Which SEOs' oponions do you trust?

[kyleirwin]

There are a lot of really good seos out there, but a gazillion times as many hacks. Sometimes finding clear-cut information can be difficult. The people below have never served me wrong...

Jim Boykin
CEO of http://www.webuildpages.com and posts almost daily at his personal blog... http://www.jimboykin.com/

Rand Fishkin
Owner of http://www.seomoz.org/

Andy Hagans
More of a link builder than an SEO, but still a brilliant mind within the industry.
http://www.andyhagans.com/ and co-poster of http://www.linkbuildingblog.com/

EGOL
I don't even know where this guy is from, but he's always around the SEO chat forums with humble and respectful post full of useful info... I really look up to this guy. He is also a frequent poster on the seomoz blog http://www.seomoz.org/blog.php

I'm no "expert" and don't know about everybody. I know of more, but these are the guys I find myself getting the most amount of info from. Feel free to add to this list.

I almost forgot the man that deserves to be at the top of the list...

Aaron Wall
Mister SEO Book himself. If you have any interest in seo, go buy his book... now! http://www.seobook.com/

I found these forums via his blog and tried to signup 4 times before i got his username in the referrer box properly so that he got a referral for me 'cause that guy didn't include a referrer id from his blog.

 

[$5 Submissions]

Thanks for the links. I try to learn from EVERYONE

 

[rembrandt]

Yep I like the links you posted but I think you should add Dan Theis from SEO Research Labs. I've done a link building course with Dan and thought it was excellent plus I think (but don't quote me on this) that Aaron Wall was one of Dan's students once upon a time.

 

[Charlie]

Thanks for the links. I try to learn from EVERYONE

Sometimes you need to learn who not to learn from! No point implementing duff information

 

[Rob_TID]

I kind of go by the ethos that SEO will be dead in a few years. The algorythms are always improving and catching people who try to artificially inflate their rankings.

A longer term strategy imho is to concentrate on developing great content, good community and the links will follow naturally. Look at what Jon has done with this forum for example - 800 people creating LOTS of search engine fodder, a good community developing and a bunch of blogs linking to the site without him even asking.

 

[peach]

my own muhahaha.
Chris Beasly.
Stymiee from sitepoint is also good.

 

[ergophobe]

I think it will take more than a few years for SEO to die. Basically, SEO will die when computers understand human speech, and that's a long ways off. It will get harder and harder to pull off blackhat and greyhat stuff though. Eventually, good SEO will essentially follow the same roles that good publishing follows in the print industry. It's still an art and you need to put together a good writer, good editor and good managing editor/publisher to pull off a hit with a book.

I think the SEO role wil be akin to that of a good editor (BTW, a good editor is NOT a proofreader, but someone who identifies concepts, helps authors' shape them for the better, and sees the niches where one can make sales).

 

[$5 Submissions]

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A longer term strategy imho is to concentrate on developing great content, good community and the links will follow naturally.

EXTREMELY good point!

 

[RisK]

mr. Aaron Wall...coz i read his book. and Quadszilla ( i don't know his real name ) from seoblackhat.com