When you interview the pros you want to ask the right questions. Usually the typical SEO questions won't suffice, you want to take the opportunity to ask the tough ones. Here are the responses from the web's most pragmatic SEO fathom.

1. Hi Fathom, thanks for taking the time to answer some questions. First, your vitals please:

Name: fathom
Your Web site: http://www.coopyrite.net
Shameless plug about yourself: Really -- I’m a shy guy! [Nice try Fathom. :P]

SEO Pro Interview: Fathom Tells it How it is.

2. If you had to describe the SEO industry to someone new what would you say? It's traditional exposure! Just because the medium changes and attributes that need to be considered are different it is still “marketing” through promotions and advertising.

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Last week Sam interviewed me with our SEO question set, (I think for next interview rounds we'll do video or audio.) This week I've returned to the interviewer table and pose some straight questions to one of the first SEO's to actually start SEO interviews -- Randall McCarley. I tracked down Randall to turn the tables and have him answer a few questions.

1. Your vitals:

Name: Randall McCarley
Web site: www.14thc.com (14th Colony)

Shameless plug about yourself: 14th Colony builds the hardest working websites online.

Randall McCarley Interview - SEO Questions for the Pros

Without further ado let us begin with our first SEO question:

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Rather than going last we thought we'd give our own in-house SEO Pro Barry the honor of opening up this year's SEO Interviews. The purpose of SEO interviews is to poll some top SEO names, those who have specific skills sets, and those who have been in the industry for a while. Their knowledge is invaluable and we are confident even the seasoned SEO vets will take something out of each participant. Without further ado here's Barry!

Your vitals:

• Name: Barry Nagassar
• Web site you wish to have linked: You're on it now!
• Shameless plug about yourself: Hmmm. Well we'll be releasing an SEO Book that will be focused on MBA style marketing techniques readable to a general business audience. It's more than SEO our book, it will be a broad marketing approach, not a get rich quick scheme, but foundational marketing practices with a unique web marketing twist.

SEO Question Sets for the Pros

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Hey everyone! This is my first post, and I've been given the task of running our SEO interviews. Distinct SEO is pulling in some top names in the SEO industry to ask them what makes web marketing tick. We know this SEO interview game has been done and even if we just did the usually thing it would still have immense value for our readers, however, we're going to go one step further than the regular interviews seen out there in SEO-land.

We'll certainly ask the regular questions, "what do you like about SEO? What is the average wing speed velocity of a coconut laden swallow?" but we'll also tackle some issues that are perhaps neglected. For example, we are going to focus more on the business aspects of SEO, things that separate the competent business/marketer from the entry-level SEO.

Some very useful thoughts and remarks are one the way so stay tuned. Once we're done this round of interviews we'll post a 'Top Ten' type list of the best ideas from the SEO professionals we interview. As part of our own initiative the first interviewee will be our own :P--sorry for the shameless plug.