🇬🇧 In March 2013 I started working for Searchmetrics in their own SEO consulting unit called DSG (Digital Strategies Group). I had the honor to work with extremely capable colleagues. Not only in the DSG, but also in the DSG. Searchmetrics has been a magnet for talented SEOs since it was founded by Marcus Tober (mentioned here only those I had the honor to work with) Björn Darko, Malte Landwehr, Markus Klöschen, Martin Gaulke, Lukas Krawieczek, Svetlana Stankovic, Tina Lange, Boris Wartenberg, Thomas Rudolph, Alessandra Olianti, Felix Oey, Lillian Haase, Sarah Chaya Presch, Kathy Alice Brown, karl kleinschmidt, Tyson Stockton and many others with whom I had less direct contact as well as many other wonderful and extremely talented people in their respective fields like the wonderful Marlene Borst, Katharina Lübke (who could almost pass for a technical SEO today), Patricia Meißner, Christina Eurich, Heike Neu, Philipp Vaßen, Martin Voigt, Ingo Vetter, Daniel Furch, Christian Broscheidt, Stephan Jantz . .. there are so many that I can't name them all adhoc in this post, I shouldn't have even tried - please don't take it amiss if you personally didn't get a mention - I've actually only worked with extraordinarily great people and I don't like to leave you behind. I had some contact with other pre-Ex-Searchmetricians like Moni, Rico, Sebastian, Kevin Indig - now I belong to you (it feels a bit sad).
Besides my work as SEO consultant, Baidu SEO study creator, input provider to Product and author of various Searchmetrics publications I was also allowed to get in touch with Searchmetrics software customers - e.g. in the context of the Black Belt Certification where I was allowed to meet Andor Palau, who took the photos above.
But my path must continue. 11/30/2022 was my last day as Searchmetrician. Since 12/1/2022 I am pursuing a new challenge. Over the next few days and weeks, I'll be sharing more and more about my new employer, my new workplace, and my new living environment here in Tianjin, China (even besides work, because I know many of my friends, acquaintances, and ex-clients here are interested in how I'm doing here).
I'm insanely happy that after years of hope, planning, anxiety, CV19-troubles, … finally together with my family I can make the step back to China.