Liana Evans

Liana (a.k.a Li) is the creator and main contributor to Search Marketing Gurus and has assembled a well rounded group of professional search marketing professionals to contribute to the blog.

Li has an extensive I.T. and marketing background, holding degrees in both Public Relations and Information Systems. In a prior life, Li was a database and visual basic programmer who "found the light" with search marketing back in 1999.

Li's main areas of contribution to Search Marketing Gurus is Natural Search Optimization, Blog Promotion, Search Industry News, Link Baiting & Viral Marketing with a sprinkling of PR for the Web mixed in.

Li is an active contributor and moderator on the SEO and Social Media forums at Crea8site Forums, she also contributes from time to time on High Rankings, Search Engine Watch and Webmaster World Forums. She has also been a speaker at the Search Engine Strategies conference on the Search & Images and Search & Regulated Industries panels.

Working professionally in the search marketing field since 1999, Li has run her own company, worked for both and agency and a Fortune 500 Internet Retailer as the Natural Search Marketing Manager, she is now currently employed as the Director of Internet Marketing for KeyRelevance , a Search Marketing Strategies Firm based out of Dallas, TX and resides in Limerick, PA with her Rescue Greyhound, "Reilly"