About Spotted Panda
Come one – come all! A free digital marketing information website dedicated to educating the masses in all things SEO and digital marketing.
Our philosophy is to support the freedom of the internet and information. If you want to spend the time optimising your website to achieve higher rankings then you should be able to find all the information necessary here at Spotted Panda.
Spotted Panda is made up of SEO Professionals around the globe who have similar roles in digital marketing, but want the opportunity to write about search engine optimisation to educate website owners and other digital marketers alike.
The blog news section you find on the homepage consists of any interesting and relevant social media, seo and sem news articles (or something hilarious we may have found on YouTube) that we think you may be interested in and could effect your thinking or understanding of the digital world…..
Panda Creation
Spotted Panda was first thought up in 2008 and then created in 2009 by the founding member Stephen Davies.
The site was originally aimed at giving free search engine optimisation information only, 
but after several requests and a bit of thought it was opened up to all areas of digital marketing, including social media and search engine marketing (pay per click advertising, affiliates, etc).
Originally in Joomla the site structure and layout was radically changed and relaunched in WordPress, as we found the blogging features to be far superior and the original design was not suitable for a blog website.
After we had setup a good structure and front page layout showing the digital news articles then we took it a step further 
by letting other SEO experts contribute and write their own posts. This has contributed to the overall feel of the website and getting the expert information readily available to the public, all from one place.
Why “Spotted Panda” and about the Founder…
Spotted Panda was created and designed by Stephen Davies in 2009 from a small flat in Leeds, England.
He was fed up of having to go to 20 different resources to find the information he wanted on SEO, SEM and SMM.
So after a few some research into SEO related websites, he decided to help anyone feeling the same by creating a website with the information really helpful to optimising a website ethically and with “white-hat” methods!
Stephen woke up one morning and thought – “I need a new name for a site”
He looked down on the bedroom floor and saw his girlfriends spotted wellies (Wellington boots for those not in the know) and then saw some slippers shaped like Pandas (the giant kind).
Voilah! Spotted Panda is born!
Born in Whitby, North Yorkshire and later growing up in York and Leeds, Stephen created his first website in 1998 and became interested in making his website appear better in search engine listings soon after.
Now an SEO manager/consultant at a reputable web design and digital marketing organisation, Stephen and his SEO buddies constantly scour the internet for any and all digital marketing and SEO news and updates.
Why you ask? Well in order to freely pass on well sourced and useful information to the masses from one free source – The Spotted Panda of course!
