In the 6+ years of our small SEO business, there have been four people that have stood out head and shoulders over anyone else in the search business.

In the early days, I was hooked on WebmasterWorld. I couldn’t get enough of the monthly Google dances“ even noticing a couple of them before anyone else.  Thank you, Bret Tabke, for putting together such a great website.

Then there is GoogleGuy. No one can ever forget him. The meaningful hints Matt Cutts would give us that could sometimes make a huge difference. Thanks Matt.

During my days (and nights) of following every post on WebmasterWorld, Danny Sullivan contacted me to get my take on the Florida fiasco. Danny was and still is the King of Search, what in the world was he doing calling me? Perhaps he noticed my clients weren’t really all that affected by the Florida updated.

For quite some time now, I have been getting all the new information I need from one place. Aaron Wall‘s SEO Blog. He has probably done more for the little guys than anyone I know.

The SEO industry is a great industry with some very good folks even willing to help us little people. For that I would like to THANK everyone on this list.

There will always be mysteries; the best SEO’s learn how to repeat those mysteries.