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The Blog Tag Tree

Last Updated 12-28-06 at 12:40 PM

Blog tag is just like the game of tag but you share 5 things about yourself, and then tag 5 other bloggers (a type of meme). Jeff Pulver started it, and you can see his line down lower on this page. But because I am interested in SEO, I thought it would be fun to track the SEO blog tag tree, which has an interesting beginning...

A new "line" seemed to have started on its own, by David Gale. I cannot find anyone who tagged him, and if you read his post it seems like he did in fact just start playing it without being tagged. (We'll forgive you though Dave, thanks for getting the SEO blogosphere started.) If you have posted your blog tag post and I haven't updated it yet, just comment on my blog post about the blog tag tree and I will put it in.

A few unofficial stats: Best percentage tagged that tagged others, Dazzlin' Donna Fontenot and Lisa Barone (5/5, 100%). Most repeatedly tagged, Danny Sullivan. Most unanswered tag, Matt Cutts.

  1. David Gale
    1. James Enck
    2. Ian Hay
    3. Henk Kleynhans
    4. Mike Stopforth
    5. Avinash Kaushik
      1. Aaron Shear
        1. Adam Lasnik
          1. Erica Joy Baker
          2. Graham Waldon
          3. Bountiful Bee
          4. Ryan Schultz
          5. Doctor Awesome
        2. Joseph Morin
        3. Jessica Bowman
        4. Joe Duck
        5. Scott Boyd
          1. Dean Bloomsfield
            1. David Gagne
              1. Kelly
              2. Josh
                1. Abhilash (go)
                2. Andrew
                3. Jon
                4. Joel
                5. Gretchen
              3. Sunil
              4. Steve
              5. Mikey
            2. GrayWolf
              1. Matt Cutts
              2. Rae Hoffman (go)
              3. Lisa Barone
                1. Kim Krause
                  1. Sophie Wegat
                    1. Peter Da Vanzo
                    2. Dave Child
                      1. Andy Budd
                      2. Chris Korhonen
                      3. Paul Silver
                      4. William Lawrence
                      5. Nick Tong
                    3. Scottie Claiborne
                    4. Diane Vigil
                      1. Darin Swan
                      2. Brad Eslen
                      3. Dan Renner
                      4. Teli Adlam
                        1. Kathleen Bright
                        2. Trisha Watts
                        3. Andrew Flusche
                        4. Belle Wong
                        5. Andy Beard
                      5. Nick Wilson
                    5. Bill Slawski (go)
                  2. Barry Welford
                    1. Joe Dolson (go)
                    2. Michael Motherwell
                    3. Mike Grehan
                    4. Mitch Joel
                      1. David Jones
                      2. Michael Seaton
                      3. Ed Lee
                      4. Ken Shcafer
                      5. Andy Nulman
                      6. Kate Trgovac
                    5. Sass Peress
                  3. Darren Moloney (Daz)
                  4. Tamar and Chris (go)
                  5. Dazzlin' Donna Fontenot
                    1. G-Man (go)
                    2. Reuben Yau
                      1. Randall McCarley
                        1. Badi Jones
                        2. Doug Holland
                        3. Pierre Far (go)
                        4. Yuri Filiminov
                          1. Natasha Robinson
                          2. Chris Pearson
                          3. Seth Godin
                          4. Steven Bradley
                            1. Matt Johnson
                            2. Sreejith Ramakrishnan
                            3. SEOGrrl
                            4. Praveen
                            5. Stoney deGeyter
                          5. Elizabeth Able at Cre8asite
                        5. Miriam Ellis-Loraditch
                          1. Jim Boykin (ended)
                      2. Wit
                        1. Irishwonder
                        2. Kichus (go)
                        3. Kemal
                        4. Scott Fish
                        5. Skitzzo
                      3. GaryTheScubaGuy
                      4. Jrothra
                      5. Jocelyn
                    3. Sorvoja
                      1. Nick Humphrey
                      2. Durdana Yousuf
                      3. Lisa Ditlefsen (go)
                      4. Keijo Kortelainen
                      5. Martin Bekkelund
                    4. Lyndsay Walker
                      1. Dustin Woodward
                      2. Dan Thies
                      3. Rob Snell
                      4. Colin McDougal
                      5. Kid Disco (go)
                    5. Eric Enge (go)
                2. David Temple
                  1. Ammon Johns
                  2. Nick Wilsdon
                  3. Amanda Watlington
                    1. Lisa Williams
                    2. Jeff Molander
                    3. Sam Harrelson
                    4. Rick Klau
                    5. Sam Decker
                  4. Lisa Ditlefsen
                    1. Darren Moloney
                    2. Robert Kerrey
                    3. David Temple (go)
                    4. Punit
                    5. Kichus (go)
                  5. Media Lizzy (ended)
                3. Karl Ribas
                  1. Kid Disco
                    1. Malcolm Gladwell
                    2. Morgan Carey
                    3. Jeff Hudson
                    4. Brent Norris
                    5. Dan Kramer
                  2. Michael Roebuck
                  3. Mr. SEO
                    1. Alan Rabinowitz
                    2. Johnon
                    3. Stefan Juhl
                      1. The SEO Loser
                  4. Rob Snell
                  5. Jill Whalen
                4. Matt McGee
                  1. Jennifer Laycock
                  2. Matt Bailey
                  3. Greg Sterling
                  4. Brian Smith
                  5. Andrew Goodman
                5. Li Evans
                  1. David Wallace
                    1. Ian McAnerin
                      1. Marc Macalua
                      2. Inway Ni
                      3. Stephan Spencer
                      4. Dr. E. Garcia
                      5. Cindy Turrietta
                      6. Brooke Schumacher
                    2. Jill Whalen
                    3. James Chris Edwards
                    4. Elisabeth Osmeloski
                    5. Rob Kerry
                  2. Eric Enge
                    1. Michael Jensen
                      1. Roger Montti (Martinibuster)
                      2. Brett Tabke
                      3. Paul Allen (the lesser)
                      4. Hawaii SEO
                        1. Christoph Cemper (also)
                        2. Mike Belasco
                        3. Brian Vuyk
                          1. Matt Cutts
                          2. Eli (Blue Hat SEO)
                          3. QuadsZilla (SEOBlackHat)
                          4. Greg Niland
                          5. Chris Boggs
                        4. Everett Sizemore
                          1. Roger Montti
                          2. Sujan Patel
                            1. Thilak
                              1. Digital Inspirations
                              2. Liz Strauss
                            2. Everett Sizemore
                            3. Neil Patel (go)
                            4. Cameron Olthuis (ended)
                            5. Greg Hartnett (go)
                          3. Byron White
                          4. Keith Levenson
                          5. Dan Goldstein
                      5. Heather Lloyd-Martin
                    2. Philipp Lenssen
                    3. David Temple (go)
                    4. Vanessa Fox
                  3. Debra Mastaler (go)
                  4. Joe Dolson
                    1. Mike Cherim
                      1. Roger Johansson
                      2. Karl Dawson
                        1. Jim
                        2. Ann
                        3. Andy
                        4. Blair
                        5. Jon
                      3. Todd Sieling
                      4. Dan Champion
                        1. Claire
                          1. Michael
                          2. Kerri
                          3. Dragonfly
                          4. Horizon
                          5. Jim
                        2. Grant Broome
                          1. Mel
                          2. Rich
                          3. Jon Gibbins
                          4. PixelDiva
                          5. Mike Davies
                        3. Jim O'Donnell
                        4. Andy Saxton
                        5. Stephen Lang (ended)
                      5. Jeffrey Zeldman
                    2. Jack Pickard
                      1. Karl Dawson (go)
                      2. Mike Pickard
                      3. Steve Pugh
                      4. Joe Clark
                      5. Jeffrey Zeldman
                    3. Emma Sax
                    4. Nadir Garouche
                    5. Michael Jensen (go)
                  5. Danny Sullivan (go)
                  6. AussieWebmaster
              4. Rebecca Kelley (ended)
              5. Jim Boykin (ended)
            3. StuntDubl
              1. Greg Boser
                1. Tim Mayer
                2. Daron Babin
                3. Chris Hooley
                  1. Peter Wailes
                  2. Kris
                  3. Donald Trump
                  4. Nathaniel Broughton
                  5. Josh Strebel
                4. Brent Csutoras
                  1. Greg Hartnett
                    1. Guy Kawasaki
                    2. Aaron Swartz
                    3. The Freeway Blogger
                    4. Jeremy Zawodny
                    5. Steve Pavlina
                  2. Carlyn Shelby (Cshel)
                    1. Caydel
                    2. PlanetAndrea
                    3. NevDull
                    4. Ogletree
                    5. Jason Bartholme
                      1. Laurie Harshbarger
                      2. Patrick Melton
                      3. Tim Henson
                      4. Jeanette and Paul
                      5. Matt Cutts
                  3. Blackbeard SEO
                  4. DaveN
                  5. SEO Rockstars
                5. RC Jordan
              2. Todd Friesen
                1. Dave McClure
                  1. Shripriya Mahesh
                  2. Ian Kennedy
                  3. Mark Fletcher
                  4. Noah Kagan
                  5. Josh Kopelman
                2. Mike Grehan
                3. Justilien Gaspar
                  1. Sean Stahlman
                  2. Debbie Weil
                  3. Seth Godin
                  4. Hugh MacLeod (ended)
                  5. Aaron Dignan
                4. Debra Mastaler (go)
              3. Cameron (ended)
              4. Jarrod Hunt
                1. SEOFangirl
                2. Rebecca Kelley (ended)
              5. Mike
            4. Aaron Wall (go)
            5. That Girl From Marketing
          2. Brendon Scott
          3. Craig Wilson
          4. Dave Carruthers
            1. Andy Beresford
            2. Jon Rawlinson
            3. SEOnewsBlog.com
              1. Darren Rowse
              2. All About Google Adsense
              3. Blue Hat SEO
            4. Andy Beal (go)
            5. SEOmoz (ended)
          5. Brian Turner
      2. Andy Beal
        1. Ben Wills
          1. Cord Silverstein
            1. Jonathan Trenn
            2. Ron McDaniel
            3. Charlie Nichols
            4. Jeremiah Owyang
            5. Jeremy Pepper
          2. Abhilash Patel
            1. Tony (notsleepy)
            2. Lawrence Coburn
            3. Chris Hooley (go)
            4. Randy
            5. Matt Cutts
          3. Todd Malicoat (go)
          4. Garrett French
          5. Tom Chandler
            1. Megan
            2. Walter
            3. Kiwiwriter
            4. Tom
            5. Alistair
        2. Robert Scoble
        3. Shoemoney
          1. Dax
            1. Greg of Boser (go)
            2. Adam of Shandy
              1. Greg Hartnett (go)
              2. Michelle Caplan
              3. Sugarrae
                1. Goodroi
                2. Ianring.com
                3. Lynn
                  1. Chrissie
                  2. Teli Adlam (go)
                  3. Alice
                  4. Rob
                    1. Pearson Brown
                    2. Tiff Dow
                    3. Paul Myers
                    4. Michel Fortin
                    5. Willie Crawford
                  5. Paul Short (ended)
                4. Markus
                5. Dogballs
              4. Chris Boggs
              5. RustyBrick
            3. Ferozan of England
            4. Bryan of Asian Guy
            5. Jackie of Strauss
          2. Shawn (shogun) Hogan
          3. DaveN
          4. Aaron Wall
            1. Werty
            2. MrTurner
            3. Simit
            4. Neil Patel (go)
            5. Andy Hagans
              1. SEOFangirl
              2. Scoreboard
              3. Pankaj
              4. John
                1. Susan Torrico
                2. Chris Snyder
                3. Jeff Loiselle
                4. Steve McArthur
                5. Ted Leonsis (ended)
              5. Debra Mastaler
                1. Rob Snell
                2. Peter D
                3. Ben Pfeiffer
                4. Christine Churchill
          5. Kris Jones
            1. Schmuel Tennenhaus
              1. Rebecca
              2. Ben
              3. Jim
              4. Mark Cuban
              5. Kim
            2. David Dellanave (Dillsmack)
              1. Greg Hartnett (go)
              2. Adam Sussman (ShandyKing) (go)
              3. Marcus Tandler
                1. Chris Pirillo
                2. Philipp Lenssen
                3. Roger Montti
                4. Thomas Bindl
                5. Christoph Cemper
                  1. Becky Ryan (Webmoxy)
                  2. Laura Lippay
                  3. FridayNite
                  4. Frank Ristau
                  5. Pascal Fantou
              4. Matt Cutts
              5. Jen Slegg
            3. Mikkel deMib Svendsen
            4. Blackbeard SEO
            5. Danny Sullivan
              1. Gary Price
              2. Tara Calishain
              3. Avi Rappaport
              4. Phil Bradley
              5. Greg Notess
        4. Neil Patel
          1. Andy Hagans
          2. Paul Stamatiou
          3. Brian Clark
            1. David
            2. Loren
            3. Chris
            4. Scott
            5. Aaron
          4. Loren Baker
          5. David Naylor
        5. Jeremy Zawodny
      3. Aurelie Pols
      4. Justin Cutroni
      5. Jonathan Mendez
        1. Rand Fishkin (ended)
        2. Barry Schwartz
        3. Marshall Sponder
          1. Lee Odden
            1. Loren Baker
            2. Aaron Pratt
              1. Chris Winfield
                1. Tamar
                2. Greg
                3. Brian Clark (go)
                4. TallTroll
                5. incrediBill
              2. Matt Cutts
              3. Vanessa Fox
              4. Adam Lasnik (go)
              5. Danny Sullivan (go)
            3. Thomas McMahon
            4. Eric Ward
              1. Angela Gunn
              2. Debra Mastaler (go)
              3. Jim Sterne
              4. Glenn Fleishman
                1. Jeff Carlson
                2. John Holbo
                3. Cyrus Farivar
                4. Joshua Benton
                5. David Weinberger
              5. Ann Handley
            5. Frank Guber
          2. Timothy Seward
          3. Jason Van Orden
          4. Mike Moran
            1. Mike Grehan
            2. Alex Bosworth
            3. Danny Sullivan (go)
            4. Derek Smart
            5. Linda Moran
          5. Liz Camps
        4. Matthew Roche
        5. Bill Slawski
          1. Keri Morgret
            1. Dan Zarrella
            2. Roger Johansson
            3. Pamela Heywood
            4. Brian Clark (go)
            5. Andrew Goodman
          2. Melanie Phung
          3. Eric Hebert
          4. John Mueller
            1. Vanessa Fox
            2. Pierre Far
              1. Peter Bowyer
              2. GMan (go)
              3. James Cook
              4. Nadir Garouche
              5. KICHUS
                1. A. N. Onym
                2. Ekstreme
                3. Skitzzos_pop
                4. SEOJunkie
                5. Avinash Kaushik (go)
            3. Halfdeck
            4. Philipp Lenssen
            5. Gman
              1. BoogyBonBon
              2. James Brausch
              3. SEOBlackHat
              4. SEO Egghead
                1. SEO Idiot
                2. Joost de Valk
                  1. Roy Huiskes
                  2. Niels Leenheer
                  3. Peter van der Graaf
                    1. Mathieu Burgerhout
                    2. Saku
                    3. Ulco Wierenga
                  4. Faruk Ates
                  5. Steve Olechowski
                3. Cristian Mezei
                4. Dan Kramer
                5. Mike Grehan
                6. Barry Schwartz
                7. Matt Cutts
              5. SpamHuntress
                1. Matt Cutts
                2. Joe
                3. Incredibill
                4. Dirk
                5. Richi
          5. Tomy Lorsch


This is the original blog tag line started by Jeff Pulver. This has obviously progressed much deeper than I have here, but I do not have the time to maintain it all. If someone else wants to play out the rest of this or just a line, let me know (in comments) because I am going to just be tracking the SEO line above.

  1. Jeff Pulver
    1. Andy Abramson
      1. Alec Saunders
      2. Peter Csathy
      3. Ken Camp
        1. Luca
        2. Phoneboy
        3. Ted
        4. Leanne
        5. Dan
      4. Paul Kaputska
      5. Martin Geddes (ended)
    2. Steve Garfield
      1. Chuck Olsen
        1. Dr. Richard
        2. Dr. Maureen
        3. Bill Streeter
        4. Irina Slutsky
        5. Brian Conley
      2. Zadi Diaz
        1. Millie Garfield
        2. Robert Scoble
        3. Micki Krimmel
        4. Casey McKinnon
        5. Danah Boyd
      3. Steve Woolf
      4. Kevin Nalty
        1. Micki Krimmil
        2. Adriana Lukas
        3. Angela Calman
        4. Steve Rubel
        5. James Jarvis
      5. Bre Pettis
        1. Joe
        2. Jay
        3. Anastasia
        4. Jo
        5. Kosso
    3. Andrew Baron
      1. Josh Kinberg
      2. Narendra Rocherolle
        1. Evan Williams
        2. Caterina Fake
        3. Ted Rheingold
        4. Om Malik
        5. Toni Schneider
      3. Veronica Belmont
        1. Ryan Block
        2. Niall Kennedy
        3. Eric Lin
        4. Nicole Lee
        5. Irina Slutsky
      4. Gilles Klein
      5. Drew Domkus
    4. Justin Kownacki
      1. Michael Bailey
        1. Brian Alvey
        2. Robert Scoble
        3. Erik Schark
        4. Ted Demopoulos
        5. Jeff Persch
      2. Chris Brogan
        1. David Kowarsky
        2. Steve Garfield
        3. Casey and Rudy
        4. Shauna and Drew
        5. Andrew Joanne, Sherng-Lee
        6. Ze Frank
      3. Dave Pollard
        1. Dave Snowden
        2. Mark Woods
        3. Kathy Sierra
        4. Steve Hannaford
        5. Sheri Zollinger
      4. Ann Turiano (ended)
      5. gang at Should I Drink That?
        1. Kim Reed
        2. The Beer Report
        3. Dude Night
        4. BuBBy
        5. The Real Happy Hour
    5. Jacob Ner David
      1. Guy Grimland
        1. Anyone know Hebrew?
      2. Michael Eisenberg
        1. On Hannuka Vacation
      3. Richard Dale
        1. Brad Feld
        2. Yossi Abramowitz
        3. Dan Bricklin
        4. David Aronoff
        5. David Harlow
      4. Ahuva Berger
        1. Michael Parekh
        2. Charlie O'Donnel
        3. Sagi Rubin
        4. Channah Boo
        5. Natalie Shaer
      5. Risa Pulver

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