Jill Whalen is owner of High Rankings, Search Creative, LLC and co-founder of SEMNE. She is an authoritative writer and speaker on the subject of search engine optimization, a regular speaker at Search Engine Strategies Conferences put on by Danny Sullivan, and has been holding High Rankings Search Engine Marketing Seminars since November 2002. High Rankings includes a top rated SEO discussion forum with many industry experts.

Aaron Wall (born 1979) is a writer and search engine optimization expert. He is a frequent speaker at the Search Engine Strategies, and PubCon conferences. In 2005 Wall was sued by Traffic Power for defamation and publication of trade secrets.

Danny wrote Yahoo Surveys Search Rewards Idea where he covers a News.com article showing how a group of Yahoo! Mail users were offered "10 different potential reward options" to take a Yahoo! search survey. Kinda funny, I told them they should do this at last years SES San Jose conference - that they don't have to necessarily pay money to get answers. I am sure it wasn't my influence, since it did take almost a year to implement.

Bruce Clay is a professional search engine optimization consultant. He was interviewed by Wired Magazine in their 2004 feature "The Complete Guide to Googlemania!" and cited by USA Today in their article "Gunning for search engines" from August 20 2003. His website is referenced to by NARA - ALIC - User's Guide to the Internet at The National Archives as resource for "Web Site Promotion Tactics and Tools".

Mr. Fishkin is the founder and CEO of SEOmoz, a Seattle-based company that serves as a hub and resource for search marketers worldwide. He also runs the popular SEOmoz search marketing blog. Mr. Fishkin has been featured in Newsweek , quoted in The Washington Post, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal Online and numerous other publications.

Barry Schwartz (born 1980) is well known blogger and reporter who writes about search engines and search engine marketing. As of January 2007, Schwartz is the editor of Search Engine Roundtable, a popular online news site covering the search engines and search engine marketing. He also is the CEO of RustyBrick, Inc., a New York based web development company, and a news editor at Search Engine Land, a search engine news site founded by Danny Sullivan (technologist).

Brett Tabke is an American programmer and SEO professional. He is the founder of WebmasterWorld, an online search engine and internet marketing forum. Tabke started working with computers at a young age, developing software for Commodore home computers. He then worked for companies like Epyx and Berkeley Softworks (later renamed to GeoWorks, and makers of the GEOS operating system). In 1984 Tabke started his first BBS using a 300 baud modem on a dialup line.

Dan Thies is founder and President of SEO Research Labs. He is an authoritative writer, teacher, and speaker on the topic of search engine optimization, and is commonly known as the “Keyword Guru”. Dan is a regular speaker at Search Engine Strategies conferences organized by Danny Sullivan, and is author of the top selling e-book “SEO Fast Start”. His latest book “The Search Engine Marketing Kit” was published by sitepoint.com in 2005.

Jim Hedger is a well-published journalist, covering search engines and SEO. He is currently employed as the Senior Editor of SiteProNews.com and hosts a weekly show with Dave Davies on Webmaster Radio called "The Alternatives". Jim began his career in SEO with Victoria, BC-based StepForth Search Engine Placement in 2000. He left StepForth in 2006 and started his own consulting firm Markland Media.

Jakob Nielsen (born 1957 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a writer, speaker, and consultant on software and web-design usability. He earned a Ph.D. in user interface design and computer science from the Technical University of Denmark. Nielsen worked at Bellcore, IBM, and as a senior researcher at computer company Sun Microsystems.

Doug Heil (born 1957) is a search engine optimization (SEO) consultant who is an outspoken advocate of strict white hat SEO. Heil operates the SEO Best Practices Search Engine Forums, a long-established forum for discussing SEO. Heil was one of many SEO consultants who publicly exposed Traffic Power, a notorious firm that had hurt many small business owners.

Ammon Johns is a widely recognized figure in Internet marketing, and particularly in regards to search engine optimization. Johns is an Administrator at the Cre8asite Forums,, a regular speaker at the Search Engine Strategies conferences in London, England, created by Danny Sullivan, was a key member of the Working Group to set up the Search Marketing Association, UK (SMA-UK), and has been quoted many times in the UK's leading eBusiness publication, New Media Age.

Born in Iraq with a sister born in Bahrain, a brother born in Kuwait, a mother born in China and a grandfather born in Burma I, naturally, live in Bath. Married to Margaret with two wonderful children - Benjamin and Victoria plus 2 cats and a dog.

Internationally published authority on the business side of technology and a frequent speaker at conferences throughout the world. Proven track record in helping companies effectively develop and promote web sites that work thrrough Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Search Engine marketing (SEM), web analytics and other asspects of web development, web design.and web strategies

Andrew Shotland is the proprietor of the Local SEO Guide blog (www.localseoguide.com) and a search engine optimization expert with a focus on local search optimization.

Search engine optimization/internet marketing consultant doing business as Raise My Rank SEO Services of Somerville, MA

Giovanni Gallucci. That's it. But that is a consultant who is among the Who’s Who of interactive marketing and web technology leaders. With over a decade of expertise are at your disposal, you are always ahead of the curve. As a leading Search Engine Optimization Consultant & Social Media Expert based in Dallas, Giovanni Gallucci is committed to helping clients manage their online reputations. Giovanni Gallucci

Over eight years of SEO experience with a wide range of clients, including Golfsmith, The North Face, Sony and HP. Strong focus in content creation and management, site architecture and usability as it pertains to SEO. Available for in-house SEO education and training to help make SEO an internal specialty.

IT background with hardware and software support. Website developer with experience building online community portals. Professional Search Engine Marketer specializing in the integration of consumer website usability with search engine optimization and marketing.

Brendan Meehan , Executive SEO Manager Brendan Meehan , SEO Executive Manager, began working with the internet in 2002 as an online gaming and sportsbook affiliate. As time progressed, Meehan quickly learned about the power and profitability of the internet, and how search engines drive quality traffic to websites. Like many, he worked on the internet part time as a supplemental income stream.

Brian Horn is the owner of HornDog Search Marketing, LLC, an internet marketing consulting agency.Brian specializes in site optimization, search engine marketing, paid ad management,email marketing, link building and web data analytics.Brian is married, and lives in Pearland, Texas, with his two dogs.