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Posted on October 8, 2007 - Filed Under Interviews | 2 Comments

Google delivers on the promise to answer 5 questions from the Webmaster Help Forum. I was saddened to find that Matt Cutts didn’t answer my question about good uses of the nofollow tag (after responding to me) or did he? Eric Enge Interviews Google’s Matt Cutts and Matt answers.
Update:
Looks like Matt got to my question [...]

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Optimizing Large Sites with Aaron Shear

Posted on December 22, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 2 Comments

Ever wonder what it would take to optimize and generate traffic for sites the size of eBay.com? Here is my interview with Aaron Shear who drives a Mazda Miata with an oversized 350HP Turbo engine.
You like many of us also started off in the IT department, how do you go from teaching people how to [...]

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A quick chat with Danny Sullivan

Posted on December 14, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 3 Comments

You seem to be the latest buzz Danny, looks like your loyal friends in search are going to become SMX patriots, how does this make you feel?
It’s obviously great to hear. I think one of the best things is that having done this so long, the entire experience of a new site and new series [...]

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Nichebot 2

Posted on November 14, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 1 Comment

I have been using the Nichebot site to check my rankings in Google for specific keywords for years. I was a little sad to see many features restricted to “members only” so I sent a few emails to Jim Morris and he kindly gave me full access to Nichebot 2.
To understand the difference between Nichebot [...]

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Eric Enge Custom Search Guide

Posted on October 25, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 5 Comments

I gave Eric Enge a hard time after receiving an email from him asking me to take a look at his Custom Search Guide. I have been kind of dead to the whole SEO interview thing and usually would have jumped right on it but didn’t. Anyhow, Eric contacted just 21 people about his new [...]

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Todd Malicoat Interview

Posted on June 25, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 17 Comments

Todd Malicoat AKA Stuntdubl is no doubt a likeable guy, when he gave news that he was leaving Jim Boykin’s SEO Company to peruse other avenues even Matt Cutts from Google wished him well. So what is Todd most well known for? When thinking of this interview (and choice of conversation) it was clear, Todd [...]

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Cristian Mezei Interview

Posted on June 21, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 16 Comments

I have had a few people ask “how can I get on your blogroll”, if you have noticed I do not currently have one, why? My plan is to do micro interviews with people who can offer something new to the SEO conversation. Cristian Mezei asked me this via email and I said, “Sitewide [...]

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Bill Slawski Interview

Posted on June 12, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 19 Comments

Bill Slawski is one of the lesser known SEO’s, he has a blog called SEO by the Sea. His writing can best be described as thorough and honest. Bill often digs deep into patents and other things that most would find too difficult to grasp. This is exactly what keeps me visiting his blog, here [...]

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Dax Herrera Interview

Posted on May 29, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 4 Comments

I have been getting a little bored with SEO so I have been studying what programmers and web developers do. As a rule I pretty much do everything myself including setting up my own blogs, websites, directories but there are times when you need to ask someone who is more familiar with code to get [...]

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Dan Kramer Interview

Posted on April 19, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 3 Comments

Jim Boykin mentioned to me that he would love for me to get an interview with Dan Kramer so here it is. In doing a little research I find that Dan is knowledgeable on cloaking so this will be a timely interview now that Matt Cutts has made it little more clear as to how [...]

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Robert Scoble Interview

Posted on March 30, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 11 Comments

Thanks for stopping in for an interview; you are a busy guy and recently got back from SES NY where you hung out with Jeremy Zawodny from Yahoo and Matt Cutts from Google. Tell us about your exchange with these two fellahs and what your impressions are of them.
SCOBLE: They are both people I’ve [...]

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Shoemoney Interview

Posted on March 22, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 22 Comments

I have been bumping into references to Shoemoney often in my travels through SEO blogs but I do not know much about Jeremy Schoemaker really. I also know what people will say, “You don’t know Shoemoney”? That’s right, so why would a weenie internet marketing blogger have an interest in this guy? For me it’s [...]

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Jim Westergren Interview

Posted on March 5, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | Leave a Comment

It’s been awhile since I have done an interview and this is what I am all about so let me introduce you to Jim Westergren. You might know Jim from a few marketing forums; I took notice of Jim and his high placement in the SERPS for the SEO v7ndotcom elursrebmem competition. I also [...]

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Aaron Pratt Interview

Posted on February 27, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 5 Comments

Did you mean: aaron pratt Yahoo?
I was interviewed HERE if you are interested in reading about me.

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John Scott Interview

Posted on February 1, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 2 Comments

John Scott V7N Interview
If you are into SEM surely you have heard of John Scott and his v7ndotcom elursrebmem contest, but if you are not a forum junkie, you might not know who he really is. I was aware of him by name and noticed that he posted a heated response in my blog [...]

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Mike Grehan Interview

Posted on January 30, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 7 Comments

Mike Grehan is most definitely a colorful and well respected SEM expert. To me he is just one of those guys who always makes perfect sense so naturally I like to read all his stuff. Instead of filling this interview with fluff let’s get right to the good stuff, if you are interested in Mike’s [...]

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Danah Boyd Interview

Posted on January 17, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | Leave a Comment

Who is Danah Boyd?
A few weeks back I blogged about a girl who interested me in the following ways: 1.) She has a pr7 blog 2.) Enjoys studying social networks 3.) Works @ Yahoo! Research. I asked her for an interview and she agreed, so here is my interview with danah boyd.
Your studies of [...]

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Lee Odden Interview

Posted on January 12, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 3 Comments

So, you want to learn how to market a blog?
Lee Odden is an interesting guy that you can learn a lot from, instead of wasting your time by giving his credentials you can read them here if you wish. Let’s get right to my interview with Lee Odden from TopRank Online Marketing shall we?
Hello Lee, [...]

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Self Policing PR Spammers

Posted on January 12, 2006 - Filed Under Interviews | 1 Comment

A quick chat with Jim Horton
Shel Holtz wrote up and interesting article about the good and bad aspects of self policing blogs on WebProNews today. He mentioned Jim Horton who has a modest proposal of how to deal with press release spammers. Shel also remembered Jeremey Zawodny’s similar proposal and action which had caused [...]

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Jeremy Zawodny Interview

Posted on December 19, 2005 - Filed Under Interviews | 3 Comments

Who is Jeremy Zawodny?
To me Jeremy Zawodny used to be that other guy from that other search engine with a blog that I would checkout sometime later. I am sure those who are more involved in search engine marketing know more about him than I, so why would I want to learn more about [...]

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Greg Boser Interview

Posted on December 14, 2005 - Filed Under Interviews | 4 Comments

Mr. Pratt Interviews Greg Boser
When writing up some ideas for an interview of Greg Boser I did the usual, find a few of his sites, study his backlinks, blog, and comments in forums. One thing that kept popping up is that people in the marketing community have a lot of respect for this guy. Greg [...]

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Interview Jill Whalen

Posted on December 12, 2005 - Filed Under Interviews | Leave a Comment

Mr. Pratt Interviews Jill Whalen
I did a quick study of Jill Whalen last night in preparation for this interview and found that she is a timely guest. Jill Whalen is a self proclaimed “white hat” SEO expert. Until recently “white hats” were not getting much respect from the marketing community until Rand Fishkin (who I [...]

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Philipp Lenssen Interview

Posted on December 11, 2005 - Filed Under Interviews | 1 Comment

Mr. Pratt Interviews Philipp Lenssen
Philipp Lenssen is an all around kind of guy. How many people do you know who are thinkers, bloggers, designers, coders, musicians, artists and writers all in one? To get a quick rundown of this mans skills checkout his Outer Court which is just one of his very cool websites. Most [...]

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Interview Michael Gray

Posted on December 8, 2005 - Filed Under Interviews | 2 Comments

Mr. Pratt Interviews Michael Gray
Michael Gray (A.K.A. Ω) “Graywolf” was suggested to me by a few of the people I have already interviewed who say, “You should interview graywolf” so I looked into this and found that he is an extremely bright star in the marketing matrix. Here is my interview with Michael Gray.
Mr. [...]

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Interview Rand Fishkin

Posted on December 6, 2005 - Filed Under Interviews | 1 Comment

Mr. Pratt Interviews Rand Fishkin
Rand Fishkin made himself known when he linked to the interview I did with Jim Boykin, thank you! I will not go into Mr. Fishkin’s history any further because he has a very good section on SEOmoz.org already. In fact, he has a very useful, easy to navigate website that will [...]

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Interview Jim Boykin

Posted on December 1, 2005 - Filed Under Interviews | 4 Comments

Mr. Pratt Interviews Jim Boykin
I became aware of Jim Boykin when I followed an RSS feed out into the marketing matrix to his personal blog. Jim had posted an interesting chat interview with Aaron Wall about his recent purchase of Threadwatch. I vaguely remember Jim from back when I made my first website and used [...]

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Smart IT Consulting Interview

Posted on November 29, 2005 - Filed Under Interviews | 1 Comment

Mr. Pratt Interviews Sebastian
I have been spending much time in Google groups (and other forums) developing an understanding of how things work. This is where I came across Sebastian from Smart IT - Internet Consulting. Sebastian agreed to an interview but wishes to remain anonymous. What I noticed about Sebastian is that he kindly offers [...]

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