am
Ever make a post only to go back and read it and turn bright red when you see the typos?
This blog GREAT!
January 19th, 2006 at 3:45 pm
I’m an SEO blog ‘lurker’. I own a SEM company called Search Sandbox specializing mainly in paid search. I continue to practice and refine my natural SEO skills and am slowly seeing better results. While I’m pretty late to the SEO game, I believe there is always room for quality people who perform quality work.
January 20th, 2006 at 7:00 pm
Hi I am rather new to SEO with only 1-2 years of part time work under my belt. Currently focusing on helping some Non Profits (yep for free) It feels good and frankly chasing clients for fees is something that really sucks. Jim great blog Thank you for the insite and information.
Steve
January 22nd, 2006 at 8:02 pm
I am Nadir, SEO for evisibility.com as a Project Manager, I also blog here seoprinciple.com. I have been doing SEO for less than 1 year now and I try to read as many blogs as I can, including yours. Thank you!
January 23rd, 2006 at 6:35 am
Hi Jim,
my name is also Jim
I am an SEO and Web Developer from Sweden. I own and operate SEO-Fusion.com. My speciality is link building but I also do the rest of the SEO, but not PPC.
January 23rd, 2006 at 1:46 pm
Hi Jim,
My, what long thread you have!
I’ve been in SEO for a few years now, although it was originally under a pseudonym since I started as a sales rep for a premium content development company. No one knew my name was really “Abhilash”, they just thought I was the brown guy with an extraordinarily westernized name…
I’m now OUT of the SEO consulting game (for the most part) and doing in-house work full time for a great cause (albeit competitive space)–Substance Abuse Treatment for people with addictions/alcoholism (like plenty in this industry! :).
I recently went to see Jim for a link training (and pub crawl) over at his NY headquarters. Was very impressed. Great work, Jim, I want to wish you all the success in the world (except mine ;)!
January 27th, 2006 at 12:19 pm
Enjoyed your story and your articles. Good luck in the future.
February 5th, 2006 at 7:55 pm
Hi Jim
I’m Vinnie to my friends and run a new media company named Southbourne Internet Ltd. http://www.southbourne.com We have been building full scale portals and smaller sites for many years even long before Southbourne Internet started.
Our current project is SearchandGo (searchandgo.com) which is a special features portal still in its beta stage and will roll out live in the next few weeks with a mobile web ready directory and some new services never before seen in portal and directory authoring.
My main role for our company is SEO and project authoring. Why am I here? keeping up with the industry news…
February 8th, 2006 at 7:24 am
Hi Jim,
I’m George, I’m based in Manchester, UK and I’ve been doing organic SEO since late ‘98 - with nearly the whole last year out on sabbatical. I was two years into a Law degree before that, but the first SEO thing I did went straight to #1…yeah, I was hooked instantly. I became SEO manager for a web design and marketing company with overall responsibility for UK clients, and for European SEO strategy (well, Germany and France, but European sounds better) when there were co-ordinated campaigns to orchestrate.
But I’ve only been back in the game a couple of months, so I’m somewhat rusty and chasing SERPs so I can have something to bang on about.
Anyway, you have some very good ranks there, good luck to you…
February 8th, 2006 at 8:31 am
Hey Jim, how are you? It’s nice to meet you online. Funny, I knew the name and was sent this blog from a good friend and partner Tom and then immediatly realized that I have done alot of talking with people from webuildpages in the past, and it is nice to finally put a face with the company.
I’m sure you have seen me around, and we may have even spoken in the forums around the web. I was a very long time user of seochat. Not there much any more really since the main members are gone, but I do still pop on there once in a while… I’ve gone off to try and build my own community (http://www.searchen.com/forum/index.php) so that has kept me pretty busy as seo forums are difficult to build a quality following. Stop in once in a while, it would be great to have you on there!
I’ve been doing seo for years now and it’s funny because when you really know what to do, you wind up creating your own projects that work and get lost in a shuffle of do I really want to do seo for others, or do I just want to do it for myself… Especially when projects grow.. But seo is an exciting business and it’s alot of fun to watch and learn. SO I continue to help others as much as possible without taking awy too much time from my own passions.
Well, just wanted to say hello since I saw your introduction post…. Congradulations on the new addition to the family. Children change so much in your life, so you are headed for a whole lot of fun with that… See you around the web!
John
February 14th, 2006 at 6:48 pm
Hey I am Christoph from good old Europe - Vienna / Austria - that’s where you get Schnitzel - no Kangaroos here
Working with SEOs, Marketing folks, studying marketing at night and all kinds of crap… still pretty good programmer and database guy - built 1 TB databases 10 years ago
… a few years pure software project management where enough to return back to real work 
cheers,christoph
February 21st, 2006 at 9:28 am
Hey,
I am Bob A Smith, and I come from meery old england, got into this internet marketing game about a year ago and just can’t stop, have found it very adictive and enjoyable to say the least.
Currently studing at Uni, software enginnering and marketing as an optional module.
I am currently the CEO of this webstore:
http://www.infomarketingsecrets.co.uk
Where I am currently adding products to help other internet marketers, and I am currently trying to get as many as possible in one useful place, with free offers for people who make an account and signup to the newsletter.
Thanks
Bob
February 22nd, 2006 at 9:04 am
hi
i am bachodi, writing about the things happening around. newly started, want to write about books, music, movies. and also want to publish photographs i shot.
February 22nd, 2006 at 5:52 pm
Hi, I am SmallFry. I have had this problem… no no thats not what I wanted to say. Well I chose the nickname because when I decided to quit avoiding blogs like the plague(old fear of the unknown) I felt like a small fry in an ocean of big fish. I have 30 pages open all from jumping from blog puddle to blog puddle.
When I got laid off from MCI/Worldcom(I used to maintain the fiber backbone(including uunet) that we all depend on) I thought I would start my business online. Well the results of that are 5 websites of my own in various states of being updated or abandoned. Jack of all trades, BSN degree inventor and ideas person but not a salesman and oh so weak at marketing. I think my latest idea could really be a big thing with the right marketing and if the concept was maybe rewritten better(grammer and conciseness not a strongpoint). You said I could plug it just not sure how. Either way if one of you gets bored and wants to critique it, its at http://www.verifiedtestimonials.org LOL if nothing else it will end up as a website of my favorite sites after all who can find anything in their favorites lists anymore? :):)
February 23rd, 2006 at 7:14 pm
hi!
I am the presellpageman - and I am doing pre sell pages! A lot of them…
Apart from reading Jim’s great blog I just created a reference site on presell pages. This site is dedicated to providing in-depth information about the pros and cons of presell pages, bringing together search engine experts and a great inventory of sites to host advertorial content on.
I currently have 300+ sites to do placements on - and there are some real gems within - having 100s of .edu backlinking domains… yummy yummy…
So if you wonder why text link won’t work anymore
(because your ad hosting sites were note below the radar?!?), then I encourage you to checkout articles and recommendations from fellow SEOs at the presellpageman site.
Presellpageman
http://www.presellpageman.com
February 25th, 2006 at 10:25 pm
Great blog.
could you tell me which software are you using?
I mean the Blog script.
February 25th, 2006 at 11:43 pm
I am a webmaster of u8v8.com, I wanna to work at home.
But I think there are many need to study.
February 27th, 2006 at 7:23 pm
I’m a little embarrassed it’s taken me so long to introduce myself since I visit this blog so often (sorry Jim), but here it goes.
I’m Jason Hendricks, and I’ve been marketing websites as long as I’ve been designing/operating them, which is a little over eight years. I became narrowly focused on SEO about five years ago, and haven’t looked back since.
I currently own and operate a few dozen sites, offering products and services ranging from DVD duplication to personalized children’s books. I also offer marketing and e-commerce consulting services to local clients, but consulting definitely doesn’t occupy the majority of my work day.
I met Jim about a year and a half ago at SES Chicago, and have trained with Jim and his team a couple of times when I felt like I was in a link building rut. They really opened my eyes to some creative concepts for link building, and I highly recommend their services to anyone feeling frustrated as I did.
March 8th, 2006 at 8:14 pm
OMG I feel like a fish out of water………..I am a middle-aged retired mom trying to make a living at internet marketing. I’m an average pc user with no formal training and I’ve been working for the last 6 months building my site. (I am about ready to go out and play in traffic !!!) Can anyone direct me to free information that will help me make sense of all this? I salute you, Jim!
March 9th, 2006 at 5:53 pm
Happy greetings everyone from Music City, USA. Running a new Yahoo Store, trying to learn the e-commerce, seo, internet advertising biz.
MDB
http://www.cutting-mats.net
March 9th, 2006 at 9:22 pm
Hey Mike, given that Matt Cutts is the big google guy , I like your web sites name “cutting mats”
first thought about a fun name 
March 21st, 2006 at 6:00 am
I’m me, a legend in my own mind, potentially sub-optimal open mindedness at it’s finest.
Been in computers since ‘75, my uncle was a computer designer dealing with bit slice processors that worked on the TVA siesmic gear, Alaskan Pipeline sensors and then some, so I picked up some interesting intel early on.
Done many a software startup including one that the dark overlords of Lotus (now IBM) purchased in the early 90s.
I’ve coded everything from microcode using hex and octal keypards, eproms, OS drivers and plug-ins, application software, ecommerce products, telephony and then some.
I’m often considered a jack-of-all-trades with a computer or a journeyman, your pick.
If if can be done, I’m here
Obviously my quest for knowledge building ecommerce software in ‘96 led to SEM/SEO and one of the first ecommerce products that incorporated those concepts into the core code to make it easy for customers.
To sum it up, been there, done that, been idle a couple of years and looking for a new challenge.
I know it exists!
March 22nd, 2006 at 2:51 am
I’m just a missionary in Thailand who does some pro-bono web design on the side for non-profits. Very new to this whole web marketing game.
humblethorn
April 7th, 2006 at 4:56 pm
Hi Jim, from Western Australia.
I have spent probably 30 mins browsing through your blog & enjoyed the posts in it. It’s somewhat along similar lines to what I have planned for my own blog/website (http://www.EranMalloch.com) so it’s nice to see a picture of the future, if you know what I mean.
I work for one of Australia’s top SEO/SEM firms, based in Perth, the capital city of Western Australia. My favorite internet marketing activity is setting up and managing Google AdWords PPC campaigns for clients. BUT, I also do hands-on SEO, write content for client websites, dream up ways to make money from their web traffic and generally try my hardest to persuade them that having a 5 page website full of Flash is gonna make it tough to reach #1 on Google for any significant keywords!!!
Just to fill in my “spare time”
I also have 15+ personal websites up and running, where I experiment with all sorts of fun net technology and marketing ideas. I make money from Google Adsense, affiliate programs and other such fun things as well. All-in-all, a great practise ground for my day job! 
Keep up the good work.
Eran M.
April 27th, 2006 at 7:36 am
Yes , Ive dived into the deep end of Internet marketing. Well I think I have! It makes me angry to see all the cr*p websites out there trying to sell you hens teeth.
I had the notion one day that I would try and promote a site , any site… Get it up on the web and see where it would go…
Well its getting there.. Im trying not to spend any money ( apart from hosting ) and perhaps , maybe perhaps and possibly , I might make some $$$ at it.
Ive signed up for Google Adsense and any number of “FREE” Search Engine Submission sites..
Im learning all at PR ( not the 90’s idea of PR obviously…. Yaw! Mawn !) and how many websites get Higher in Googles Rank , and how some people would kill their own pet Labrador to get up higher and all about SEO and Scraper Sites and Links and Link and Links and more links…..And then some more Links….
Ive setup a site called Sparks Flying.. http://www.sparksflying.com and I want people to “Catch that Spark while it flys”…. ( Its all I could think of… !)
Im trying to see if I can drive some people ( I might hire a big bus and get people there..) to the site using various methods…
Thinking that paying $10 for 10,000 visitors of traffic a few weeks ago was the best thing since sliced bread has since left a tang of disdain in my mouth… I mean HELLO? What was I thinking.. Ive found lots of sites that let you sign up and run a web page in the background.. but really.. its not doing you any favours..
In fact I found out through distance learning ( me reclined back in my chair in shock) that Google Adsense makes some form of calculation for CPC ( Cost per click i believe? - correct me if im wrong please!). Lets do it like at school:
If I have 1 visitor and 1 Click - Good
If I have 10 visitors and 5 clicks - Better
If I have 100 visitors and 2 clicks - worse
If I have 10000 visitors over 3 weeks and clicks like tumbleweed rolling around a western..
Trés Mal! ( Im not french , im just trying to get across how bad it is..)
So these sites offering traffic ( unless they can prove they have someone interested in your site and not sitting there with lots of browsers open caring less ) are actually quite useless ( Unless you can convince me otherwise!)
Right , Im off to see if Ive made my first million , I’ll be in touch..
Feel free to visit me anytime - You might need to knock hard on the door
So Jim , sorry about that crazyness but i just thought I should let you know
Great Site , keep up the good work!
May 7th, 2006 at 7:52 am
Hi Jim,
Just discovering this blog… Wanted to go fishing today… I think that I will instead spend my sunday devouring as most of your posts and tips as I can !
So I’m Pierre, and I work almost full time on this passion of mine which are the USA. The rest of my working time being dedicated to Venice, Italy.
All the best.
Pierre
May 7th, 2006 at 12:20 pm
Hi Jim. I’m glad I heard of your site through SEO Book…Guys like you make guys like me look smart.
Thanks!
- Rob
May 10th, 2006 at 2:01 am
Hey Jim. Adding myself as the 81st post. Wow- I hope to have such a following someday.
Truman
May 17th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Hi Jim - I’m just happy to have made the Top 100 of “introducees” to your site. I look forward to the banquet in 2020 when all of us pioneers are honored for the foresight to jump on your bandwagon early.
I’m like Lea de Groot (#4 with a bullet) in that I, “I support the internet presence of small-to-medium businesses”; with a focus on how to use this fantastic tool to leverage their presence either through their site or the effective use of email marketing. With the help of guys like you and Aaron Wall I’m slowly building my knowledge of SEO marketing and link building. Thanks for this great resource.
May 23rd, 2006 at 10:16 am
Hi Jim, my name is Karl Ribas and I’m a search engine marketer at All Web Promotion, a Chicago based SEM company. In addition to the many hours I spend at work each day, I also maintain my own SEM related website / blog. I spend most days working on client projects and most nights working on my own project… if you want to call it ‘work’.
I’ve been a reader of your blog for months now and enjoy it very much… sorry that I’m just now getting around to introducing myself. I’ve also had the privilege of catching a few of your speaking gigs at past SES conferences, and enjoyed them as well.
When I’m not working, I enjoy gaming (consoles, not PC), reading (usually marketing or scripting related), and poker (both playing and watching). However… not working is a rarity.
Thank for making this such a great resource. Keep up the great work!
May 23rd, 2006 at 10:04 pm
Hey Jim,
I sat next to you (on your left) at dinner in Beantown at that fancy restaurant (I forget the name) where we played “price is right” and the Polish guy won.
May 24th, 2006 at 2:09 am
Hi, this is May and I live in Malaysia.
Your blog is listed in the top 5 blogs on internet marketing and that was where I found you. I am a starter in this arena so you can say I am a newbie and so have alot to learn.
I like your blog as its content rich and interesting. I will continue to login frequently. I don’t have any area of specialization but I would like to ‘coach’ and teach in the future.
I have the rights to a Mastermind recording from East (orient perspective) and West (western perspective) contributors from all over the world on the philosophy from the book ‘Think and Grow Rich’ by Napoleon Hill. You can get your Free book from my site.
This website will go live from June 2006 onwards, as we are still working on it.
Check out this website : http://www.eastwestthinkandgrowrich.com
May 25th, 2006 at 10:45 am
Hi Jim,
I’m a soon to be attorney who is interested in internet legal issues and small business development. Found your site while working on a relative’s website and I’m addicted.
Rob
May 26th, 2006 at 1:52 pm
I am Chris, I spent 7 years in the eBay, refurbished computer business and made good money but found doing blogs, aff programs and ppc stuff paid me just as much with fewer headachs!
Seasickmedia.com
June 3rd, 2006 at 12:01 pm
Sorry Jim, you can delete that comment… my computer’s acting pretty wonky right now
Anways, I don’t remember for sure how I found your blog (perhaps via the SEO Book blog,) but I’ve bee reading it for the last month or so, as I attempt to educate myself more about internet marketing.
My wife is a stage-IV cancer patient, and most of last year was spent blogging about our plight as newlyweds fighting cancer, plus general cancer news etc… I am still amazed at the incredible people I’ve met through blogging – it’s the best support group a person could ever find.
At the turn of this year, after deciding that cancer was already eating up enough of my life, I reluctantly gave up my web site, and moved to more commerical/fun endeavors… these days I write at Church of the iPod, and also at Electric Guitar Review.
I have found that as far as blogs are concerned, really enjoying what you write about makes all the difference. Anyways, I’ve learned a lot about SEO from your blog, and like you, I’ve decided it’s time to remove NoFollow from my WP blogs…
Perhaps this is the cancer caregiver in me talking, but I think NoFollow actually puts MORE power into the hands of spammers – by allowing them to dictate how we link-out from our own web sites.
I’m not playing that game anymore.
Cheers!
June 7th, 2006 at 6:42 am
Hi, I’m Marius from Lithuania, Internet marketing and SEO start-up.
I found this blog through the “Deck” network.
It is already long time ago I started reading Alistapart blog, as a very good source for webmaster related info, and hopefully this blog will become a good source for SEO news and updates.
Good luck!
June 11th, 2006 at 12:31 pm
Hi im SEOidiot (Or Paul both are good) I like to farm adsense and doodle…. thats pretty much me !
June 11th, 2006 at 10:59 pm
Erik from Los Angeles
I recently bought an e-book about doing business online I went to a blog site and found yours
I am in the health and wellness business marketing products that can improve your health and make you allot of money along with meetinginteresting people along the way
Erik http://www.shaklee.net/erikjacobson
June 12th, 2006 at 12:57 am
Just some guy with a website: http://www.rightreading.com
I also manage the website of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco.
June 12th, 2006 at 1:13 am
Hi Jim,
I’m Marco Neves (or theMage), a Portuguese Blogger, I’m here learning from you, as well as I’m doing from more than a Hundred more (pro)bloggers and Internet profissionals whose feeds I subscribe.
I started, almost a month ago http://www.webaserio.com, a blog in Portuguese on SEO, Web Devel and related stuff.
Keep the good work you do here.
themage
June 12th, 2006 at 4:41 am
Hi Jim,
I’m a Web Developer and SEO from Lancashire in the UK. I have almost 10 years web development experience and have recently (last couple of years) started to actively ’skill up’ on the SEO/SEM side of things. Its suprising how many SEO skills are inherent in good web development practices. Build good, well structured pages using standards compliant code and half the battle is already won!
I run a site called highly-visible which documents my endevours on the web, it contains blog posts and articles (coming soon) on all things web and SEO.
June 12th, 2006 at 6:03 am
Hi Jim,
In the process of leveling to 200 on Anarchy Online (sci-fi mmorpg), I been using the nick Halfdeck all over the place just to keep my arrogant self in line. I started two years ago promoting adult sites, and ever since my site got wacked by Google, I’ve been reading SEO blogs to remedy the situation (which will hopefully happen.. one of these days). Your blog happens to be one of my favorites. Thanks for all the insights.
Halfdeck
June 12th, 2006 at 7:51 am
Heya
I’m Jonny - in Saigon but from the UK originally. I run a price comparison service that donates all its profits to charity, and have done for the last 3 years - but on a *very* part time basis!
June 12th, 2006 at 8:26 am
Hi,
I am Joe aka Mr SEO. I do a podcast that teaches others SEO. I am also a published writer. My site is full of articles and information. I enjoy meeting and talking to people. If you guys have any SEO question feel free to come by an ask.
June 12th, 2006 at 9:22 am
Hi Jim,
I saw you speak at Boston’s PubCon and thought you were great. I’m and Internet Strategist for Sitening. Besides doing SEO, SEM, web development, and information architecture, we also have some great, free SEO Tools - http://www.sitening.com/tools/
June 12th, 2006 at 9:51 am
David Saunders from Huntersville, NC via San Francisco CA and native England.
I’ve been doing SEO since 1997 - probably for the same reason as almost everyone else - fascination and the thrill of CHANGE!
June 12th, 2006 at 11:28 am
I’m Adam Christie. I’m based in Scotland. I do freelance SEO work and also consult for a company called Netpromote Ltd. I’ve been doing it since the dominance of Infoseek and Excite. Things have changed a bit since then and I just hope I’ve managed to change with them.
Today I’m searching for a meta keywords tag that I dropped under my desk - I copied it from a competitor’s site and I figure if I just tweak it a little it might just help my client’s ranking.
June 12th, 2006 at 11:40 am
Hello,
I’m Nickie, a Home Stager in Los Angeles. I really don’t know diddly about SEO or anything technical, but the only marketing I use for my business, other than word of mouth is the internet. Somehow I stumbled across your blog and have found it extremely helpful, fun and a bit addictive.
So I’m here daily checking it out, grateful for the tips and info you and others share. Thanks to blogs like yours and others like it, I’m learning what a great tool it is and how I can also use one to share info with others.
And besides that, you guys share some pretty good recipes and take some nice photos to boot… Great pix of your last trip!
June 12th, 2006 at 11:46 am
I’m Bruno from small country in Europe, Croatia. I do everything, from web design, PHP/MYSQL CMS aplications to SEO for croatian market.
June 12th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
Hi, I’m Tony Wright, one of the founders of Kinetic Results, LLC, an interactive marketing company. I’ve been in the SEO and SEM game for more than 7 years now, working with everyone from Fortune 5 companies to small start-ups. I met Jim at SES in New York last year and have intermittently been reading this blog since before then when we were scheduled to be on a panel at PubCon together (I didn’t make it…go Google Zunch and read about the shakeup to understand why). I enjoyed Jim’s company at SES New York (that Irish Pub almost did me in) and look forward to more events (I’m speaking in San Jose…and drinking there as well). Keep up the Blog, Jim!
Tony
June 12th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
Howdy! The names Eric and I’ve been studying various internet marketing concepts in depth for over two years now. We are currently re–branding our internet marketing site to focus more on marketing and brand incorporation as well as introducing all the wondeful internet marketing concepts to the little guys. The internet is changing how business eveywhere operate and it’s time for us all to “evolve”!
June 12th, 2006 at 5:24 pm
Yo! Kid Disco comin’ at ya from the OC. I am currently the in-house Internet Marketing Specialist for a multi-billion dollar, worldwide, information conglomerate. I also have my own projects in the works and hope to be able to retire with them by the time I turn 30.
Aim high, shoot higher!
June 12th, 2006 at 6:01 pm
My name is David Wallace and I own SearchRank, a full service search marketing firm. I have been designing and marketing sites since 1997 (wow almost a decade now).
A bit late to this because I didn’t read Jim’s blog back in January when this was originally posted but I do now!
June 12th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
Hi all
Been interested in SEO for quite a while now, but still a novice! I have, however, used the skills I have learned to start an online health and nutrition store specialising in the alkaline acid balance. specialising in the alkaline acid balance - and things are looking good!
Cheers Jim and all the others out there who are sharing their knowledge!
Ross
June 12th, 2006 at 9:01 pm
Hi Jim. I’m Jason Murphy, working out of Las Vegas. I suffer from information overload and may start a non-profit group to support fellow sufferers. I think out all things SEM, I enjoy link building the most and PPC the least. Mostly I like to produce websites and make them work.
June 13th, 2006 at 2:37 am
Hi,
My name is Lalvir and I manage all organic SEO for a India Based
Search Engine Optimization Company
June 13th, 2006 at 10:59 am
This thread is a great idea. It’s a great snap-shot of the audience and their specializations.
Most of my experience and ongoing efforts with SEM has been, and is, dedicated to the growth of Wholesale Furniture Brokers. Wholesale Furniture Brokers is one of those companies that most people dismissed before it even began. “Who’s going to buy furniture online anyway?” Luckily, a few thousand customers and 4 years later, persistence has triumphed over doubt.
SEO is a lot of work! Our team has grown to include a dedicated PPC specialist and a dedicated organic specialist.
Best of luck to everyone & keep up the great blog Jim!
June 13th, 2006 at 4:46 pm
PPC Analyst. Chicago. Frustrated Cub Fan.
June 13th, 2006 at 8:51 pm
Igor M. …….. President, CEO, COO, CIO, CIA, KGB …. oh wrong way.
Internet & Traditional Marketing Director for a NYC company. When I have time I consult and write in my blog (http://www.bizmord.com/Blog)
June 13th, 2006 at 8:53 pm
G’day!
I enhance how people find and transact with your online business through analysis.
Here’s two I’m working on:
http://www.cracker.com.au
http://www.stayz.com.au
Stayz is a business my company bought four months ago, based in Dural (outside of Sydney - kind of) - well it’s a farm, and there’s goats and everything. I’m on The Farm one day each week, but the rest work in an office on a wharf overlooking Darling Harbour in Sydney… Noice!
Love your blog big fella.
M.
June 13th, 2006 at 11:15 pm
Hi:
My name is Michael Kanehl and I am operating a retail website for Picnic Baskets for almost a year now. Enjoy your blog
Thanks
June 14th, 2006 at 9:56 am
Hello - I’m an interactive marketing manager, Web micro-prenuer and Editor of
Website Services Magazine. I really
enjoy the blog and look forward to more great posts!
June 14th, 2006 at 10:10 am
Hi
Quick Introduction, I’m Peter Young, one of the directors of E-Gain New Media, a full service web agency specialising in Search Engine Marketing.
Keep up the good work
P.
June 14th, 2006 at 5:12 pm
Hi,
I am a dietitian/nutritionist from Greece. I started my first website about 7 months ago for fun and now I own about 20 of them. The funny thing is that none of them is about nutrition. I visit here from time to time and I must say there are some really good advices to be found in this blog.
Regards,
Dimitris
June 15th, 2006 at 2:53 am
Hi,
I’m one of the directors of Cue Blocks Technologies, an Indian company specializing in Assistive Business Expansion services and Internet Marketing.
Regards,
Avneet
June 15th, 2006 at 6:42 am
I’m from Malaysia, just started out in Web biz part time.
June 15th, 2006 at 3:58 pm
Hi Jim,
This is Manish from India. I am an Engineering Student, Web designer and SEO. I have been practicing SEO for quite some time now!!
Well I am the owner of TheTechCent.com a site dedicated to Engineering students… and have a blog called Manish’s Internet Marketing Blog
I really love to meet people and make friends…
Best regards!
Manish
June 16th, 2006 at 10:53 am
My name is Jim too. I have a computer science degree, but i’m now spending most of my time managing website design projects and seo projects. i work for searchEngineImpact.com
June 16th, 2006 at 6:06 pm
Hey Jim,
great blog. I have a Internet marketing website, http://www.unlimitedpayment.com It pretty much covers make money online stuff.
Come and check it out if you get time
June 17th, 2006 at 9:51 am
Hello Jim. My name is Dale King. I’m the owner of Guruknowledge.org, a new Internet Marketing website that caters to newbies and intermediates. By the way, great blog! Keep up the good work!
June 17th, 2006 at 4:38 pm
I am a business builder and team leader in a growing international marketing company. I market and sell my products and recruit online as well as in my local community. I’m always looking for new people interested in making positive changes in their lives.
June 18th, 2006 at 4:20 pm
From my about me page…
So, who am I? I’m Jon Anderson, just a regular guy trying to get ahead in life. I’m a husband, father and son. I was born near the end of the baby boomer generation. I’ll be turning 50 this year.
I was high school dropout at the age of 17 that graduated college within 18 months with a degree in business 10 years later. I’ll post details in my “education experiences” post. A military man that was nearly kicked out of the Navy during my first enlistment for disciplinary problems that went on to a successful career, ultimately retiring as a Senior Chief Petty Officer. Details will be in the “military experiences” post. A failed salesman in the 70’s, now currently a top sales producer for Schwan’s Sales Enterprises. http://www.schwans.com. Details on these will be in the “sales experiences” and “Schwan’s experiences” posts.
June 19th, 2006 at 4:30 am
Hi,
I’m James Silvester, I’m a young Website owner and Entrepreneur from the United Kingdom and I am interested in SEO and Internet marketing. Came accross this blog through google and it looks very usefull.
Regards,
James
June 19th, 2006 at 10:55 pm
Hi,
I am Seth Bemertnik, the CEO and co-founder of LinkExperts and author at the Text Link Blog.
I love SEO, text linking, and everything around it - always up to chat.
Best,
Seth
June 20th, 2006 at 6:21 am
Hello to all I am nameete working in http://www.submitshop.com. I am interested in SEO and Internet marketing. I came accross this blog through google and found it to be very interesting.
June 20th, 2006 at 3:22 pm
Hi, my name is Mike Dammann, many of you know me from somewhree. I kinda know Jim from v7n and love the “/cool-tool” - his other ones are not too shabby either. Anyways, my new seo forum is one of the projects I’m working on … still stuck with clients ….
Mike
June 20th, 2006 at 3:43 pm
Hello everyone, My name is William, I just found this place and love reading everyones inroductions. I have spent the last year creating and starting my own business. I have been in the insurance industry for about ten years and finally saved a little cash and took the big step and branched out on my own. The name of my company is rxhealthquotes.com Inc. I have spentso much money on start up cost that I cant really afford to drop hundreds of thousands in advertising. I was wondering if anyone had any ideas for me and my start up???? I would like to know where I can link my page to and other pages that would except a link of my site on theirs. Please visit my website at http://www.rxhealthquotes.com and I am open to all suggestions and comments. Thanks William
June 20th, 2006 at 5:11 pm
Hi Jim, I’m Jon Payne. I’m the owner of Ephricon Web Marketing - http://www.ephricon.com - an internet marketing firm that focuses on SEO for Lead Generation sites (mostly professional services - i.e. lawyers, accountants, etc.) especially those in or around the state of Maryland (we’re in Baltimore). Full-time its pretty much myself at the moment, and I have a few part-time and contract people as well. I like to keep things small so I can make sure I am able to keep tabs on everything myself.
I have a drastically neglected blog at http://www.jonpayne.net and like most I have a few ventures of my own.
I used to be relatively active on some forums - High Rankings, DigitalPoint, SEW, others but lately have decided that I’d rather spend more time “doing” and less time blogging and posting in forums - I have difficulty maintaining a balance between the two!
June 23rd, 2006 at 6:18 am
Hi,
Ken here but I usually go by the name 59ideas.
I’m searching and learning how to improve my website visitors and increase revenue and I found your blog from link on blog from link on blog. (You know how that happen)
Very informative and I’m going to follow it more closely.
cheers!
June 23rd, 2006 at 9:55 pm
Aloha, Erik here. I am relatively new to the whole blogging scene and internet entrepreneur. I have been blogging for 7 months and started a blog network that is currently without a name. Some may say I’m a little late to the party and blog networks are on the way out but you never know until you try. Right?
I’m also working on a couple of break out site ideas that may or may not formulate themselves within the next year.
I live in Hawaii, work for a bio-tech company here on island, and love hanging out in the waves.
Great idea to allow introductions. I’ve met some new bloggers and learned things about bloggers I have ben following for a while now.
Aloha,
Erik
http://www.erikvossman.com
June 26th, 2006 at 5:20 am
Hello everyone,
My name is Tonii, and I am working on a fun experiment to drive the value of my website (http://www.2tothe22.com) from $1 to $4,194,304. To do this, people’s perceived value of this website needs to double 22 times, hence the name 2^22, or “2 to the 22″. How do I do that? I need to create buzz & traffic to the site! Essentially, this is an experiment to prove empirically that buzz does worth a quantifiable value!
I love the content of Jim’s blog - I think it will help me tremendously to reach my goal.
June 26th, 2006 at 6:27 pm
Live from Austin, Texas! I’m a realtor, Craigslist furniture sales guy, and am just getting ready to get a site up for my “Start Your Own Housecleaning Business” guy.
I know there’s money to be made on the web AND deliver good product/service. I’m just trying to figure out HOW.
June 26th, 2006 at 10:25 pm
Hi Jim, this is David from Melbourne Australia, marketing consultant to medium sized business, specialising in b2b marketing. Trying madly to keep up with the pace of change in marketing, in consumer behaviour, in the technology that has such an impact on it.
Also fascinated with the whole new breed of snakeoil salesmen that this new environment has given birth to…your blog is a great read.
June 28th, 2006 at 9:47 am
Hi, I’m just an other guy looking on tips from gurus on how to improve my site and to make a difference the coming months. Found Jim’s site to be very interesting.
July 1st, 2006 at 9:07 pm
Hi Jim,
I’m Patrick. I work as an Affiliate Manager at Spreadshirt.com. I just took a quick look at your recent posts and I think I’m gonna give your blog a try for a while as it seems quite interesting!
Patrick
July 3rd, 2006 at 5:06 pm
Hi - my name’s Jonathan Kirk; I run a language translation services / technology company called Elanex, and if you’re interested you can read more about me in my profile. I’m just starting out in the internet marketing space, having focused on offline marketing for the most part so far. Thanks for a great website - I’m learning a lot from your posts!
Jonathan.
July 5th, 2006 at 5:38 am
Hi Jim - my real name is Elymar. I’m a Filipino web marketing consultant. I create my personal ‘Isulong SEOPH’ SEO Comic strips . I also write about Gadgets and Philippine Entrepreneurship.
July 8th, 2006 at 11:48 pm
Hi, I am George Anderson. I a the first global provider of anger management facilitator certification, DVDs, books, and training material. I am a novice relative to the internet. However, given the niche market which I represent, I have been able to use the internet to increase my presence worldwide.
In the next two weeks, I will be featured in the London Sunday Times.
July 9th, 2006 at 10:25 am
Hey I’m Mike, I got a forum search engine and I blog sometimes. Also I like reading your blog :p
- Mike
July 12th, 2006 at 11:38 am
Hi,
I’m Gordon and I am an SEO in the loans and life insurance sectors, managing a group of websites for a UK finance organisation.
I specialise in link building, ethical SEO and conversion analysis. If it’s right for the customer it’s right for me. Plus a bit of SEO tweaking…
Gordon
July 13th, 2006 at 7:37 am
Hi,
I am Kedar started my presence on web with Job sites around 7 years back and very recently I have started Cool Gadgets. I do SEO and web marketing from last few years. Its really unique thing to start this section Introduce You to blogging world. I am from India and dont know much about USA, but I know if there is any unique thing people Patent it. Why don’t you patent this idea?
Kedar
July 13th, 2006 at 2:39 pm
hi,
i’m nick pang, principal partner at CE Buys, LLC. specializes in search engine marketing, global strategies, organic and paid search strategies.
-nick
July 14th, 2006 at 4:28 am
I just started a brand new on-line service with AI expert system for medical diagnostics on-line
July 14th, 2006 at 7:46 am
Hi, I’m Tim Nash, I work for a University in the UK both providing technical support for a large department and as a part time lecturer in Internet technology and in paticular IR, Knowledge management and SEO.
July 14th, 2006 at 7:50 am
btw, are you coming out with some new tools, Jim?
- Mike
July 17th, 2006 at 7:09 pm
Hi,
I am Abhishek Tripathi, a young SEO enthusiast from India.
Specialise in Link-Building and xhtml/css development. And also work on other prospects of SEO.
Started off with working on SEO for my own sites, slowly gained the market’s flow and went ahead.
I run http://www.theseohut.com - a web-based SEO Company specialising in all kinds of Internet Markerting and SEO services.
Abhishek
July 20th, 2006 at 9:33 pm
Hi
I’m Lee, from Melbourne Australia, study at the moment but still looking for part time job, my blog: http://www.elist.com.au/blog/
Thanks
July 21st, 2006 at 12:31 am
Hello Jim,
My name is Anthony st.angelo. I am From USA
I sell things on ebay, I design flash logo’s and webpages, I just started My own web hosting company, and I got to your website by learning about SEO’ing My website.
I started off SEO my website by submitting my site to Jim westergren list of 500 directories, I’ve got 300 links so far all free.
And by reading everything I can find about SEO, ie this blog, which by the way is a very good resource, thanks.
I sell web hosting at Decent11HosING for $3.99/mo - 15000MB space, 300GB bandwidth /mo, domains $5/yr: http://www.decent11hosing.com
July 25th, 2006 at 5:36 am
Hi