Dave Pasternack:

It looks like we have another Search Engine Optimization contest in the works with Mr. Dave Pasternack in the cross hairs.  If you haven't already noticed from above he is quite old school in the game.  Other information you might not know is that he is an "avid golfer" and earned his Masters of Business Administration from NYU. 

Dave Pasternack in the News: 

Grey Wolf's Blog:

According to Grey Wolf, Mr. Pasternack has take a knack to spamming the new hot service of MyBlogLog.  Well I don't know about you but I have not seen his face on my blog so he not spamming enough.

DM News:

This is one of the posts that has kicked up so much dust in the SEO community of late [SEO No More Post] It seems that Dave Pasternack has taken the stance that SEO is pretty easy and it is something anyone can learn in about 4 hours from the Google's Webmaster Guidelines and Google's Help Center for Dysfunctional Webmasters

Search Engine Journal: 

After reading through this post people really are up in airs about his comments.   Regardless of what happens Dave Pasternack should be happy on just the fact that people care with such vigor on his comments.  I have been reading from site to site and people are really wound up about Dave Pasternack stating "SEO is not Rocket Science".  

Dave Pasternack's  Razor Clam Credo  on New York Recipes: 

The Real Dave Pasternack is a Master Chief at the Italian Restaurant Esca in New York City.

Oilman:

Well I already know hes in it to win it so I can expect some sort of push coming soon to hit that #1 spot.  I don't want to let anything out the bag but I have been examining what he did to hit where he did so effortlessly being that SEO is not rocket science.

Web Guerrilla

When I first did this post I came across the "real' Dave Pasternack (Master Chief) and after reading Mr. Web Guerrilla's Post about the real Master Chief Dave Pasternack, I have to agree.  I think for $1,000.00 it is pretty shitty to ruin the chances for this up and coming Chief.   After this contest I will be 301ing this post to one of the sites on GB list and hopefully I will make it to SES NY.  Here is a caption from WG's site:

"The real Dave Pasternack is an award-winning chef who owns an Italian seafood restaurant in New York’s Hell’s kitchen called Esca. (Italian for the word bait). He is also an author whose recipes have been featured on dozens of high-profile culinary websites and TV shows including Martha Stewart, Epicurious, Esquire, and New York Magazine.
He is a Master Chef on the rise." 

In Closing on the Dave Pasternack Contest: 

Well now I am going to start my non-rocket science seo activities like re-reading the Google guidelines to see if I missed anything. Oh yeah, almost missed something [Dave Pasternack].  I might be adding to this post as it gets closer as needed.  This contest should be fun and I will be watch as should you: [Dave Pasternack on Google Trends]