Comments on: 29 Most Influential People in the UK Natural Search Industry

By: Hannah Miller

Hannah Miller — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:54:21 +0000

Great list Kelvin, always good to find a few people in the industry that I hadn’t come across before. Also wanted to say thanks for the clockwork pirate doc – v.interesting and sprung up an idea or two i hadn’t thought of…

By: Doug Platts

Doug Platts — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 07:57:44 +0000

Thanks for the listing. Love the picture you used

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By: Jamie Riddell

Jamie Riddell — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:08:03 +0000

Thanks Kelvin, I am delighted to be in the list amongst such esteemed colleagues.

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:39:33 +0000

Very true Ciaran, I must confess I have conflated noisy (in a good way) with influential.

And it does favour search specialists agencies. But then that’s the side of the fench I sit on so not hugely surprising really.

The whole world of search marketers within the world of major agencies is an interesting one that I’d love to know more about if you ever fancied writing a bit from your insight…

By: Ciarán

Ciarán — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:16:34 +0000

Wow – what a lovely way to start the new-year, thanks for the mention!

The one thing I’d mention is that the people this list misses are those who don’t make a lot of noise, either in the press or at shows, but who have a huge amount of influence. For example, the heads of search at the major media agencies (like the one I work for) have budgets that dwarf those of any search agency, but don’t necessarily get much recognition as they’re too busy running massive campaigns.

Like, and Andy Mihalop, now at Carat, previously i-Level and Performics who tried to teach me everything he knows, but who has still forgotten more than I’ll ever know.

By: Mel Carson

Mel Carson — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:27:31 +0000

Wow – just woke up in Seattle to this! Thanks very much Kelvin. What a great way to start the year. Agree DaveN should get his own TV show – how do we make that happen?!

By: Jon Hunter

Jon Hunter — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 16:14:07 +0000

A guy who should be on this list, but isnt is a guy called Kev Jones at techmark.

Always top of my if Iget hit by a bus folder

By: Paul Reilly

Paul Reilly — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:14:58 +0000

Cheers for the mention.

Need to get a new disguise now though…

…Perhaps a false nose to go with my glasses.

Am currently averaging 18 new followers per hour.

By: Mark Debattista

Mark Debattista — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:43:50 +0000

Really useful list, especially when one is searching for the most reputable SEO individuals in the UK. Been already following 50% on twitter, added rest cause am sure they will share invaluable insights.

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By: Julie Joyce

Julie Joyce — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:36:03 +0000

What a great list! It’s dead on, too. I’ve dealt with several of the people on the list and they’re all seriously quality SEOs.

By: Will Cooper

Will Cooper — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:17:08 +0000

cheers Kelvin!

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:12:27 +0000

Felix, if they deliberately keep under the radar they aren’t going to want to be on a list like this like this, so I’m sure they aren’t too upset!

By: Matt Ridout

Matt Ridout — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:08:55 +0000

Usman was my first SEO boss – he’s a great guy and is kicking ass at the Times!

By: Felix

Felix — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:03:41 +0000

This list is funny, ahh the London SEO clique, how I miss it (not).

The best SEO’s are the ones you never hear about .. especially with Google profiling known SEOs … or did you miss that?

By: Tola Popoola

Tola Popoola — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:01:58 +0000

I agree with your comment on Judith totally. She has no airs and is absolutely brilliant. Met her at the 2009 Everywoman Conference and she shared so much information that has helped my business in such a short period of time.

By: Rachael Kirkbride

Rachael Kirkbride — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 14:00:25 +0000

My goodness, why is *yet another* list like this necessary? Please, just answer that.

1) If any of these people is truly successful, they don’t talk about their real successes.

2) Those whose work ends up being influential also know the art of shutting up, CLOSING TWITTER and getting on it. That’s where the real money is made.

Stop patting each other on the bottom. From the outside, it’s amazingly unattractive.

By: Judith Lewis

Judith Lewis — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:32:33 +0000

Wow – thanks for the mention Kelvin! I’ll have to make sure I have extra chocolate at SES London for you!

By: Kelvin

Kelvin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:16:52 +0000

thanks to the very helpful Vinay you can follow all the people via http://tweepml.org/29-Most-Influential-People-in-the-UK-Natural-Search-Industry/

By: Duncan Birch

Duncan Birch — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 12:04:09 +0000

Agreed some twitter links would be great. Looks like a great list of some great people to follow.

By: Katharine

Katharine — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:43:09 +0000

Agreed – twitter names would be great.

A twitter-list possibly more helpful as wouldn’t have to click through to every profile and quicker for you to make.

Cheers!

By: Vinay

Vinay — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:39:07 +0000

Hi Kelvin,

Great list to follow in 2010, would have been better if you could have linked to their twitter profile.

I have compiled the list here http://twitter.com/iVinay/uk-natural-search (sans Kristina Smith & Paul Roach).

Cheers

By: Jon Myers

Jon Myers — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:35:05 +0000

Thanks for the mention Kelvin!