SEO pioneer Danny Sullivan van Search Engine Land stopt ermee

De meesten onder jullie hebben het vast al gehoord. Danny Sullivan, één van de pioniers op het gebied van SEO stopt er mee. Na meer dan 21 jaar actief te zijn geweest in de SEO & Marketing sector houdt hij het voor gezien.

Hij trekt zich terug maar blijft nog wel adviseur bij zijn eigen bedrijf Third Door Media.

Third Door Media is ondermeer de uitgever van Search Engine Land, Marketing Land, Digital Marketing Depot en MarTech Today.

Third Door Media staat ook in voor de organisatie van SMX en de MarTech conferenties. Dit zullen Danny’s werknemers voortaan alleen moeten doen. Persoonlijk zal ik vooral zijn heldere artikelen op Search Engine Land missen.

Danny schreef een blogbericht met meer uitleg:

After 21 years running sites about and covering digital and search marketing, it’s time for a change. I’m becoming an advisor to Third Door Media, a shift from my position as chief content officer.

My move to a new role is because I’m ready to try something different. What that is, I don’t know! I have no immediate plans, other than to enjoy some time off. I might do some consumer tech writing down the line, which I enjoy and did a bit in the past, in my extra time. I might explore other types of writing, perhaps about science fiction on TV and in movies. All I know for certain is that I’ll remain pretty active on Twitter with opinions about tech and beyond.

De reacties vanuit de SEO sector lieten uiteraard niet lang op zich wachten:

Congrats Danny and thank you for all your many years of hard work covering the search space.. enjoy your time off!

— Jennifer Slegg (@jenstar) 26 June 2017

Happysad that @dannysullivan is stepping back from search news day-to-day. Few people have his historical perspective and insight. https://t.co/mUDuh3MbuY

— Matt Cutts (@mattcutts) 27 June 2017

Good luck @dannysullivan! You have worked incredibly hard all these years.
All the best! pic.twitter.com/7a0gqYaq5n

— Baruch Labunski (@Baruch_Labunski) 27 June 2017

Just saw the @dannysullivan news. There’s not a single person in search who can’t trace the lineage of learning their craft back to him.

— Rae Dolan (@sugarrae) 27 June 2017

And insane to think I’ve been working with @dannysullivan for ~12 years. You made me so much better at so many things. Thank you. https://t.co/xwXxWwQUwh

— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) 26 June 2017

Congratulations on taking another step in your journey. Whatever is next, you will do amazing things.

— Alan Bleiweiss (@AlanBleiweiss) 26 June 2017

Here’s to new things for @dannysullivan completing his mission to boldly go where no search marketer had gone before https://t.co/3XMz8Hwn4W

— Mark Traphagen (@marktraphagen) 28 June 2017

Big congrats @dannysullivan !!!!!

— Cindy Krum (@Suzzicks) 26 June 2017

Whatever you were going to post about search today, nobody cares.

Congrats, @dannysullivan. You deserve it. https://t.co/TZ1O1AwCMv

— Lisa Barone (@LisaBarone) 26 June 2017

Ook ik wens hem uiteraard het beste toe, na meer dan 21 jaar verdient de man wel wat meer rust zou ik zo denken. We zullen hem missen, dat is zeker!