The SEO industry is mourning the loss of yet another well loved personality in our industry – Michael Streko. He passed away on Saturday morning, at an age way too young. He has left behind a son and an industry that loved him.

Michael was on of the pioneers of the online reputation management spaces within the SEO space. He was wicked smart when it came SEO and to sculpting the search results the way they came out looking better. He made a huge amount of friends within the industry over the years.

Barry Wise created a fund for his son Everett. He wrote:

Please donate what you can over here.

Here is a photo of him and his son:

A couple people emailed me some messages, and many others have been posting on social media – I will only share tweets and email below.

Richard Kirk – KnowEm Director of Operations 2009-20015:

Alan Bleiweiss – Forensic SEO Consultant:

Forum discussion at Twitter.