Comments on: My Strange Path Into SEO (and the time I met Al Haig) http://mikelev.in/2010/02/al-haig-seo/ A Director of Search Engine Optimization, Father and Newly Minted FOSS Advocate Living In New York City Wed, 16 May 2012 08:45:00 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Shad http://mikelev.in/2010/02/al-haig-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Shad Fri, 07 May 2010 18:14:00 +0000 http://mikelev.in/?p=144#comment-71 Thanks for the heads up Mike! I have used other traffic/keyword tools over the years and Hittail is my absolute favorite. I have uncovered several really profitable niche markets soley from using Hittail. Really glad to hear you will be involved in keeping it up and running! Since I have your ear, I have a few sites in my Hittail account that are still not functioning. My main one is, and I think two or three others are, but the rest are not. Any ideas? I submitted a support ticket yesterday and have not heard back from anyone yet. Thanks Mike for creating such a powerful tool. I think you guys should be charging $250 a year for it! ...Don't tell anyone I said that! Thanks for the heads up Mike! I have used other traffic/keyword tools over the years and Hittail is my absolute favorite. I have uncovered several really profitable niche markets soley from using Hittail. Really glad to hear you will be involved in keeping it up and running!

Since I have your ear, I have a few sites in my Hittail account that are still not functioning. My main one is, and I think two or three others are, but the rest are not. Any ideas? I submitted a support ticket yesterday and have not heard back from anyone yet.

Thanks Mike for creating such a powerful tool. I think you guys should be charging $250 a year for it! …Don’t tell anyone I said that!

]]> By: Mike Levin http://mikelev.in/2010/02/al-haig-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Mike Levin Fri, 07 May 2010 17:43:41 +0000 http://mikelev.in/?p=144#comment-69 Hi Shad. Well thank you very much. HitTail is back up. You are the first person I will provide this explanation to, since you sought me out. I must begin the process of rebuilding trust, and eventually expanding HitTail to achieve its full potential. But by way of an explanation... My life has been on a very different course lately, having taken a new job, gotten married, and started a family. With my changing priorities, and as merely the creator of HitTail, I felt very little responsibility for the administration and maintenance that goes into keeping a 24/7 application running smoothly. I would on occasion chime in to help the owner maintain continuity with the community, and offer technical advice, but not much more. But as it turns out, my continued deep involvement is probably going to be necessary, not only to keep it running, but to bring it into the future. I have had several very agreeable discussions with HitTail's owner, and we are arriving at an agreement that I believe will allow me to re-engage in both the technical and social aspects surrounding HitTail, of which this reply to you is the second indication of of it's effect--the first being restoring it to full operation. Mike Levin Hi Shad. Well thank you very much. HitTail is back up. You are the first person I will provide this explanation to, since you sought me out. I must begin the process of rebuilding trust, and eventually expanding HitTail to achieve its full potential. But by way of an explanation…

My life has been on a very different course lately, having taken a new job, gotten married, and started a family. With my changing priorities, and as merely the creator of HitTail, I felt very little responsibility for the administration and maintenance that goes into keeping a 24/7 application running smoothly. I would on occasion chime in to help the owner maintain continuity with the community, and offer technical advice, but not much more.

But as it turns out, my continued deep involvement is probably going to be necessary, not only to keep it running, but to bring it into the future. I have had several very agreeable discussions with HitTail’s owner, and we are arriving at an agreement that I believe will allow me to re-engage in both the technical and social aspects surrounding HitTail, of which this reply to you is the second indication of of it’s effect–the first being restoring it to full operation.

Mike Levin

]]> By: Shad http://mikelev.in/2010/02/al-haig-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Shad Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:55:48 +0000 http://mikelev.in/?p=144#comment-60 Hey Mike. Great article. You don't know me but I have been reading your stuff for a while. I was wondering what is happening with Hittail at the moment? I have been using that tool for a long time and have come to depend on it a lot and it has been down for a couple of weeks. I have sent a few emails and made a few calls but no body has responded to me. Can you give me any insight to what is happening? Seems unfair to create a great tool like that, get me hooked on it, then yank it from me! Kind of like a junkie I suppose. Anyhow, any insight would be greatly appreciated! Shad Hey Mike. Great article. You don’t know me but I have been reading your stuff for a while. I was wondering what is happening with Hittail at the moment? I have been using that tool for a long time and have come to depend on it a lot and it has been down for a couple of weeks. I have sent a few emails and made a few calls but no body has responded to me. Can you give me any insight to what is happening? Seems unfair to create a great tool like that, get me hooked on it, then yank it from me! Kind of like a junkie I suppose.

Anyhow, any insight would be greatly appreciated!

Shad

]]> By: Mike Levin http://mikelev.in/2010/02/al-haig-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Mike Levin Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:06:00 +0000 http://mikelev.in/?p=144#comment-5 Linda, thanks! It's funny you should be the first to read/comment on this, as the team you ran at Prophet 21 is where I learned what a real sales-qualification team looked like. Linda, thanks! It’s funny you should be the first to read/comment on this, as the team you ran at Prophet 21 is where I learned what a real sales-qualification team looked like.

]]> By: Linda Napoli http://mikelev.in/2010/02/al-haig-seo/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Linda Napoli Mon, 22 Feb 2010 14:56:33 +0000 http://mikelev.in/?p=144#comment-4 Mike, Brilliant! You were, and always will be ahead of your time. Mike, Brilliant! You were, and always will be ahead of your time.

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