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So I will admit this quiz was probably easy for most of you reading this. For any of you who did not know most of these logos, then this was a success in showing you the simple power alone of a logo. When people see your logo, they do not just see colors and a design. They see the symbol for your name, your website, your company even. That goes a long way in any industry. These logos here are a symbol of the search marketing industry and blogging world. On the internet name recognition is great, but I feel logo recognition is greater. When someone sees a full name on a website, they might not know who that person is. If they see a logo or avatar they can relate to the website and the persons first name in most cases. They tell themselves, “oh yea I read that website” or “I have been to that site before, I remember that logo”. They might not remember your name at first, but I bet that logo or avatar stands out to them. Let’s get to the answers now and find out who all these logo’s belong to.

1. Andy Beard – When we see that big A anywhere, this is the man behind it. Andy has a niche marketing blog where he also talks about search engines, social media marketing and affiliate marketing.
   
2. Michael Gray - A.K.A Graywolf. Michael is a vocal figure in the search engine industry, giving great opinions on various marketing information. He runs Graywolf’s SEO Blog.
3. Aaron Chronister - A.K.A. TheMadHat
4. Jaan Kanellis - A.K.A. Incrediblehelp, this green faced avatar can be seen moderating WebPro World and is always there to help out no matter what the question is. He also runs a search marketing blog.
5. Barry Schwartz - Barry runs SEO Roundtable, Rustybrick.com, writes for Search Engine Land, Cartoon Barry, ok so the list goes on and on with barry but he is a vocal figure when it comes to covering search engine news.
6. Ralph Tegtmeier - A.K.A. Fantomaster. Ralph covers the world of blackhat seo and marketing like a blanket. His site not only talks about it, he offers products and services related to it as well. Great information from the “dark side”.
7. Jeremy Schoemaker - A.K.A. Shoemoney. The man who took the world of ring tones and helped put it on the map as far as online marketing goes. It was his adsense check that struck it big with the affiliate marketing world and since then everyone has tried to be like him.
8. Todd malicoat - A.K.A. Stuntdubl. Todd is known throughout the search engine marketing community, and continues to speak regularly at conferences on search marketing and optimization.
9. Sebastian - This one was a dead give away, this logo was what I was referring to in my post. Sorry Sebastian I do not know your last name, so no I didn’t get a perfect score either. Sebastian is a regular over at Sphinn and has made quite a name for himself there with the great stories and feedback in the world of online marketing.
10. Kevin Muldoon - Kevin is the owner of Blogging Tips where you can find great resources from there dozen or so writers on blogging, content writing, search marketing and more.

So there are your answers. How did you score on this quiz? You got them all correct? Well then how long did it take you to answer all 10?

Now you have some insight on who these people are and what they do for the industry.