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Clint Butler

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Clint Butler is an SEO practitioner and the founder and lead strategist of Digitaleer, the company that makes RankGear[2][5] . His published biographies say he has worked in SEO since 2009 and that he served more than two decades in the United States Army[3][4] . He has hosted the SEO This Week show and spoken at industry conferences on on-page optimization, SEO testing and schema markup[3][4] .

Key facts. Clint Butler founded Digitaleer, the maker of RankGear, has done SEO since 2009, and retired from the US Army as a noncommissioned officer[5][3][4] .

Overview

Butler describes himself on Digitaleer's site as founder and lead strategist, based in Phoenix, Arizona and working with clients nationwide[2] . His stated focus areas are technical SEO, topical authority and conversion rate optimization[2] . RankGear's media room says the product is "a product of Digitaleer, led by founder Clint Butler"[1] , and the Mac App Store lists the seller of the app as Clint Anthony Butler[6] .

Career in SEO

According to his biography at SEO Intelligence Agency (SIA), Butler has been doing SEO since 2009, owns Digitaleer and is a partner in the SIA and RankGear[3] . A 2022 conference biography adds that he worked as SEO Director for Franchise Rocket and co-owns SEO Intelligence Agency and RankGear[4] .

In a 2023 podcast interview, Butler said he turned to search engine optimization after frustration with network marketing lead generation, and learned early on from forums and communities of online marketers[7] . The episode summary says he started an agency called Olympia SEO and later worked with Guy Charette at Over the Top SEO[7] . He stressed testing advice yourself rather than trusting it, and recommended that newcomers learn on-page optimization first[7] .

His biographies list former and current clients including Yellow Pages, Skyscanner, Small Business Trends, Mighty Dog Roofing and WhiteSands Treatment Centers[4] . The SIA biography says he has been quoted as a subject matter expert in SEO industry publications[3] .

Military service and education

Butler is a retired noncommissioned officer of the United States Army[4] . The SIA biography says he served just over 21 years in the Military Police Corps, in roles from machine gunner to first sergeant and military police working dog handler and kennel master[3] . A 2022 conference biography gives the figure as 22 years of active duty and adds that he later spent two years as a contractor training explosives and narcotics detection dog teams in Afghanistan[4] .

Both biographies say he was deployed to Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan[3][4] . The SIA biography states that he received three Bronze Star Medals and an Army Commendation Medal for Valor[3] . It also says he holds a BA in Criminal Justice and master's degrees in Internet Marketing, Business Intelligence and Public Relations[3] . He began learning SEO for lead generation and affiliate marketing in the last years of his military career[4] .

Digitaleer and RankGear

Butler's page on Digitaleer's site says he is "the lead strategist on every engagement" and that he does not take accounts he cannot run personally[2] . The company's stated rules include month-to-month contracts and measuring marketing in revenue rather than rankings[2] .

RankGear's about page says the software "grew out of the SEO work at Digitaleer" and describes it as a product of Digitaleer, founded by Butler[5] . A 2023 podcast summary described RankGear at that time as software he created around advanced schema markup[7] ; the name now belongs to desktop SEO analysis software, as covered in History of RankGear. The current product is described on the main page.

Speaking, podcasts and teaching

Butler hosts SEO This Week, which covers SEO news, strategies and topics, and has co-hosted shows including SEO Fight Club and White Hat vs. Black Hat[3] . The SIA biography says he has run educational SEO webinars, created online courses on Facebook marketing, schema and on-page optimization, and presents regularly at SEO Rockstars and SEO Spring Training[3] .

At the 2022 Rocks Digital Marketing Conference he was scheduled to present on machine learning, AI and advanced schema markup[4] . That biography says he has spoken on on-page optimization, site structure, SEO testing and advanced schema markup[4] . Testing as a method is covered in SEO testing.

Common questions

Who is Clint Butler?

Clint Butler is the founder and lead strategist of Digitaleer, the company behind RankGear[2][5] . He is a retired US Army noncommissioned officer who has worked in SEO since 2009[4][3] .

When did Clint Butler start in SEO?

His SIA biography says he has been doing SEO since 2009[3] . A 2022 biography says he started learning it during the last few years of his military career[4] .

What is Clint Butler's role at RankGear?

RankGear's media room describes the product as made by Digitaleer and led by founder Clint Butler[1] . He is listed as the seller of the Mac App Store version[6] .

What podcasts has Clint Butler hosted?

He hosts SEO This Week and has co-hosted SEO Fight Club and White Hat vs. Black Hat, according to his SIA biography[3] . He has also appeared as a guest on other shows, such as a 2023 episode of the SEO Knowledge Bomb podcast[7] .

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "Media room: RankGear brand assets, boilerplate and facts". RankGear (rankgear.com). Retrieved November 2026.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "SEO Expert: Clint Butler". Digitaleer. Retrieved November 2026.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q "Clint Butler". SEO Intelligence Agency. Retrieved November 2026.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Clint Butler Presents on Machine Learning and AI for SEO". Rocks Digital. Retrieved November 2026.
  5. ^ a b c d "About RankGear". RankGear (rankgear.com). Retrieved November 2026.
  6. ^ a b "RankGear on the Mac App Store". Apple App Store. Retrieved November 2026.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Clint Butler: Starting Your Own SEO Agency". Knowledge Bomb podcast (Buzzsprout), September 22, 2023. Retrieved November 2026.