I love getting to know fellow SEOs a little better by reading interviews of them. So I went on a quest to find as many SEO interviews as I could. No doubt I've also left some out, but if so, then it's completely unintentional (blame the search engines). Feel free to let me know if you think some should be added, and I'll edit this post accordingly. I do keep this list updated frequently, so it should always be fresh with new interviews added as I discover them.
Current Count: 337 SEO Interviews
Last Updated: 08/21/2008
(p) = podcast | (v) = video | (m) = mp3
- Aaron Pratt
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Aaron Wall
- Adam Lasnik (v)
- Adam Lasnik
- Adam Lasnik
- Alex Bennert
- Aman Singh
- Amanda G. Watlington
- Ammon Johns
- Ammon Johns
- Andrew Goodman
- Andrew Goodman
- Andrew Shotland
- Andrew Shotland
- Andy Beal
- Andy Hagans
- Andy Hagans
- Ann Smarty
- Anne Kennedy
- Avinash Kaushik
- BadiJones
- Barry Schwartz
- Barry Welford
- Becky Ryan
- Big Doug
- Bill Slawski
- Bill Slawski
- Bill Slawski
- Bill Slawski
- Bob Massa
- Bob Massa
- Bob Massa
- Bob Massa
- Bob Massa
- BOTW
- Brad Geddes
- Brandy Shapiro-Babbin
- Brett Tabke
- Bruce Stone
- Carolyn Shelby
- Carolyn Shelby
- Carrie Hill
- Carter Maslan
- Caveman (Scott Smith)
- Chris Sherman
- Chris Sherman
- Christina (webado)
- Christine Churchill
- Cindy Krum
- Cindy Turrietta
- Cristian Mezei
- Cristian Mezei
- Dan Kramer
- Dan Kramer
- Dan Kramer
- Dan Theis
- Dan Thies
- Dana Larson
- Dana Todd
- Danah Boyd
- Danielle Winfield
- Danny Sullivan
- Danny Sullivan
- Danny Sullivan
- Danny Sullivan
- Danny Sullivan
- Danny Sullivan
- Danny Sullivan
- Daron Babin
- Darren Rowse
- Darrin Ward
- Dave Davies
- David Mihm
- David Naylor
- Dax Herrera
- DazzlinDonna
- DazzlinDonna
- DazzlinDonna
- DazzlinDonna
- DazzlinDonna
- DazzlinDonna
- DazzlinDonna
- Dean Bloomfield
- Debra Mastaler
- Debra Mastaler
- Debra Mastaler
- Debra Mastaler
- Dennis R. Mortensen
- Diane Aull
- Donna McCarthy
- EarlPearl
- Egol
- eKstreme
- Eli Blue Hat
- Eleni Ireland
- Elisabeth Osmeloski
- Eric T. Peterson
- Eric Schmidt
- Eric Ward
- Eurotrash
- Farrah Hamid
- Fathom
- Frank Watson
- Gab Goldenberg
- Gary Price
- Gillian Muessig
- George Kepnick
- Greg Boser (v)
- Greg Boser
- Greg Hartnett
- Greg Hartnett
- Greg Jarboe
- Greg Jarboe
- Hallie Janssen
- Hamlet Batista
- Hamlet Batista
- Heather Lloyd-Martin
- Heather Lloyd-Martin
- Hjalmar Gislason
- Irma Wallace
- Jaan Kanellis
- James Cook
- Janet Driscoll Miller
- Jason Duke
- Jason Lexell
- Jason McQueen
- Jeff Quipp
- Jeff Quipp
- Jen Yuan
- Jennifer Laycock
- Jennifer Laycock
- Jeremy Schoemaker
- Jeremy Schoemaker
- Jeremy Zawodny
- Jessica Bowman
- Jill Whalen
- Jill Whalen
- Jill Whalen
- Jill Whalen
- Jill Whalen
- Jim Boykin
- Jim Boykin
- Jim Boykin
- Jim Boykin
- Jim Horton
- Jim Westergren
- Joe Balestrino
- John Andrews
- John Andrews
- John Holland
- John Honeck
- John Marshall
- John Marshall
- John Scott
- Jon Glick
- Jon Glick
- Jon Glick
- Jordan McCollum
- Jrothra
- Judith deCabbit Lewis
- Julie Joyce
- Julie Joyce
- Justilien Gaspard
- Kalena Jordan
- Kalena Jordan
- Kalena Jordan
- Kalena Jordan
- Kalena Jordan
- Kalena Jordan (p)
- Kalena Jordan
- Kami Watson Huyse
- Karen Wickre
- Karon Thackston
- Kevin Lee
- Kevin Ryan / Kevin Heisler
- Kim Krause Berg
- Kim Krause Berg
- Kim Krause Berg
- Kim Krause Berg
- Kim Krause Berg
- Kim Krause-Berg
- Laura Lippay
- Laurie Petersen
- Lee Odden
- Lee Odden
- Lee Odden
- Lee Odden
- Lee Odden
- Lee Odden
- Lee Odden
- Lee Odden
- Lee Odden
- Lee Odden (m)
- Lee Odden (p)
- Lee Odden (p)
- Lee Odden (p)
- Lee Odden (p)
- Li Evans
- Lisa Barone
- Lisa Barone
- Lisa Barone
- Lisa Ditlefsen
- Lisa Ditlefsen
- Lisa Ditlefsen (v)
- Lots0
- Lyndon Antcliff (p)
- Lyndon Antcliff
- Lyndon Antcliff
- Marie Howell
- Marie Howell (v)
- Martine Quinn
- Marty Weintraub
- Matt Cutts
- Matt Cutts
- Matt Cutts
- Matt Cutts (m)
- Matt McGee
- Matt McGee
- Matt McGee
- Matt McGee
- Matt McGee
- Matt McGee
- Matt McGee
- Matt McGee
- Meg Walker
- Melinda Cayetano
- Merrick Lozano
- Michael Dorausch
- Michael Gray
- Michael Gray
- Michael Gray
- Michelle Sharp
- Mike Belasco
- Mike Belasco
- Mike Grehan
- Mike Grehan
- Mike Grehan
- Mike Levin
- Miriam & Liam Loraditch
- Motoko Hunt
- MVanDeMar
- Nathania Johnson
- Neil Patel
- Neil Patel
- Neil Patel
- Neil Patel
- Neil Patel
- Neil Patel
- NFFC
- Nick Wilson
- Nintendo
- Patrick Gavin
- Patrick Gavin
- Paul Jahn
- Peter Da Vanzo
- Philipp Lenssen
- Pittbug
- Quadszilla
- Rae Hoffman
- Rae Hoffman
- Ralph Tegtmeier
- Ralph Tegtmeier
- Ralph Tegtmeier (Fantomaster)
- Rand Fishkin
- Rand Fishkin
- Rand Fishkin
- Rand Fishkin
- Rand Fishkin
- Rand Fishkin
- Rand Fishkin
- Rand Fishkin
- Randall McCarley
- Raspberrysundae
- RC Jordan
- Rebecca Kelley
- Rebecca Kelley
- Rebecca Lieb
- Rebecca Lieb
- Rhea Drysdale
- Rich Skrenta
- Risa Borsykowsky
- Rob Kerry
- Robert Scoble
- Roger Montti
- Ryan May
- Sara Holoubek
- Scarlet Lento
- Scott Smith
- Scott Willoughby
- Sebastian
- Sebastian
- SelfPolicing PRSpammers
- Seth Godin
- Shana Albert
- Shana Albert
- Shari Thurow
- Shari Thurow
- Shari Thurow
- Shawn Hogan
- Shawn Walters
- Shoemoney
- Skippy
- Sophie Wegat
- Stacy Williams
- Stoney DeGeyter
- Stuart McHenry
- Susan Urban
- Tamar Weinberg
- Tamar Weinberg
- Tim Mayer
- Tim Nash
- Todd Malicoat (m)
- Todd Malicoat
- Todd Malicoat
- Todd Malicoat
- Todd Malicoat
- Todd Mintz
- Udi Manber
- Vanessa Fox
- Vanessa Fox
- Vanessa Fox
- Wendy Piersall
- Will Scott
- Ylayn Meredith
- Ylayn Meredith Ousley
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Thanks DD:
That is a good list. Hope to pick up some new things to learn.
Dave
I'll have at least 3 more for you to add on Tuesday.
Cool.. nice collection DD…
You are my Hero…!!!
:bow:
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Right, of course these guys binned my old interviews {sniff} Thanks, people LOL
Anyway, Scott Fish (www.fishseo.com) had a quick one with Egol too.
I've been a fan of EGOL's for a long time. Had a hard time finding the article. here is the link: http://www.fishseo.com/blog/2006/02/06/egol-from-seochat-shares-his-thoughts-on-organic-search-engine-optimization/
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Hi Donna!
I have a series of indepth SEO Interviews up as well that you may have missed and want to add to your list. Check them out, they are quite detailed.
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What about Jeremy Schoemaker on SEOMoz – just posted on monday
G-Man
Great post. Now how about some 75+ Audio interviews? Sorted by date
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Add one more Donna
Great reference – I've read quite a few of them today and have found them very interesting!
Allen
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How about http://www.searchenginelowdown.com/2004/07/search-engine-college-founder-kalena.html and http://semcertification.wordpress.com/2006/10/21/ ?
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Hey Donna – if you want, you could list all the interviews from SMG for all the women so far, there's 24 so far, including yours!
Also Karl did an interview of me on his blog – http://blog.karlribas.com/
Thanks, Li. I'll get on that tonight.
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Hi Donna =)
Excellent list, and thanks for including me in the list =) Site Visibility Blog just interviewed me the other week http://www.sitevisibility.co.uk/blog/?p=35
And I mentioned you specifically in the interview =) Because you rock!
Wow, Lisa, thank you! I've added that interview to the list.
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Vanessa Fox:
http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/interview-vanessa-fox.shtml
and more on stonetemple consulting.
Thanks
Wow. That list is going to have me reading for some time.
Thanks for this valuable information.
check this:
http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/interview-adam-lasnik.shtml
(Adam Lasnik)
http://www.stonetemple.com/articles/interview-danny-sullivan.shtml
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I made your Hundreds of SEO Interviews list?! I think I've hit the big time now!
Welcome to the list!
Very useful list of interviews! Thanks for the hard work…
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What a COOL idea Donna
Cool I see my interview with Julie Joyce up there!
Hello…I Googled for kim marie smith, but found your page about s of SEO Interviews | SEO News – All The SEO Scoop…and have to say thanks. nice read.
Patrick Gavin:
http://blog.tagliaerbe.com/2007/05/text-link-ads-lintervista.html
(in english, translated in italian).
I interviewed Stuart McHenry from the Site Sift Directory a while back when Digital Point was bombarded with Site-Sift avatars.
http://sig-link.com/blog/2006/12/09/interview-with-the-avatar-master-stuart-from-site-sift/
You even linked to it at the time : )
http://www.seo-scoop.com/2006/12/13/avatar-advertising-gone-wild/
What about an RSS feed with all the interviews to notify me on updates?
Ok ok ok … I try your comment subscription.
Hey Donna, Nice work – this must've taken you hours! Here are a couple of my interviews you missed:
http://www.pandia.com/sew/456-jordan.html
http://www.seo-study.ru/cooperation/search-engine-college/
http://jobsinsearch.wordpress.com/2007/08/01/online-search-engine-marketing-training-an-interview-with-kalena-jordan/
http://www.usabilityeffect.com/article_interview_sec.html
Perhaps you could ask some guys like: http://www.joostdevalk.nl ; http://www.vdgraaf.info or even http://www.chapter42.com also for some comments / interview?
here's another 20
http://www.wolf-howl.com/local-search/local-search-interviews-information-and-resources/
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Great list Donna!
DazzlinDonna's Dazzling List! This list is bound to turn the most SEO-phobic of us into an overnight SEO expert. Donna, I love you and I'm your #1 fan
Thanks for the link love Dazz! Really enjoy taking the interviews.
A lot more to come soon…:)
Yet another one: http://www.seomegacorp.com/blog/2008/interview-hot-coffee-with-kalena-jordan-of-search-engine-college/
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Overwhelmingly sweet! Thank you DD. – EE
Aaron Wall:
http://blog.tagliaerbe.com/2008/03/intervista-ad-aaron-wall-seo-book.html
(in english, translated in italian).
Thanks, Tagliaerbe, got it included now.
Wow, great list. That is a lot of reading!
Here's one I did with Aaron Wall:
http://www.canimakebigmoneyonline.com/index.php/20070801-interview-with-aaron-wall-of-seobook/
that didn't make it.
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Nice List… I'd like to add my interview in it..
Wow, this is going to take weeks to get through! We should all be experts by the time we're done.
What a gret resource, thanks! I am just learning about SEO and this will give me PLENTY of reading.
That's really a fantastic list……Thanks for such a big list
This is a fantastic list with quality interviews of top seo players.
Great list Donna, Now I can read up on peer interviews, Just out of curiosity how long it take you to amass this nice collection.
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