Comments on: Who are Utah’s Top 5 SEO Professionals?

By: derek

derek — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:10:29 +0000

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By: derek

derek — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 19:08:06 +0000

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By: Dave Bascom

Dave Bascom — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 05:34:41 +0000

A few other possible nominees for this list:
Preston Wily
Rob Cuppett
John Jonas

btw – I’ve heard rumblings of a new SEM/SEO org starting up in Salt Lake soon. Then we can all meet up and talk search like the geeks we are.

By: Matthew Moeller

Matthew Moeller — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:15:33 +0000

I can personally vouch for Eric Morgan & Ryan Moeller(totally unbiased). The rest I only have a google search relationship with.

By: Alex McArthur

Alex McArthur — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:48:25 +0000

Very thought provoking stuff. There are so many factors to consider – target industry, experience, amount of gray hair (probably the most important), results, etc. I personally think it’s too complicated to rank a top five. But, I could come up with a list of 10 or so that are all solid IMO. Along with others already mentioned (Ryan Moeller is the only person mentioned I don’t know) I’d probably add…
Adam Sorensen
Bryan Phelps
Chris Bennett
Michael Eagar
Vince Blackham
Jordan Lebaron
…all of which are lacking in the gray hair factor.

PREPARE FOR RANDOM TANGENT -
I’m not calling out any Utah SEOs, but the industry itself seems to hand out honorary degrees to anyone that spends half their day in self promotion. I think many would be shocked to find out how many of the SEO Rockstars out there live in their parents basement. Like @russpage mentioned many of the best are focused more on building their business rather than making a name or engaging the community. Glad that few, if any, Utah SEOs are that way – rant over.

By: Eric Morgan

Eric Morgan — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:52:54 +0000

Very true, Alex McArthur is very good too!

By: Jon Sanderson

Jon Sanderson — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:28:03 +0000

I hear great things about Josh Steimle and know Eric Morgan and his work. Both definitely deserve spots.

Alex McArthur of OrangeSoda deserves a nomination. Anyone who knows him and his SEO knowledge/ability knows he’s one of the top in Utah.

By: Eric Morgan

Eric Morgan — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:36:51 +0000

Thanks Josh, I am flattered. However, I agree with a few others in that you should have put yourself on that list too, don’t be so humble all the time

By: Joshua Steimle

Joshua Steimle — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:14:33 +0000

Flattery will get you nowhere, Jason

By: Jason Thelin

Jason Thelin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:57:35 +0000

I would have to add Josh Steimle of MWI. We used them for our company website and, while we are a custom web development company, he gave us direction that we would have never come up with on our own.