Marcus Tober leaves Searchmetrics to take on new challenges

Berlin / San Mateo, July 12th, 2021 – Searchmetrics announced today that founder Marcus Tober is stepping back from his current role as Chief Evangelist.

Marcus founded Searchmetrics in 2005 and was in the vanguard of creating SEO as a marketing discipline. In his latest position at Searchmetrics as Chief Evangelist, he was responsible for highlighting the ever-increasing importance of SEO and providing guidance on how the discipline should develop in the future, both internally and externally.

“After such a long time with Searchmetrics, I have now decided to take on new challenges and I wish the company and its people all the best for the future. I truly believe SEO is going to increase in complexity and will grow in relevance – the industry has a very bright future,” commented Marcus Tober.

“We will miss Marcus’ visionary thinking, his passion for SEO and his brilliance,” said Matthew Colebourne, Searchmetrics CEO. “He leaves the company in a very strong position. Searchmetrics has developed significantly over the last fifteen years and now has a highly capable and experienced team and a range of leading solutions. We are seeing increasing revenue growth as more and more customers across the world reap the benefits of our solutions around SEO, content, and search data. We wish Marcus all the best for the future – his work has been very valuable to Searchmetrics and its development.”