Note: This was Globe Runner’s 2015 April Fool’s prank.
Contrary to popular belief, Matt Cutts never actually left Google.
You can read more about this on our follow-up post, here.

Matt Cutts and Bill Hartzer from Globe Runner

Globe Runner is pleased to welcome our latest employee, Matt Cutts, as Director of Search. Mr. Cutts, a well-known authority in Search and former head of Google’s Web Spam team, will join Globe Runner effective April 1, 2015.

Cutts brings 15 years of experience in search and is a well-known, respected thought leader in search strategy, search quality, and web spam. Mr. Cutts has been very vocal about search during his tenure at Google. As the lead liaison to webmasters and website owners, he has appeared at numerous search industry conferences, including SMX West, and Pubcon. Mr. Cutts has also appeared in numerous Google Webmaster videos.

Before joining Google, Matt Cutts worked on his Ph.D. in computer graphics at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has an M.S. from UNC-Chapel Hill, and B.S. degrees in both mathematics and computer science from the University of Kentucky.

Matt Cutts joins Globe Runner in its holistic approach to digital marketing clients across various marketing channels such as search engine optimization, paid search, social media and email marketing. “I’m honored to have joined a very skilled and experienced international team that delivers valuable digital marketing services to its clients. It’s very refreshing to see an agency where the clients are the number one focus,” said Cutts.

Eric McGehearty, CEO of Globe Runner, states, “Matt’s extensive experience not only includes fighting web spam at Google, he understands the various search engine algorithm ranking factors. While we don’t expect Mr. Cutts to help our SEO team game the Google algorithm, he will be heavily involved with training our current SEO staff. Going forward, we will continue to focus on SEO best practices, and Matt will be a big part of this effort. Combined with his search knowledge, Matt has been active on social media channels such as Twitter, which will help him consult on client accounts that have search and social media accounts.”

Mr. Cutts had the following to say about joining Globe Runner: “I have been in the search industry for several years, and, after a lengthy period of time away from Google, the internet, and social media, I felt it was time for a change. While I have enjoyed my time at Google, by joining an industry-leading Search agency, I felt that I can make much more of a difference in the search industry over the long run.”

If you are interested in working with us here at Globe Runner, feel free to use our contact page on the site.

For more than forty years the June Shelton School and Evaluation Center, a center famous for its unparalleled curriculum, dedicated its resources and highly trained staff to helping those who learn differently engage and empower themselves for the future. By doing this, they encouraged all students with learning differences, such as dyslexia, to work toward a common goal and reach educational milestones successfully.

Among its staff are various Alumni including the reputable entrepreneur and Globe Runner CEO Eric McGehearty, a man who proudly credits a large portion of his success to the time he spent studying with the professional staff of the Shelton School. As a means to give back some of that amazing success he gained from attending this school, Eric, along with his SEO and online Marketing Company, decided to once again represent the amazing talent found at Shelton School.

During this event, parents and guests are invited to see some of the Shelton School’s best artists showcasing their work. Among the pieces to be shown, expect to see artists of all age groups and backgrounds, as well as a variety of learning differences. Through differences come unique perspectives, and guests might just leave with a renewed sense of wonder.

The student showcase begins on Monday, February 20^th and will run until Friday, February 24^th. On opening night, Monday, February 20^th, parents are invited to come see the talent of their children and their children’s classmates firsthand.

In total, roughly 20 art pieces of all mediums will be viewable at Gallery 550, located inside Globe Runner’s Addison office. This is only the second time in the school’s history that students will show in one of Addison’s few art exhibits, as well as the city’s second business and gallery combination.

“As a sculptor and MFA graduate of the University of North Texas, supporting and encouraging future artists is as close to my heart as the Shelton School itself,” Eric says, “The goal of Gallery 550 was always to make meaningful contributions to the Addison community through art. I’m so pleased to have found a way to support both the community at large as well as the invaluable work and enormous talent of the Shelton School.”

Linda Kneese, Head of Shelton School, says, “The arts are a very important part of the education students receive at Shelton.  We are proud to be able to highlight their talents in this show.”

About Globe Runner

Globe Runner is an Addison, Texas based search engine optimization (SEO), content marketing and digital advertising agency. It has over 60 local, national and international B2C and B2B clients in consumer-packaged goods (CPG), beauty, credit repair, fashion, healthcare, home and interiors, jewelry, legal services and sports. Globe Runner sits on the boards of the Dallas Fort Worth Search Engine Marketing Association (DFWSEM) and the Social Media Club of Dallas (SMC Dallas). The agency’s staff and work have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Adweek.

About June Shelton School and Evaluation Center

The June Shelton School and Evaluation Center was founded by Dr. June Ford Shelton in 1976. It has since grown over its 40 years into an international demonstration, resource and research center. With a staff of almost 250 the Shelton School serves close to 915 students with learning differences, including dyslexia and related disorders. The school provides specific instruction/remediation for students in pre-school (3 years of age) through 12th grade in a supportive and nurturing atmosphere. Drama, music, art, library and PE/athletics enhance the total school program.

Shelton’s Evaluation Center provides psycho-educational assessments for clients from the Dallas area and beyond. The Teacher Education department provides teacher training in a variety of programs including SEE, Alphabetic Phonics, the Association Method and Montessori Applied to At-Risk students. Other private services offered at Shelton include Occupational Therapy and Sensory Integration and Social Skills Therapy. Both services are provided through Integrative Pediatrics.

With Thanksgiving being tomorrow, gratitude has been on my mind a lot lately. While the list of things I am grateful for is extensive, working with amazing, local companies run by incredible people is pretty high on the list. I wanted to take a little bit of time out of my day to say thanks to one of our partners here at Globe Runner, so I made my way to Old World Stoneworks.

Old World Stoneworks is a pioneer in the cast stone fireplace mantel industry that began in Dallas over twenty years ago. Yellow, red, and brown leaves lined the streets of the gorgeous Vickery Place neighborhood on my drive there. General manager Mike Jung and his company have a breathtaking storefront that displays what you should expect when ordering a cast stone fireplace mantel with them.

I got a chance to sit down and talk with Mike about some of the exciting projects him and his company recently wrapped up. Their artisan stonework was featured on the long-running home improvement show “This Old House” on PBS, and the episode will air this season. The showrunners reached out to Mike about installing one of their fireplaces for the house in Arlington, Massachusetts they were renovating. Another exciting development is a partnership with La Madeleine to do cast stone fireplace mantels for some of their locations such as the restaurants in Austin and Fort Worth.

One of the collaborative efforts between Old World and Globe Runner was the updated platform of their website. They sought to make it more retail friendly and Mike told me, “We are excited from a business perspective to see how e-commerce does” in 2017 and beyond.

Old World prides itself on designing and creating their mantels locally. The production of the fireplaces are all done in the Dallas suburb of McKinney. The passion for the product that the entire team shares was infectious. On days like these I can’t help but express how thankful I am thankful for the privilege to work with companies like Old World Stoneworks. I hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving, too.