Comments on: Old School SEO vs. New School SEO - What’s your Alma Mater? http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/ Internet Marketing, SEO, and Link Building. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 13:32:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Paul http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-995 Paul Mon, 06 Feb 2006 17:47:32 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-995 Ahh... 1996 - white text on white background 1997 - white text on white background image on dark background ;-) Ahh…
1996 - white text on white background
1997 - white text on white background image on dark background ;-)

]]> By: Scott http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-982 Scott Sun, 05 Feb 2006 01:24:31 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-982 97 here too - When Doorway Pages and Meta Keywords meant results, and Alta Vista didn't even own AltaVista.com. 97 here too - When Doorway Pages and Meta Keywords meant results, and Alta Vista didn’t even own AltaVista.com.

]]> By: Chris Boggs http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-980 Chris Boggs Sat, 04 Feb 2006 20:06:28 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-980 Believe it or not, I lived in a cave for my first 4 years of seo-ing. Never read forums or blogs (I Guess most people didn't back then)...felt i was making it up as I went based on the WBP manual and my personal experiences working with a variety of websites in San Diego and CA. The first "known commodity" that I really looked up to in San Diego was Lee Mills, actually, and he was primarily focused on paid search. I was also buddies with the Urchin guys and really liked what they were doing. Jim you are probably one of the first five people that I really respected in the industry (having met them), most of which I met at SES San Jose 2004 - my first exposure to people that think like and about what I do! :) Believe it or not, I lived in a cave for my first 4 years of seo-ing. Never read forums or blogs (I Guess most people didn’t back then)…felt i was making it up as I went based on the WBP manual and my personal experiences working with a variety of websites in San Diego and CA.

The first “known commodity” that I really looked up to in San Diego was Lee Mills, actually, and he was primarily focused on paid search. I was also buddies with the Urchin guys and really liked what they were doing. Jim you are probably one of the first five people that I really respected in the industry (having met them), most of which I met at SES San Jose 2004 - my first exposure to people that think like and about what I do! :)

]]> By: Jim http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-975 Jim Fri, 03 Feb 2006 20:15:43 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-975 I also still have several Bruce Clay search charts too..some with tons on new lines on them where I crossed them out and made new lines as things constantly changed. I used to have another chart like it on the wall beside bruce's...it was something like this one http://www.submitcorner.com/Guide/SE/comparison.shtml, only with more info. And yea, Chris, the WBG Manual was huge, but it was also packed with great info. Their newsletter was really good as well. Believe it or not, I've got an autographed Bruce clay chart, as well as an autographed Brett Winters (of webpostionGold) flyer framed somewhere here in my office. These were some of my early SEO Hero's. Who were your first SEO people that you looked up to? I also still have several Bruce Clay search charts too..some with tons on new lines on them where I crossed them out and made new lines as things constantly changed.

I used to have another chart like it on the wall beside bruce’s…it was something like this one http://www.submitcorner.com/Guide/SE/comparison.shtml, only with more info.

And yea, Chris, the WBG Manual was huge, but it was also packed with great info. Their newsletter was really good as well. Believe it or not, I’ve got an autographed Bruce clay chart, as well as an autographed Brett Winters (of webpostionGold) flyer framed somewhere here in my office.

These were some of my early SEO Hero’s.

Who were your first SEO people that you looked up to?

]]> By: Chris Boggs http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-974 Chris Boggs Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:42:47 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-974 My intro to SEO was Web Position Gold in 2000...remember the "manual?" how far we have come. :p My intro to SEO was Web Position Gold in 2000…remember the “manual?” how far we have come. :p

]]> By: IrishWonder http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-972 IrishWonder Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:32:45 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-972 Heck I still have those Bruce Clay Search Engines Relationships schemes printouts from a few years back.... they look so funny nowadays... Heck I still have those Bruce Clay Search Engines Relationships schemes printouts from a few years back…. they look so funny nowadays…

]]> By: Dan Kramer http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-971 Dan Kramer Fri, 03 Feb 2006 16:39:31 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-971 > What year did you start in SEO? 1997. It was all "on-page". Doorways worked like a charm. Ahhh, the good old days. > What year did you start in SEO?

1997. It was all “on-page”. Doorways worked like a charm. Ahhh, the good old days.

]]> By: Old School vs New School SEO -- Macalua.com http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-967 Old School vs New School SEO -- Macalua.com Fri, 03 Feb 2006 08:39:10 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/old-school-seo-vs-new-school-seo-whats-your-alma-mater/#comment-967 [...] Jim Boykin : I may have scored as an Old School, but at times I still feel I’m battling the Old-Old school. [...] [...] Jim Boykin : I may have scored as an Old School, but at times I still feel I’m battling the Old-Old school. [...]

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