In checking my backlinks earlier tonight, I found that I was tagged by Andy Beard.  In the spirit of passing things on and following through — I’ve decided to respond… So here goes:

1. What have you learned so far from visitors to your blog?
That I still have an ability to discuss the search industry.  I’ve only been at it for two weeks, and so far I’ve been really impressed with the response.  Considering there has been effectively no organic search traffic coming in — I’m pleased with how things are going.  According to MyBlogLog there are 32 members subscribed to my blog’s community, and FeedBurner tells me that I have another six who are signed up for the email subscription.

2. If someone would offer to pay for a course (or more) for you, what would that course be?
Probably some evening culinary courses at Johnson & Wales University in Providence.  I’ve always enjoyed cooking but I never create anything close to what I can imagine.  In the rare event that I have some down time, I like watching the Food Network — so I think that’d be a good break for me mentally from work — while also being a rewarding course that I know I’d use for the rest of my life.

3. Are you satisfied with what you’ve achieved in 2006, in general?
Absolutely.  My wife and I moved away from the congested area of the East Bay and now live closer to family and friends.  That was one of the most important tasks for me last year considering that right now — she’s five days overdue with our first child.  Professionally speaking, I could’ve done more for myself and my career — but I’m already pleased with the opportunities that have presented themselves here in 2007… and I know many of those were begun because of initiatives launched in ‘06.

4. Has blogging changed your life or your personality in any way?
Yes.  I’m more interested in what takes place in the search industry and in other areas of interest.  I find myself loading up Google Reader multiple times throughout the day.  I also find myself spending more time trying to develop quality ideas for my blog… So much so that I’ve invested in a five subject notebook to hold the ideas that aren’t quite flushed out.

5. If you had the opportunity to meet one person that you admire the most in the world, who would that person be?
Brett Tabke — which is a bit untrue, because I’ve met him in the past (at the Boston PubCon).  I find that what Brett has accomplished with WebmasterWorld is absolutely incredible.  I’ve been a member since 2001, but I’ve always found his site to be a community of dedicated professionals that continuously grows ever day.  Having run many forums and discussion boards on a range of topics — I envy his accomplishments to a degree but would love to access to great tips on community building.

Now — as a result of being tagged, I’m supposed to tag another five bloggers to complete the same set of questions.  Since my blog is focused on SEM related topics, I’m going to tag five others involved in the SEM industry.  Rather than hit up the frequented blogs though, I’m going to go after some that you may not have seen yet — but will find value in.  Here’s the tag list…

And finally, I propose a motion that states that those tagged, shouldn’t feel obligated to tag others… Because this just stole a good 30 minutes of production time at 1:30 in the morning for no good reason!