A well known name in the search industry is that of Rand Fishkin, our "Rand Finale" Internet expert in our 2010 predictions video series. Rand is the CEO & founder of SEOMoz, a leader in search engine optimization tools, resources & community. He is particularly passionate about the SEOMoz blog, where he discusses a range of topics about industry related news, tips, and information. Rand has spoken at conferences and keynotes around the world, and is a true expert in the field.

He was in town for the recent AZIMA event "Strategies for SEO Success in 2010", and we had the opportunity to ask him about his predictions for the search industry in 2010. While SEOMoz is not located in Phoenix (they call Seattle, WA their home), we couldn’t pass up the opportunity to include him in our Phoenix based interview series. Rand gives some insight into the recently publicized news Google mentioned at CES (Near Me Now), as well as what he thinks should be your SEO focus in 2010.

Don’t forget to check out our main post "2010 Predictions With 10 Internet Experts", which details each of our interviews throughout the series, 10 in total, with links to each and every video in the series.

In the video below Arnie asks Rand: 

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Follow both Arnie  and Rand on Twitter for their helpful advice both in SEO and link building.

Are you focusing on conversion rate optimization? What are your plans to do so in the coming year?

Kaila Strong

Kaila is a Sr. Account Manager at Vertical Measures. She works directly with clients to evaluate and analyze their overall Internet Marketing needs, creates sales proposals and recommendations. In addition she regularly reports on client rankings, gives SEO advice to brands in a variety of industries and manages client expectations.

Kaila has a background in social media marketing, link building, SEO and content marketing. She’s an active blogger on SearchEngineWatch.com, and an avid social media user (@cliquekaila on Twitter). She brings her experience to the table with new clients and enjoys writing about her experiences as well here on the VM blog and throughout the web.

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Follow both Arnie  and David  on Twitter for their helpful advice in the search industry.

Kaila Strong

Kaila is a Sr. Account Manager at Vertical Measures. She works directly with clients to evaluate and analyze their overall Internet Marketing needs, creates sales proposals and recommendations. In addition she regularly reports on client rankings, gives SEO advice to brands in a variety of industries and manages client expectations.

Kaila has a background in social media marketing, link building, SEO and content marketing. She’s an active blogger on SearchEngineWatch.com, and an avid social media user (@cliquekaila on Twitter). She brings her experience to the table with new clients and enjoys writing about her experiences as well here on the VM blog and throughout the web.

Website – Twitter – More Posts

That’s right, we did link building on the radio.  How?  Well we were interviewed by RSS Ray for a segment called "How To Use Link Building To Improve Search Engine Rankings".   As a result of being on the show, our bio, including a nice link to us appeared on their site. 

In addition, you will see some of the other guests get some link love in this post (below).  And that’s how it works.  Get out and get involved, you will get good links from some of the most unexpected places. Strategic internet marketing at work!

Online Marketing with RSS Ray is a weekly radio program.  Topics include Search Engine Marketing, Email Marketing, Social Media Marketing and Online Performance Analytics. Guests include Bob Parsons, Paul Bruemmer, Lee Odden, Fionn Downhill,  Rand Fishkin, Aaron Wall, David Meerman Scott, John Jantsch and many other online marketing experts.  Listen live each Wednesday at 1pm Eastern/10am Pacific.

The show is broadcast on www.wsRadio.com, the internet’s talk leader with over 2 million listeners.  I bet there is a program in your niche with plenty of listeners.  If so, you might consider contacting them about being a guest on one of their shows.  You just never know what might happen!

If you would like to listen to "How To Use Link Building To Improve Search Engine Rankings", just click below!

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