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SEO Engineer
Search Engine Optimization | Santa Monica, CA, United States
Who We're Looking For
- Are you passionate about SEO?
- Do you chuckle when you see a 302 instead of a 301?
- Do you have some technical skills?
- Is building a simple website for your easy for you?
- Curious about what makes a search engine tick?
The eHow Team is looking for an ambitious, hands-on SEO, product manager, or developer to join our Search Engine Optimization team in Santa Monica, CA. We're looking for self-starters who are excited about SEO and want to be on the leading edge of developing technology and social media.
This SEO Manager will have a strong understanding of web technologies and a passion for search engine optimization. He or she will demonstrate good intuition with consumer search behavior and have the desire to expand his or her knowledge of SEO best practices, search engine algorithms and ranking factors to improve the user's experience. This SEO will be an analytic thinker and is curious about why, as much as the how. He or she will further the SEO Culture at Demand Media through steady communication of SEO best practices at all levels of the organization.
Daily SEO / Product Responsibilities
- Conduct ongoing SEO assessments of and implement SEO best practices with a focus on 'quick wins†as well as long term strategies
- Consult product managers on SEO & Ux “best practices†to guide product plans including site redesigns, product enhancements, and new site features
- Create requirements and documentation that clearly state the core functionality and goals of the product
- Work with Development and
QA teams to ensure technical SEO best practices are properly implemented on newly developed code
- Work with editorial and marketing teams to drive SEO in content creation and content programming
Strategic Responsibilities
- Optimize eHow for traditional search as well as for universal search, mobile search, video search, image search, international search and more
- Stay on top of current search engine news, trends, SEO practices, and emerging items of interest
- Ongoing keyword research, analysis, recommendations and execution
- Survey marketplace for similar approaches and SEO tactics and evaluate how Demand Media might do things better / differently or leverage successful techniques where they exist
Qualifications
- At least 3 years of significant web experience
Strong working knowledge of:
- HTML
- CSS
- Familiarity with common web technologies
- Javascript
- RSS
- Flash
- Agile,Kanban or Waterfall
- An analytical thinker with good communication skills
- Understanding of the search engine industry and SEO best practices
- The ability to communicate these items to colleagues and management teams
- Sound understanding of user experience for the web
- Must be a committed team player, able to work both independently and interact with management and other staff members
- +1 for knowing a programming language
- PHP
- Ruby
- Python
- Etc.
- Omniture Insights
- Google Analytics
Applying
If you're truly serious about this position, please also include a Cover Letter that addresses these 2 topics:
- What's your #1 rule with SEO?
- Tell me about 3 SEO projects that you're most proud of and why you're proud of them
| Location: | Santa Monica, CA United States |
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THIS JOB HAS EXPIRED
Demand Media
Investors: Oak Investment PartnersAll Jobs: at Demand Media
| Web Site: | www.demandmedia.com |
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| Headquarters: | 1333 Second Street Suite 100 Santa Monica, CA 90401 United States |
| Industry: | IT Services |
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