About me and my SEO experience
Hello, my name is Dan Foland. I’m a digital marketing expert for lawyers and law firms.
Additionally, I’ve been designated by Google as a Google Gold Product Expert for Google My Business (GMB), and as a Local Search Expert at the Local Search Forum.
I also volunteer on Google’s Webmaster Central Help Forum, where I help solve webmaster and SEO-related issues.
I’ve always been deeply interested in the internet and how it works. At the age of 11, I taught myself HTML and started building my own web pages. While in college I started creating full websites, which led me to look for ways to get them seen by more people. Naturally, this sparked my interest in the world of SEO.
After graduating from Bowling Green State University with a Bachelor of Science degree, I started my professional SEO career. I worked as an SEO specialist (and later Sr. SEO specialist) for Fathom, a digital marketing company based in Columbus and Cleveland, Ohio.
While at Fathom I was able to hone my SEO expertise while working with businesses in a variety of industries and sizes. I’ve done SEO work for companies ranging from small local businesses to F
Industries I’ve done SEO work for:
- Local Businesses (many types)
- Legal (lawyers and law firms)
- Healthcare (physicians, practices, healthcare systems etc.)
- Education
- Manufacturing
- E-commerce
- SAAS
- Retail
- Small Business (many types)
- B2B
- B2C
- See more
My Favorite SEO Skills:
- Local SEO
- Technical SEO
- Site Migrations
- Link Building
- Content Optimization
- SEO Audits
- Problem Solving SEO Issues
- Google Penalty Investigation
- Competitor Research
- Ranking Issues
- And many more
In my free time, I enjoy watching football, hanging out with my dog, and working out. As mentioned earlier I also spend my free time tweeting about SEO @DanFoland, volunteering on the GMB help forum, the Google Webmaster forum, and the Local Search Forum.
Additionally, in my free time, I also love digging deeper into any internet and SEO topics that pique my interest.