As the second part of the Twitter series here on Holistic, I thought I would suggest some of the people I am, and would recommend following on Twitter, and being a SEO in the UK, obviously all these are UK based.
Company: Bronco
WHO?: One of the ‘big dogs’ of UK search marketing, Dave started working in the SEO industry over 10 years ago.
WHY: Hugely popular, highly respected and well worth following
WHERE: http://twitter.com/DaveNaylor
Jon Myers
Company: MediaVest/MVi
WHO?: Head of Search at MediaVest. Industry veteran (sorry Jon)
WHY: Widely respected and a regular speaker on both the SMX and SES speaking circuits. Amongst other things - he’s my boss.
WHERE: http://twitter.com/JonDMyers
Andrew Girdwood (aka Girdy)
Company: BigmouthMedia
WHO?: Head of Search at Bigmouthmedia.
WHY: Hardcore Search Marketeer - and ‘face’ of Bigmouthmedia (erm :)). Passionate about all things search, and if that bores you, theres always his gaming.
WHERE: http://twitter.com/AndrewGirdwood
Patrick Altoft
Company: Blogstorm/Branded3
WHO?: Director of Search at Branded3.
WHY: Been a magic year for Patrick and the Blogstorm blog.
WHERE: http://twitter.com/patrickaltoft
Jim Connolly
Company:
WHO?: Marketing Expert @ jimsmarketingblog.com
WHY: Hugely experienced marketeer and VERY well connected (Over 16000 followers on Twitter)
WHERE: http://twitter.com/Jimconnolly
Ciaran Norris
Company: Altogether Digital
WHO?: SEO and Social Media Director at Altogether Digital
WHY: Entertaining blogger, and if that fails theres always the music commentary.
WHERE: http://twitter.com/ciaranj
Kevin Gibbons
Company: SEOptimise
WHO?: Director of Search at SEOptimise
WHY: Some great posts coming out of SEOptimise at the moment. Worth following for that alone.
WHERE: http://twitter.com/kevgibbo
Mel Carson
Company: Microsoft/MSN
WHO?: Microsoft Adcentre’s Community Manager
WHY: Works for Microsoft apart from anything else (Who would turn down the chance of winning an ‘I’m a PC tshirt). Apart from that his regular commentary is hugely entertaining
WHERE: http://twitter.com/MelCarson
Will Critchlow
Company: Distilled
WHO?: Founder of Distilled with Duncan Morris
WHY: His involvement with SEOMoz is well known, however the site itself is a wealth of information.
WHERE: http://twitter.com/willcritchlow
Rob Kerry
Company: Ayima Search Marketing
WHO?: One of the Ayima Gang
WHY: Entertaining Blogger, and hugely entertaining twitter read not just in terms of latest on hangovers….
WHERE: http://twitter.com/evilgreenmonkey
Others to watch:
Matt Sawyer - DataDial -Online Marketeer, SEO and Social Media Junkie - http://twitter.com/mattuk
Rob Watts - Latitude - SEO - Stephen Pavlovich - Bonytoad - http://twitter.com/bonytoad
Jane Copland - SEOMoz/Ayima - Only here as she isn’t 100% in the UK yet- http://twitter.com/coplandmj
Judith Lewis - I-Level - Search Director at I-Level - http://twitter.com/JudithLewis
Lisa Ditlefsen - Base One - Head of Search at BaseOne - http://twitter.com/LisaDitlefsen
George Hopkin - Johnston Press - SEO Evangelist - http://twitter.com/GeorgeHopkin
Paul Walsh - Various - http://twitter.com/PaulWalsh
Nikki Pilkington - http://twitter.com/nikkipilkington
Dave Davis - RedFly Marketing - http://twitter.com/daveredfly
Dan Alderson - Amaze PLC - http://twitter.com/pinje
and the final one
Company: MediaVest / Holistic Search
WHO?: SEO Manager at MediaVest.
WHY: Why not?
WHERE: http://twitter.com/peteyoung
Thats just some of my recommendations, Please feel free to add yours…






