Archive for April, 2011

Blueclaw Media Ltd Appoints Gary Beal as Head of Search to Expand Their Globally Top-Rated SEO Offering

Blueclaw, an award winning Leeds based SEO and Internet marketing agency has appointed Gary Beal, former MD of Vanguard SEO, to enhance their existing team and expertise within the search engine optimisation industry.

Gary, who has been in the SEO field for over 15 years, will become the Head of Search for Blueclaw Media. He attended Ohio State University in the US and holds a Masters Degree in Biometrics and Mathematical Statistics. He is also a regular speaker on the conference circuit, sharing his SEO tips and SEO theories with the online community.

Blueclaw works with businesses across the globe, some of which include the tougher sectors such as Gaming, Affiliates, Travel, Finance and Ecommerce. From ambitious SME’s to FTSE companies, Blueclaw’s portfolio includes the top names in each industry.

Gary is known best for his free 1-to-1 sessions at events and his non-commercial, plain talk delivery. Gary is also known as GaryTheScubaGuy and has published many well researched and informative guides. His Top 12 SEO Tips are pure tips anyone can implement (novice to Pro) and he will be presenting his latest tips, including optimisation after the Panda effect at a number of conferences over the next few months.

Panda Update – It was always going to be black and white

The dreaded Panda update rolled out in the UK this Monday and naturally some sites were heavily affected, (poor Ciao.co.uk lost 94% visibility), some improved and many, have not been affected at all.

However, amongst all the hype I was amazed to see how many people were shocked, or even surprised, by the outcome. We were all expecting a big shift and naturally we can never know what the impact will actually be, however Google has been warning sites about low quality content for years. Look at Cutts’ post below from way back when in 2006.