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Vanessa Fox
Vanessa Fox

Vanessa Fox (born 1972) is the founder of Google Webmaster Central. She left Google in June 2007, briefly worked at Zillow and now works for Ignition Partners as an 'entrepreneur in residence'. She is a prominent technology blogger, [1] and public speaker.[2][3][4] At conferences and on the Google Webmaster Central blog, Fox offers advice to webmasters to help get their sites listed in Google, and to solve problems they may have with the way Google indexes their pages.[5]

On June 14, 2007, Fox announced[6] she would be leaving Google to join Zillow, an online real estate service company. On November 14, 2007, she announced her intent to leave Zillow for Ignition Partners, a venture capitalist firm based Seattle, WA, as an entrepreneur in residence. [7]

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[edit] Career

On June 14, 2007 Vanessa Fox announced that she is leaving Google and her work at Google Webmaster Central to work at Zillow an online real estate company.[8] Matt Cutts on his personal blog wishes her good luck.[9] On November 14, 2007 Vanessa Fox announced on her blog that she is leaving Zillow to be features editor at Search Engine Land and she will also be an entrepreneur in residence for Ignition Partners, a Seattle venture capital firm.[10] As of 2007, Vanessa Fox is decision maker on behalf of her employer Ignition Partners with regards to her company's investments.[11]

[edit] Blogging

Fox's personal blog covers a wide range of topics, focusing mainly on technology, her mobile lifestyle, and Search Engine Optimization.[12][13][14] In contrast to the Google Webmaster Central blog, where she wrote in an official capacity, in her personal blog she talks about basic SEO, with the blog itself as an example. In addition, a common topic on the blog is the tenuous relationship she has with her BlackBerry.[15] At one point, Fox received her 30,000th unanswered email, and declared email bankruptcy.[16] A Buffy the Vampire Slayer fan, she sometimes explains SEO concepts using Buffy analogies, in her blog and elsewhere.[17][18]

[edit] Personal history

Fox, originally from Southern California, worked at a Seattle web startup and then AOL before joining Google in 2005. As of 2007, she was based at Google's Kirkland, Washington office.[19][20]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Fridays go from casual to e-mail-free - USATODAY.com. usatoday.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  2. ^ Vanessa Fox Speaker Bio, PubCon, accessed April 8, 2007
  3. ^ Profile, Vanessa Fox, Search Engine Strategies, accessed April 8, 2007
  4. ^ Blog, SEOmoz.org, accessed June 14, 2007
  5. ^ Danny Sullivan, 8 Googler Alternatives To Superstar Matt Cutts, Search Engine Land, Dec. 1, 2006
  6. ^ Blog, Vanessa Fox, discussing her departure from Google, accessed June 14, 2007
  7. ^ ยป a million things and a million places. www.vanessafoxnude.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  8. ^ Vanessa Fox announces on her blog that she is leaving Google
  9. ^ Matt Cutts wishing Vanessa good luck
  10. ^ Vanessa Fox anounces on her blog that she is leaving Zillow
  11. ^ SeoMoz - Vanessa Fox is one smart coockie
  12. ^ Blog, Vanessa Fox, accessed June 6, 2007
  13. ^ Blog, Vanessa Fox, accessed June 6, 2007
  14. ^ Blog, Vanessa Fox, accessed June 6, 2007
  15. ^ Blog, Vanessa Fox, where she discusses her malfunctioning BlackBerry, accessed June 6, 2007
  16. ^ Office staff hit delete in war on e-mail monster - Times Online. www.timesonline.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-11-15.
  17. ^ Daily SearchCast, episode featuring Fox discussing SEO using Buffy the Vampire Slayer analogies, accessed June 6, 2007
  18. ^ Blog, Vanessa Fox, entry describing so-called "duplicate content" problems using characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, accessed June 6, 2007
  19. ^ Seattle's Sisters of Search, Seattle24x7, accessed April 13, 2007
  20. ^ A Conversation with Google's Webmaster Central, Seattle24x7, accessed April 13, 2007

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