202 Top SEO Experts You Should Be Following

Want to learn more about search engine optimization (SEO)?

Then you should learn from the top SEO experts.

Reading the top SEO blogs and publications is a good start. So is attending SEO conferences.

But don’t stop there.

SEO is such a giving community.

We share strategies, tactics, tips, tools, data, and so much more on social media and at conferences – as well as in articles, research, and blog posts.

You will definitely learn something new every day from this list of 202 SEO experts.

Follow them if you want a free SEO education.

Why This SEO Experts List Exists

The term “SEO expert” is thrown around a lot these days.

Do a Google search for [seo experts to follow] and you’ll find plenty of lists.

Here’s the thing about most of these lists: they’re usually deeply flawed in one way or another.

Why?

Generally, top SEO expert lists:

• Are just a sneaky way for an unknown author to get himself or herself on a list filled with experts and look like a big-time SEO expert.
• Are published by unknown SEO agencies or companies purely for the purposes of attracting links and shares.
• Include people who, while brilliant in other areas of marketing (social media, content marketing, etc.), aren’t really SEO experts.
• Include people who no longer are really involved in SEO (or never really were practitioners). For example, while Matt Cutts, the former distinguished engineer who was head of the webspam team at Google, might be great on a list if it were still 2013 – it’s no longer 2013.
• Include popular “experts” who share bad information that give the industry a bad name. (We won’t name any names here.)

That’s why we began putting together this list of top authorities and experts you should be following or listening to if you want to learn about SEO today.

How This List Was Compiled

Now the Search Engine Journal team has updated this list for this year – to bring you what we believe to be the most up-to-date list of high-quality SEO experts you’ll find.

This post isn’t meant to reward everyone who has ever been an SEO professional or includes the acronym SEO in his or her job title. It also isn’t intended to be a popularity contest that confuses expertise with social media follower counts.

The people on this list are all actively involved with SEO now – or they’re sharing SEO information, knowledge, and insights (either via social media, contributing to publications or blogs, or speaking at conferences).

Here was our basic judging criteria (though, like Google, our scoring algorithm was comprised of more than 200 ranking signals ?):

• Do they share good SEO content on social media?
• Do they write good content about SEO for blogs/publications?
• Do they speak about SEO at conferences (or webinars, podcasts, etc.)?
• Are they currently doing SEO (not mandatory)?

The main idea of this post is to help you find interesting people who know a lot about SEO and are willing to share what they know.

This is just one way Search Engine Journal is able to direct you to SEO professionals who can help you improve at your job and advance your career.

While I love the idea that there are hundreds of SEO professionals doing great work who go unrecognized – and there truly are! – if they aren’t visible and sharing knowledge, it doesn’t matter in terms of the list you’re about to read.

No offense is intended toward any of those hard-working people, but if you aren’t making yourself visible to the wider SEO community, then it’s the equivalent of ranking on Page 2 of Google.

Our goal with this list is to highlight people who are trying to help move the industry forward by sharing unique insights/knowledge/tips/ideas, etc.

Finally – there is no rankings order here from best to least best. Each person on this list has value in their own way.

Rather than go in alphabetical order by last name, we plugged our list into this list randomizer (though I did make a few minor adjustments) to give everyone a fair shot at where they appear.

Why You Aren’t On This List

Let’s be honest – these posts are always a bit controversial.

After a post like this is published, there are always a few responses you can expect:

1. Those who are mentioned: Generally, they are honored, humbled, or even surprised. It’s always nice to make someone’s day.
2. Those who aren’t included: After quickly checking they aren’t on the list, they go to their social media platform of choice and point out its flaws. Typically, it comes in the form of either “this person doesn’t even do SEO,” “you included so-and-so, so this list sucks,” “lists like these devalue our entire industry,” or “this is just a list of the author’s friends.”

Again, no list is perfect.

But we’ve tried to make this list the least imperfect it can be, right now.

If you weren’t included this year, there’s always next year.

If you really want to be here next year, let it motivate you this year – get noticed, share your knowledge with the community, network, and increase your own visibility by building up your personal brand.

And if you really hate this list, you’re welcome to write your own post and publish it wherever you want.

Honorable Mentions

For this year’s installment, no employees or spokespeople from the major search engines were included as part of our 202 SEO experts.

However, we believe every SEO professional should always keep an eye on these people to stay up on the latest updates and get some advice straight from the search engines, as these folks regularly tweet, write, or speak (in Hangouts, at conferences, and on webinars):

Google:

Microsoft Bing:

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202 SEO Experts to Follow Right Now

OK, now it’s time for the main event and what you came here for – Search Engine Journal’s list of SEO experts to follow.

The following people really know their stuff when it comes to SEO.

Follow them if you want to grow your skillset and knowledge.

Areej AbuAli

Founder / Women in Tech SEO

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Dave Davies

Co-Founder /  Beanstalk Internet Marketing

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Dan Taylor

Head of Research & Development / SALT.agency

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Jes Scholz

International Digital Director / Ringier AG

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Fili Wiese

SEO Expert / SearchBrothers.com

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Ruth Everett

Technical SEO Analyst / DeepCrawl

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Tyler Reardon

SEO Manager / Chewy

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Carolyn Shelby

Technical SEO & News SEO / ESPN

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Christoph C. Cemper

Founder and CEO / LinkResearchTools

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Craig Campbell

SEO Trainer & Consultant / Craig Campbell SEO

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Jackie Chu

Global SEO Lead / Uber

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Jeff Ferguson

Partner  / Amplitude Digital

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Ross Hudgens

Founder & CEO / Siege Media

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Cindy Krum

CEO & Founder / MobileMoxie

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Jan-Willem Bobbink

Freelance SEO Consultant

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Valentin Pletzer

Head of SEO / BurdaForward GmbH

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Lily Ray

SEO Director / Path Interactive

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Suganthan Mohanadasan

Co-Founder & Technical SEO Lead / Snippet Digital

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Andrea Volpini

Co-Founder & CEO / Wordlift

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Anna Crowe

Assistant Editor / Search Engine Journal & Head of Content / Leadfeeder

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Kristopher Jones

Founder / LSEO

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Taylor Berg

Senior SEO Manager / Talkspace

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Brodie Clark

SEO Consultant / Brodie Clark Consulting

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Motoko Hunt

President & International Search Marketing Consultant / AJPR

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Barry Schwartz

President and Owner / RustyBrick

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Adam Riemer

President / Adam Riemer Marketing, LLC

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Carrie Hill

Local SEO Specialist/Analyst / Sterling Sky Inc

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Mordy Oberstein

Liaison to the SEO Community / Wix

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JP Sherman

Manager of Search & Findability / Red Hat

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Carolyn Lyden

Lead SEO + Owner / Search Hermit

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Steven Kang

Founder / SEOSignalsLab

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John Shehata

Global VP – Audience Dev.  / Condé Nast

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Abby Hamilton

SEO Associate Manager / Merkle

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Michael King

Founder / iPullRank

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Kevin Indig

Director of SEO / Shopify

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Jamie Indigo

Technical SEO Consultant / Not a Robot

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Max Prin

Head of Technical SEO / Merkle

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Andy Betts

Executive Advisor and Consultant

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Claire Carlile

Digital Marketing Consultant / Claire Carlile Marketing

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Andy Simpson

Local & Technical SEO

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Damon Gochneaur

Founder /  Aspiro Agency

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Alexis Sanders

Senior SEO Manager / Merkle

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Cyrus Shepard

Founder / Zyppy

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David Mihm

Founder / Tidings

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Mindy Weinstein

Founder & CEO / Market MindShift

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Jason Barnard

Owner / Kalicube

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Lukasz Zelezny

SEO Consultant & SEO Specialist

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Krystal Taing

Solutions Engineer & Strategic Partnerships / Uberall

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Tim Capper

SEO Consultant / Online Ownership

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Marcus Tober

Founder & Chief Innovation Officer / Searchmetrics

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Christina Brodzky

Founder & SEO Consultant / MediaSesh

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Kelvin Newman

Founder / BrightonSEO

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Arnout Hellemans

Consultant / OnlineMarketThink

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Aysun Akarsu

Data Scientist / DatAIzer

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Paddy Moogan

Co-Founder / Aira

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Shaun Anderson

SEO Consultant / Hobo-web.co.uk

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Bibi Lauri Raven

Link Builder / BibiBuzz

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Loren Baker

Founder / Search Engine Journal

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Rob Woods

Owner / Rob Woods Consulting

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Izzi Smith

Technical SEO Analyst / Ryte

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Trond Lyngbø

Founder / Search Planet AS

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Gerry White

SEO Director / RiseAtSeven

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Casie Gillette

Sr. Director of Digital /KoMarketing

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Darren Shaw

Founder & President / Whitespark

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Alan Bleiweiss

Forensic SEO Consultant  / Alan Bleiweiss Consulting

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Jori Ford

Chief Marketing Officer / FoodBoss

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Bill Hartzer

CEO / Hartzer Consulting

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Andrew Optimisey

Founder / Optimisey

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Amanda Jordan

Local Search Analyst / LOCOMOTIVE

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Casey Markee

Founder / Media Wyse

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Saijo George

SEO Strategy Director / Supple

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Marie Haynes

Owner / Marie Haynes Consulting

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Andy Drinkwater

Freelance SEO Consultant / IQSEO LTD

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Wil Reynolds

Founder & VP of Innovation / Seer Interactive

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Faye Watt

SEO Manager / Superdry

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Oliver H.G. Mason

Freelance Technical SEO

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Joe Hall

SEO Consultant & Principal Analyst / Hall Analysis LLC

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Kate Toon

Founder / Stay Tooned Inc

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Brian Harnish

Lead SEO / iLoveSEO

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Martin MacDonald

Founder / MOG Media Inc.

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Maret Reutelingsperger

Inbound Marketing Consultant and SEO / Mobe Digital

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Dr. Pete Meyers

Marketing Scientist / Moz

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Ryan Jones

SEO Group Director / Razorfish

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Nik Ranger

SEO Specialist / StudioHawk

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Aaron Bradley

Knowledge Graph Strategist / Electronic Arts (EA)

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Jesse McDonald

Global SEO Strategist / IBM

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Orit Mutznik

Head of SEO / SilkFred

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Jamar Ramos

Partner & COO / Crunchy Links

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Andrew Charlton

Freelance SEO Consultant

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Kelsey Jones

Marketing Consultant, Owner / Six Stories & StoryShout

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Jono Alderson

Special Ops / Yoast

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Hamlet Batista

CEO / RankSense

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Editor’s Note: This list was compiled prior to Hamlet’s untimely death. Read more about Hamlet here.

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Jessica Levenson

Head of Digital Strategy & SEO / Oracle NetSuite

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Bryson Meunier

SEO Expert and Consultant

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Andrew Shotland

CEO / LocalSEOGuide.com

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Helen Pollitt

Managing Director & Lead SEO / Arrows Up

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Nick Eubanks

Chief Strategy Officer / From The Future

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Pedro Dias

Head of SEO / Reach PLC

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Britney Muller

Founder / Data Sci 101

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Chuck Price

Founder / Measurable SEO

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Dan Shure

Consultant/Owner and Podcast Host / Evolving SEO

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Martha van Berkel

CEO and Co-founder / Schema App

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Tomek Rudzki

Head of R&D, Technical SEO / Onely

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Shay Ohayon

Founder / Schema Mark App

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Himani Kankaria

Ecommerce & Digital Marketing Consultant / eComKeeda

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Richard Baxter

SEO & Non Executive Director / Builtvisible

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Jason Mun

Director / Overdose

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Jo Turnbull

Freelance SEO Consultant and Growth Marketer / SEO Jo Blogs

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Dan Liebson

Chief Operating Officer / Local SEO Guide

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Eric Enge

General Manager / Perficient Digital

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Paige Hobart

SEO Team Director / ROAST

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Keith Goode

Sr. SEO Strategist / IBM

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Bastian Grimm

CEO & Director Organic Search / Peak Ace AG

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Ashley Berman Hale

Director of Technical SEO Consulting / DeepCrawl

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Paul Shapiro

Global Director, Technical SEO / Condé Nast

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David Harry

Lead SEO Consultant / Verve Developments

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Dawn Anderson

Managing Director / Bertey

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Charly Wargnier

SEO, BI & Data Engineering Consultant

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Jeremy Rivera

Freelance SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant

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Alli Berry

SEO Director / The Motley Fool

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Elias Dabbas

Owner / The Media Supermarket

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Dave Sottimano

Owner & Director / David Sottimano Search Consulting

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Niki Mosier

Head of SEO and Content / AgentSync

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Omi Sido

Senior Technical SEO / Canon Europe

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Will Critchlow

Founder and CEO / SearchPilot

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Roxana Stingu

Head of SEO / Alamy

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Grant Simmons

VP, Performance Marketing / Homes.com

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Eli Schwartz

Growth Advisor  /  Eli Schwartz

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Gisele Navarro

CEO / NeoMam Studios

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Duane Forrester

VP of Industry Insights / Yext

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Aleh Barysevich

Founder and CMO / SEO PowerSuite

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Rachel Anderson

Technical SEO Analyst / DeepCrawl

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Gianluca Fiorelli

SEO & Digital Marketing Consultant / ILoveSEO.net

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Heather Lloyd-Martin

CEO / SuccessWorks Search Marketing

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Dave Smart

Technical SEO / Tame the Bots

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Marianne Sweeny

Principal Consultant / BrightEdge

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Steven van Vessum

VP of Community / ContentKing

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Dixon Jones

CEO / inLinks.net

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Jess Peck

Digital Analytics, Senior Consultant / CVS Health

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Ross Tavendale

Managing Director / Type A Media

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Ammon Johns

Internet Marketing Consultant

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Viola Eva

SEO Consultant & Founder / Flow SEO

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John Morabito

VP, SEO / Stella Rising

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Victor Pan

Head of Technical SEO / HubSpot

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Upasna Gautam

Digital News & Platform Product Management / CNN

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Arsen Rabinovich

Founder / TopHatRank

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Ian Lurie

Digital Marketing Consultant / Ian Lurie Consulting

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Aleyda Solis

International SEO Consultant and Founder / Orainti

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Luke Carthy

Ecommerce Growth Consultant

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Greg Gifford

Vice President of Search / SearchLab

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Julie Joyce

Owner / Link Fish Media

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Patrick Stox

Product Advisor, Technical SEO, & Brand Ambassador / Ahrefs

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Bartosz Goralewicz

Founder & CEO / Onely

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Hannah Rampton

Freelance SEO Consultant

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Robbie Richards

Founder / robbierichards.com

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Dave Rohrer

Founder / NorthSide Metrics

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Ruth Burr Reedy

Vice President of Strategy / UpBuild

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Eric Wu

Product Growth / Honey

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Topher Kohan

Senior Manager SEO / Cox Automotive Inc.

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Steph Whatley

SEO Manager / Blue Array

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Stephan Bajaio

Chief Evangelist & Co-Founder / Conductor

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Jeremy Knauff

CEO and Founder / Spartan Media

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Holly Miller Anderson

SEO Manager / SearsPartsDirect.com

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Aymen Loukil

International SEO Consultant

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Alina Benny

Content SEO / Nextiva

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Sam Underwood

Search Marketing Consultant

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Annie Cushing

Senior Marketing Analyst / Annielytics

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Bill Slawski

Director of SEO Research / Go Fish Digital

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Jim Boykin

CEO & Founder / Internet Marketing Ninjas

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Dana DiTomaso

President & Partner / Kick Point

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Dan Petrovic

Director / DEJAN Marketing

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Roger Montti

Owner / Martinibuster.com and News Writer / Search Engine Journal

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Debra Mastaler

President / Alliance-Link

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Jon Henshaw

Founder / Coywolf

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Tony Wright

CEO / WrightIMC

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Kim Doughty

SEO / RicketyRoo

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Luke Davis

SEO Executive / Impression

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Jim Christian

CEO / Blush Digital

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