Vanessa Fox
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Vanessa Fox (born 1972) is a search engine optimization expert, writer and consultant best known for her work creating Google Webmaster Central and as a Google spokesperson. Google Webmaster Central is a set of tools, educational materials, and community to advise webmasters on on how to have their sites listed in Google, and to help solve problems they might have with the way Google indexes their pages.[1] [2] She is a prominent technology blogger[3], and a frequent speaker at industry events.[4][5][6]
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[edit] Career
Fox joined Google in 2005 as a technical writer in its Kirkland, Washington office. She left Google in June 2007, and briefly worked for real-estate startup Zillow. She now works as Features Editor for Search Engine Land and is an Entrepreneur In Residence for Ignition Partners, a Seattle, Washington-based venture capital firm.
Fox, originally from Southern California, worked at a Seattle web startup and AOL before joining Google in 2005. While at Google, she was based at Google's Kirkland, Washington office.[7][8]
[edit] Blogging
Fox's personal blog covers a wide range of topics, focusing mainly on technology, her mobile lifestyle, and search engine optimization from a personal perspective, in contrast to the Google Webmaster Central blog, where she wrote in an official capacity. In addition, a common topic on the blog is the tenuous relationship she has with her BlackBerry.[9] After Fox received her 30,000th unanswered email, she declared email bankruptcy.[10]
Fox's latest blogging project is Jane and Robot, which focuses on search-friendly design patterns for web developers.
[edit] References
- ^ Danny Sullivan, 8 Googler Alternatives To Superstar Matt Cutts, Search Engine Land, Dec. 1, 2006
- ^ "Google Webmaster Central". www.google.com. http://www.google.com/webmasters/. Retrieved on 2008-08-31.
- ^ "Fridays go from casual to e-mail-free - USATODAY.com". usatoday.com. http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2007-10-04-no-email_N.htm. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
- ^ Vanessa Fox Speaker Bio, PubCon, accessed April 8, 2007
- ^ Profile, Vanessa Fox, Search Engine Strategies, accessed April 8, 2007
- ^ Blog, SEOmoz.org, accessed June 14, 2007
- ^ Seattle's Sisters of Search, Seattle24x7, accessed April 13, 2007
- ^ A Conversation with Google's Webmaster Central, Seattle24x7, accessed April 13, 2007
- ^ Blog, Vanessa Fox, where she discusses her malfunctioning BlackBerry, accessed June 6, 2007
- ^ "Office staff hit delete in war on e-mail monster - Times Online". www.timesonline.co.uk. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2652797.ece. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
[edit] External links
- Vanessa Fox personal blog
- JaneandRobot.com
- Author page at Search Engine Land
- Google Webmaster Central blog
- Vanessa Fox Clarifies Sitemaps, PageRank (video interview), Web Pro News, April 12, 2007.
