I've been in SEO for 15+ years; even back then there were many voices clamouring for attention, few were worth listening to.

Two people worth listening to were Bill Slawski and Michael Martinez.

I'm grateful to both for introducing me to and drawing me deeper into the beautiful complexity of SEO - document classification, word vectors, etc. - the sciences behind the algos.

SEO by the Sea literally transported me across oceans to a kindred, but more SEO evolved, spirit; at a time when there were few SEOs and I wondered whether there was a living to be made from SEO his indirect support lead me to the life and business I now enjoy enormousely.

I wish Bill the fullest and speediest recovery and Godspeed to all his family, friends and medical team helping him through this part of his journey.