Meet the Judges

Aaron Wall SEO Book: Aaron Wall is the author of SEO Book, a dynamic website offering marketing tips and coverage of the search space, free SEO videos, and free SEO tools.
Andy Beal Marketing Pilgrim: Andy Beal is an internationally-renowned consultant, author, and speaker specializing in online reputation management and internet marketing. He is the coauthor of Radically Transparent and CEO of Trackur.
Barry Schwartz SE Roundtable: Barry Schwartz is the Editor of Search Engine Roundtable and President of RustyBrick, Inc., a Web services firm.
Brett Tabke WebmasterWorld: Brett Tabke is the Founder and CEO of WebmasterWorld and chair of PubCon conferences.Tabke was a founding board member of SEMPO (Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization).
Debra Mastaler Alliance Link: Based in Williamsburg, Virginia, Debra Mastaler is President of Alliance-Link, an interactive marketing company focused on providing custom link building campaigns and link training.
Lee Odden Top Rank Marketing: Lee Odden is CEO and founder of TopRank Online Marketing, a digital marketing agency that provides search engine optimization, social media and business blog consulting services.
Mark Jackson Vizion Interactive: Mark founded Vizion Interactive, Inc. in July of 2005.Mark is a frequent speaker at the Search Engine Strategies in New York, San Jose, Chicago and Toronto and Pubcon/ conferences in Las Vegas and Austin. He has written a regular column for Search Engine Watch since early 2007.
Rand Fishkin SEOMoz: Rand Fishkin is the CEO & Co-Founder of SEOmoz, a leader in the field of search engine optimization tools, resources & community.
Ron Jones SEMPO, Symetri Internet Marketing: Ron Jones is an Internet marketing consultant, trainer, and owner of Symetri Internet Marketing, which has provided strategic consulting and Internet marketing solutions for mid- to large-size companies since 1998. Prior to signing on as a Board member, Ron served on the SEMPO Institute Committee where he was one of the authors of Fundamentals and Advanced courses. He also served on the Marketing Committee and chaired the Event Subcommittee.
Stephen Mahaney Planet Ocean, Inc.: Stephen Mahaney, CEO & Founder of Planet Ocean Inc. the company that publishes SearchEngineNews.com and the award winning SEO Book, The Unfair Advantage Book on Winning The Search Engine Wars, est 1997.