Mike-Levin.com
Joined: Sep 27, 2000
# Posts: 1988
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Posted: 10/11/2004 05:54 pm
I don't think I'd call myself the best in the world, but that certainly IS my goal -- and, I'll be working on it, until I achieve it. I'd worked as an in-house Webmaster doing SEO-work for two consecutive companies. With the first, I generated top results during heyday of AltaVista. Those results went across the board to most search engines, and survive to this day in Google, long after I have moved on. In the second company where I earned sales commission for my work, they did no marketing, and yet saw increases in their revenue year after year once I came onboard. Some day, that company will make an excellent case study in SEO as a PRIMARY means of marketing -- especially when your market is international with no clear advertising outlet. A few here will remember me publishing my results for a time, working on the coveted one-word top result. And now, finally I'm taking the methodologies I've developed and "bottling it" for clients here at a PR Firm in NYC. So, after over six years of being one of those quiet back-room people, I'm finally throwing my hat in the ring as a formal member of the SEO community. Only time will tell if my success to date is widely reproducible.
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excell
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Joined: Mar 19, 2001
# Posts: 14502
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Posted: 10/12/2004 03:23 am
{Looks at Mike's hat & thinks it's pretty good looking  }
Keep up the good work!
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tonyh123
Joined: Oct 12, 2004
# Posts: 5
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Posted: 10/12/2004 04:34 am
...and thanks Mike for the many articles i have used from him to help keep my job and my company site at number one without spending a penny on paid SEO or ads.
Cheers M8
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yellowwing
Joined: May 21, 2002
# Posts: 2526
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Posted: 10/18/2004 09:04 pm
Best SEO in the World visits here to keep tabs on what is going on in the world!
The Best SEO always makes it a priority to perform industry research. 600 folks at Virtual Promote can cover more ground than a single SEO guru in this new digital world.
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huebdoo
Joined: Eons Ago
# Posts: 68
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Posted: 10/26/2004 03:42 pm
It's sort of like saying who is the best baseball or soccer player?
Too many variables and too many aspects of what a client/customer will define as success.
Plainly put ... a branding initiative will have different objectives than a ROI based initiative.
What ever makes the client happy and makes them come back again and again. Hopefully with their friends in tow with business cards and bags and bags of money.
I know of lots of success stories from small SEO firms that have delivered fantastic results to their clients, they may not be Huge players on the corporate level… but that shouldn’t diminish there level of professionalism and measurable results.
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excell
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Joined: Mar 19, 2001
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Posted: 10/28/2004 06:22 am
{they don't have to be a household brand name (or the loudest) to perform}
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sandiegoseo
Joined: Apr 01, 2004
# Posts: 7
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Posted: 11/01/2004 03:45 pm
Me!!
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flyingrose
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Joined: Oct 30, 2003
# Posts: 3361
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Posted: 11/12/2004 08:05 pm
Just like my PPC, SEO is more art than science. Techniques and ideas can be shared and a methodology could be developed and documented; however, when it comes right down to it, how they apply to each site is intuitive.
There is no one best; however, the best will most likely be the hands on lover of the art who invests time and passion in honing skills and intuition.
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Ron of Japan
Joined: Sep 28, 2001
# Posts: 192
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Posted: 11/13/2004 01:29 am
Very well put, thank you!
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excell
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Joined: Mar 19, 2001
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Posted: 11/13/2004 02:04 am
Yup - tis a passion.
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OptimizeThis
Joined: Nov 28, 2003
# Posts: 40
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Posted: 11/23/2004 04:02 pm
Bruce Clay
It is however has the best ear to the industry. Who is the most dedicated and yes who has the most staff.
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lrjr3
Joined: Nov 23, 2004
# Posts: 1
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Posted: 11/23/2004 07:36 pm
What SEO company in Atlanta Georgia would you suggest I use for my new business?
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excell
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Joined: Mar 19, 2001
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Posted: 11/24/2004 05:01 am
Whereas a locally based company may bring quick local knowledge to the table, there is nothing that a good SEO that knows how to research cannot do as well or better.
If the local company is found - how do you know they could do it better just because they are local?
Local knowledge is good but it is not the first and most important criteria when finding a SEO firm that is right for you - In my opinion.
I say this because as an SEO or (web site optimiser) each and every job taken on is a *new* job that requires industry research, target market research, local research, competitive research & a whole bunch of things specific to the job... so
I guess I am saying local knowledge is great, but it is only one component.
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St0n3y
Joined: May 01, 2002
# Posts: 1620
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Posted: 11/24/2004 07:27 am
I'm local to Atlanta... just an email or phone call "down the street!"
On the web, everything is local.
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sayantan
Joined: Oct 17, 2003
# Posts: 18
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Posted: 12/15/2004 09:06 pm
yellowwing is right. Stoney is one of the best SEOs here.
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excell
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Joined: Mar 19, 2001
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Posted: 12/16/2004 06:32 am
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St0n3y
Joined: May 01, 2002
# Posts: 1620
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Posted: 12/16/2004 09:13 am
Why is everyone picking on me... I can't handle that kind of pressure!
<blush>
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