About
Some random babble from a software developer turned SEO/Online Marketer.
Worked in software development from 1995, programming in C, C++, Delphi, and JAVA
Created my first web site in 1996, and forgot about it 2 days later - looked awful, but still better than some of the sites I have to work on now.
Arrived late to the SEO party in 2002 after someone asked me why their site didn’t rank. I hadn’t a clue, so made it my mission to discover why. After what seemed like an age of reading outdated rubbish, misinformation, half baked theories, and complete bollox, i eventually learned what really worked and started to make some good money for myself and clients.
Around 2003 I started to dabble in high risk techniques(blackhat), mostly cloaking and scrapers. I learned a lot from playing with blackhat, got sites banned(all my own), top rankings over night, got sued by a company I can’t name, and met some fantastic people.
End of 2006 I decided to sell out to corporatism and moved from the UK to sunny Spain for a change in lifestyle and working environment. Now work for Volania Six, just outside Gibraltar, who perform the marketing for casino.com and other gaming sites. Am still available for outside consulting, if the project is interesting enough. For SEO services visit Search Engine Serious you wont be disapointed.
Now I am very much into social and viral marketing, and building the best damn sites i can (but always looking for that link love) – all very white hat, but without playing with high risk techniques I don’t think I would be half as good an SEO as I am now – which is why I still dabble with blackhat techniques on my own sites.
Update:19/10/07
Had enough of working in a environment where no one “got it”. Now working in the car hire and travel industry, where they really do “get it”. All very low risk white hat seo, but the fun bit for me is coming up with features and building real sites that people love and favorite - while always looking how to get more links and higher rankings and making sure our coders don’t accidentally screw us over.
