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Selected coverage
- How One Googler's Data Obsession Created the SEO Industry's Most Trusted Diagnostic Tool
- Vanessa Fox on the birth of Google Search Console
- Reddit Shifting Towards Search as Company Wants to Become a Search Engine
- Q&A: Vanessa Fox on Facebook, Google and the changing world of search
- Pioneers of Digital: Success Stories from Leaders in Advertising, Marketing, Search and Social Media (Paul Springer)
- "Blueprint" Search Analytics Service Launched By Vanessa Fox
- How Google Names Its Algorithm Updates & Products
- Search Still Sucks
- Google takes a dose of Caffeine to speed itself up – but does it make a difference?
- Former Google spokeswoman: "Social networks don't generate sales" (in Hebrew)
- Google unveils 'smarter search'
- They left the corporate cocoon to blossom
- The Xoogler Universe
- Yahoo!'s New 'BOSS'
- Can Google Stop the Brain Drain?
- Laid off? Share the pain
- Untangling the Web: A Guide to Internet Research (National Security Agency, DOCID 4046925)
- Fox quits Zillow for Ignition Partners
- Office staff hit delete in war on e-mail monster
- Fridays go from casual to e-mail-free
- Start-Ups Make Inroads With Google's Work Force
- Vanessa Fox Leaves Google, Heads To Zillow
- A Conversation with Google's Webmaster Central
Interviews and stories about me
2026 · 2022 · 2014 · 2013 · 2012 · 2011 · 2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007 · 2006 · Books
2026
- How One Googler's Data Obsession Created the SEO Industry's Most Trusted Diagnostic Tool
- Vanessa Fox on the birth of Google Search Console
2022
2014
- Vanessa Fox launches Keylime Toolbox to help startups gather hard-to-find SEO data
- Keylime Toolbox And Moz Analytics Debut "Not Provided" Data Recovery Solutions
2013
- RKG Launches SEO Forecasting Tool & Pilot Program Offering Insight On 'Not Provided' Query Data
- RKG with Offices in Bend Acquires Ex-Googler Vanessa Fox's Company, Nine by Blue
- SEO guru Vanessa Fox sells search analytics startup Nine by Blue to RKG
- Rimm-Kaufman Group Acquires Vanessa Fox's Nine By Blue
- Search Leader RKG Acquires ex-Googler Vanessa Fox's Company, Nine By Blue
- Q&A: Vanessa Fox on Facebook, Google and the changing world of search
- Google PLAs Proving Way More Effective Than Text Ads
2012
- When Bing Gets Paid For Shopping Results, It's A "Happy Accident"
- Former Googler Talks About Google's Changes And Controversies
- "Blueprint" Search Analytics Service Launched By Vanessa Fox
- What Google's Synonym Treatment Means For Businesses
- How Google Names Its Algorithm Updates & Products
- SEO DOs And DONT'S According To Google: Mixed Signals?
2011
2010
- SEO Expert Vanessa Fox on What Startups Should Be Doing Now
- What You Need To Know About Local Search
- בכירה לשעבר בגוגל תעזור לכם לטפס במנוע החיפוש (interview, in Hebrew)
- Former Google spokeswoman: "Social networks don't generate sales" (in Hebrew)
2009
2008
- News Release: O'Reilly Introduces Found, a New Conference about Search
- The Xoogler Universe
- Vanessa Fox and Eric Enge Talk About Holistic Online Marketing
- Six Questions With Vanessa Fox
- Can Google Stop the Brain Drain?
- Vanessa Fox is One Smart Cookie
2007
- Vanessa Fox is on the Move
- Fox quits Zillow for Ignition Partners
- Office staff hit delete in war on e-mail monster
- Fridays go from casual to e-mail-free
- Zillow Lands ex-Googler and Zestimated $30M Follows
- Why Did Vanessa Leave?
- Interview with Vanessa Fox (Her Last at Google?)
- Start-Ups Make Inroads With Google's Work Force
- Weekly Search Buzz Roundup – 06/22/07: SES Latino, Google Phone, Live.com & Google Updates
- SEOs & Webmasters Lose Important Google Link, Vanessa Fox Goes to Zillow
- Vanessa Fox Leaves Google, Heads To Zillow
- Vanessa Fox Leaving Google
- Google Adds Bergy, Wysz & Pat To Google Webmaster Help Forums
- Google Webmaster Group Calls for Backup
- Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz Interviews Vanessa Fox of Google Webmaster Central
2006
- Vanessa & Adam Working on Christmas Day
- Jonathan Simon Added to Google Webmaster Team
- 8 Googler Alternatives To Superstar Matt Cutts
- My Experience at Google New York with Vanessa Fox
- Google Webmaster Central’s Vanessa Fox & Amanda Camp Interviewed
- A Conversation with Google's Webmaster Central
- Google's Vanessa Fox Rips Up Webmaster Communication with Matt Cutts
- Interview with Vanessa Fox of Google Sitemaps
- Follow-up on Google Sitemaps with Vanessa Fox
- Google Sitemaps Team Interview
Books
Stories that quote or cite me
2026 · 2025 · 2017 · 2014 · 2013 · 2012 · 2011 · 2010 · 2009 · 2008 · 2007 · 2006 · Books
2026
2025
2017
2014
- It's May 2014, and Here Are Four Ways that SEO Is Drastically Changing
- Google: Links Will Become Less Important
- How Often Should I Update My Website?
- Monstrous mobile SEO implications, thanks to Big Data
- Matt Cutts Says ‘Stop’ Guest Blogging for SEO: Here’s Everything You Need to Know
2013
- Commentary: Do we have an emoticon problem? :-/
- Google Webmaster Tools Search Query Data is Accurate (and Valuable)
- 10 Questions to Ask When Hiring an SEO Consultant
2012
- Matt Cutts On How Google Handles Keyword Synonyms
- Mobile SEO Strategies: More than Just Choosing Keywords
- Google Continues To Work On Getting Better At Synonyms
- Google Promotes Chrome At Cost Of Search Quality
2011
- Violated Online – Rebuilding Your Reputation
- Panda-Proofing Your Content : SMX East 2011 Live
- Google Retires GoogleBot-News
- Vanessa Fox on Panda Update (forum thread)
- Vanessa Fox, Former Google, Interviewed On Panda
- SEO: Beware of the Dark Side
- Google Releases Panda/Farmer Update Globally
- Here Comes Search 3.0
- SEO Myths, Mistakes & The Madness Of Crowds – SMX West 2011 Live Coverage
- Google tweaks search results to avoid plowing content farms
- Penney deals quickly with Google misstep
- Search Still Sucks
- Will Google Ever Integrate Google Webmaster Tools & Google Analytics?
2010
- The Art and Science of SEO Site Audits [Best of SEW 2010 #10]
- FailCon teaches entrepreneurs to flop to the top
- Geo-Targeting Redirects: Cloaking or Better User Experience?
- The Power User's Guide to Google Analytics Hacks, Tips and Tricks
- Google Instant could be a brilliant stroke — or another flop
- My all-time favorite learning event
- 60 Ways to Increase Your Influence Online
- The 3 Most Useful Things I've Learned About Analyzing Organic Search Traffic
- British Petroleum buying search ads to improve image
- Report: Google curtails Windows use as it ramps up Chrome OS
- Google's search market share slips as Bing rivalry heats up
- Google expected to unveil redesigned results pages today
- News Search Optimization and Real Time SEO: No More Yesterday’s News
- Talking Bing/Yahoo Integration with Yahoo Search
2009
- Search Gurus Share Insights
- Is 'Caffeine' Google's answer to Bing?
- Google unveils 'smarter search'
- Blogs are the No. 1 search marketing tool
- Social Media Hub: Seattle
- Big Search Sites Push Canonical Tag to Sweep Up Link Clutter
2008
- More Marketing Tactics for an Uncertain Economy
- Yahoo! Expands Its Open Strategy With BOSS
- Yahoo!'s New 'BOSS'
- Adobe, Google, Yahoo enabling Flash searches
- What to Do When You Have a 404 Error
- Laid off? Share the pain
2007
- Google Adds Site Location To Webmaster Tools
- Amanda Camp of Google on Helping Webmasters with Webmaster Tools
- Entrepreneur Business Blog: Declare Fridays E-Mail Free
- What Works: Ask Business 2.0 – Tips for restoring your Google rank
- In Search of Traffic
- Should Google Add Reinclusion Requests In The AdSense Console?
- Google Webmaster Central Provides Users with More Detailed Anchor Text Data
- SEO: Google Cracks Open Its Black Box
- Robots.txt Summit
- Sitemaps & URL Submission
- Google Officially Requests Webmasters To Block Internal or External Search Results
- Does Google Still Crawl 404 Not Found Pages?
- Google and the Site: Command Glitch
- 2007: A Search Odyssey? Keynote Conversation with Matt Cutts
- Site Down Time Can Remove You From Google Index
- Google Groups Becoming a Gold Mine for SEO Information
- Matt Cutts : Best Search Blogger of 2006
- Does Google need more bloggers or people who own dogs?
2006
- Update on Sitemaps Common Words Report
- Google Sitemaps Tools Sends All Sites Back into Pending Verification?
- Confusion Over Google's Supplemental Index
- Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Team to Help Webmasters
- Google, Yahoo and Microsoft partner to help webmasters
- Special Guest Keynote – Danny Sullivan – Search Engine Land
- Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Team Up for Crawling
- Google Sitemaps Webmaster Central Requires Verification Code
- How Google Handles Accented Characters
- GoogleGuys Explains Robots.txt Handling
- More Details On Google Sitemaps Query Stats
Books
- Understanding Digital Marketing (Damian Ryan & Calvin Jones), 2nd ed.
- The Art of SEO, 2nd ed. (Eric Enge, Stephan Spencer, Jessie Stricchiola, Rand Fishkin)
- Optimize: How to Attract and Engage More Customers by Integrating SEO, Social Media, and Content Marketing (Lee Odden)
- What You Need to Know About Marketing (Simon Middleton)
- Digital Impact: The Two Secrets to Online Marketing Success (Vipin Mayar & Geoff Ramsey)
- Advanced Google AdWords (Brad Geddes), 1st ed.
- Understanding Digital Marketing (Damian Ryan & Calvin Jones), 1st ed.
- Ultimate Guide to Search Engine Optimization (Jon Rognerud)
- Search Engine Visibility, 2nd ed. (Shari Thurow)
- Untangling the Web: A Guide to Internet Research (National Security Agency, DOCID 4046925)
- The ASP.NET 2.0 Anthology: 101 Essential Tips, Tricks & Hacks
- Professional Search Engine Optimization with PHP (Jaimie Sirovich & Cristian Darie)
- Directory of Corporate Affiliations (LexisNexis), Google Inc. listing
Coverage of my articles
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2019
2014
2013
2012
- Google Tweaks Rich Snippets Testing Tool, Calls It Structured Data Testing Tool
- Bing Launches Disavow Links Tool In Webmaster Tools Before Google
- Go Ahead, You Can Now Tell Bing to Ignore Links
- Is Google's "Over Optimization Penalty" Its "Jump The Shark" Moment In Web Search?
- Google Webmaster Central Creator Talks Google's "New" Google Changes
- How To Get Crawl Data Out Of Google Webmaster Tools
- Google's Matt Cutts: Good SEOs Pay Attention To Conversion
- New Google Changes: Really A Matter Of Mom And Pop?
- Google Revamps Webmaster Tools Crawl Errors
- Google Webmaster Tools Updates Download Options
2011
- Ranking in Google Now That Panda Has Gone Global
- Google's Farmer/Panda Advice: Remove Or Move Low Quality Content
- Google's Farmer/Panda Update Hit My Site! How To Get Your Rankings Back
- JCPenney Caught Gaming Google: Is Google Partly to Blame?
- JCPenney Gets Caught Gaming Google
2010
- DMOZ Co-Founder "Crowd Sources" Search with New Search Engine Blekko
- 7 Reasons Why Google Instant Makes SEO Dead-on Relevant
- Google Sitemaps Now Allows One File For All Formats
- Google takes a dose of Caffeine to speed itself up – but does it make a difference?
- Google Caffeine Is Finally Live: Google Just Got A Lot Faster
- Is This Google Algorithm Update Costing You?
- Google confirms: Algorithm change disrupts traffic to product pages
- Google's Testing A Self-Improving Ranking Algorithm? (MayDay)
- Google MAYDAY Update Hitting Long Tail Ranking?
- How To Implement A Local SEO Strategy
2009
- Google Now Scanning RSS, Atom Feeds, May Experiment with Real-Time Protocols in Future
- Google Releases First Public Search Update Preview: "Caffeine" Update
- Microsoft layoffs, round two… 3,000 heads roll
- Duplicated Confusion: The Canonical Edict from the Big Three
- Webmasters Skeptical But Loving New Canonical Search Engine Tag
- SEO, Search Engines Failed Super Bowl Fans
2008
- Google Webmaster Help Finds A New Home
- Technical SEO Issues are Hard and We Need Good Solutions
- Valuable 404 Error Reports
- Live Search Greatly Improves Webmaster Tools But Webmasters Don't Give a Hoot
- Is Microsoft spamming websites to boost its numbers?
- Google & Yahoo Begins to Index Some Flash Files (SWF Files)
- Get Google Webmaster Tools on iGoogle as Gadgets
- Google Yahoo MSN Live Sitemaps: Cross-Hosting Grokked by SEOs for SEOs
- Microsoft Live Search Adds HTTP Compression & Conditional Gets Support to Crawler
2007
- Google AdSense & Webmaster Central Representatives Working on Christmas
- Google Provides SEO Advice With Webmaster Tool's New "Content Analysis"
- Weekly Search Buzz Roundup: 11/02/07 – Halloween, Geographic Location Webmaster Tool & Gatineau Sign-Ups
- Set Geographic Target in Google Webmaster Tools
- Microsoft Launches New Search Index & Algorithms
- Google Webmaster Central Now Offering "Sitemaps Warnings" With Error Reports
- Flash: The Pink Elephant or the Spark
- A New Way To Remove Content in Google.com via Google Webmaster Central
- Google Updating Site Command For SEOs & Webmasters
- Google Opens Webmaster Central Blog To Commenting
- Want To Switch to a New Domain? 301 Redirects vs. 302 Redirects
2006
- Google Webmaster Tools gets four new features
- Google Sitemaps's Query Stats To Be Updated Weekly
- How Google Webmaster Creates Query Stats, Now Weekly Updates
- Google Updates Terminology Of Last Visit Date In Cache Results
- Google Finds Bug With Site Search Command
- Google Sitemaps Now Available in Four More Languages
2005
Books
- Video Marketing for Libraries: A Practical Guide for Librarians (Heather A. Dalal et al.)
- SEO for Growth: The Ultimate Guide for Marketers, Web Designers & Entrepreneurs (John Jantsch & Phil Singleton)
- The Art of SEO: Mastering Search Engine Optimization, 3rd ed. (Enge, Spencer, Stricchiola, Fishkin)
- Reussir son referencement web: strategie et techniques SEO (Olivier Andrieu)
- Improving the Visibility and Use of Digital Repositories through SEO (Kenning Arlitsch & Patrick O'Brien)
- How to Write Short: Word Craft for Fast Times (Roy Peter Clark)
- Scammed: How to Save Your Money and Find Better Service (Christopher Elliott)
- Choosing Web 2.0 Tools for Learning and Teaching in a Digital World (Pam Berger & Sally Trexler)
- Crazy Dot Hit (Akintomide Akinola)
- How to Make Money with Your Blog (Duane Forrester & Gavin Powell)
- Professional Search Engine Optimization with ASP.NET (Cristian Darie & Jaimie Sirovich)