Jim Boykin

Father, husband, son, family member... former CEO and founder of Internet Marketing Ninjas (IMN)... and retired Ninja.

Between 1999 and 2025 I specialized in Internet Marketing, SEO, link building, SEO tools, and AI.

IMN had a little over 100 Ninjas at its peak, with offices in Troy and later in Clifton Park, New York. In 2025 IMN was acquired by and merged with Previsible, and I retired in early 2026.

I've traveled around a lot (that's another story), but now I'm living near where I grew up, in Upstate New York... living a quieter life now.

I'm not taking on any new work... if you need Internet Marketing, SEO or AI help, Previsible is where most of the Ninjas are now... and Previsible rocks!

This site is where I put everything back... 27 years of posts, videos, shows, conference talks, pictures and songs... and where I might start writing more now.

Jim Boykin, year by year, is here.

Jim's Posts 2026-

New writing, newest first.

Ninjas, Friends, and Family 2026 Gathering.

August 23, 2026

Last night we had a gathering of Friends, Family, and a lot of Ninjas (former and present...I guess I'm one of the "former ninjas now"). Right before this picture was taken I gave a brief speech about how much I loved everyone here, but being on the spot, I knew I was forgetting something that I wan… read more »

Here I am! Sharpening my Pencils.

August 20, 2026

Wow, maybe I'll go back to writing ....but not sure what to write....or to whom... who would my audience be?... maybe my audience is just me... yes, that's it! I'll just write for me...and if you want to read it, feel free to!I was able to resurrect my old posts on Jimboykin.com from 2005-2008, and … read more »

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27 years of posts

Everything I wrote, in four places.

Jim's Blog 2005-2008455 posts... the link building years, SES and Pubcon trips, and the Best Link Building Blog days We Build Pages 2008-201141 posts... paid links, the Panda series, and the road to becoming the Ninjas Internet Marketing Ninjas 2011-202571 posts... buying the forums, disavows with John Mueller, the Jim & Ann Show, and the Previsible merger The We Build Pages sitethe whole webuildpages.com site as it was, services, tools and theme songs included

Watch and listen

IMN Youtube134 videos from the Ninjas channel, 2008 to 2022, sorted by category Jim's Youtube243 videos from my own channel... my songs, family and fun, and a lot of concerts Videos on Other Sites27 interviews and talks on other people's channels SEO Rockstars Podcastthe WebmasterRadio show I cohosted with Chris Boggs in 2014, every episode Jim & Ann Showevery episode with Ann Smarty, 2015 to 2022, video and audio Musicmy original songs, the We Build Pages theme songs, the Ninjas band and the music nights

More about me

About Jim, a Timeline1999 to today, year by year, with sources... and the personal pages from before the blog Conference TalksSES, Pubcon, SMX, ClickZ, UnGagged... coverage, videos and slide decks, 2002 to 2021 The Communities I OwnedWebmasterWorld, SEOChat, DevShed, Cre8asiteForums and Threadwatch, 2012 to 2017 Photosconference pictures going back to 2002... Sergey, Larry, Matt Cutts and the rest of us Jim Boykin Mentionsinterviews, press and profiles about me around the web, sorted by category

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