There aren't many people that can you can reference by one name and everyone in an industry knows who you are talking about... But in SEO, if you say, "Bill covered this...", most will know it's Bill Slawski. Bill has helped the SEO community for years better understand the direction Google is headed by covering many complex patents and explaining them in the simplest terms possible. I have learned a ton from Bill over the years, and I know many others have as well. My first tweet Bill's blog is from *December 2008* and I continue to read and share Bill's amazing posts! See screenshot below. :) His contributions to the SEO community are endless!

Bill, I hope you recover quickly and are back writing, educating, and sharing again soon. And like I said on Twitter, if there is anything you need, the SEO community is here to help!