User:Stricchiola/Jessie stricchiola

Jessie C. Stricchiola is a search engine optimization (SEO) expert, published author, and search engine marketing industry leader.

Stricchiola is the founder of Alchemist Media, Inc. a San Francisco based SEO & internet marketing company, and she is an original co-founder of the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO) with other founding members Barbara Coll, Kevin Lee, Dana Todd, Brett Tabke, Fredrick Marckini, and Noel McMichael. She held an elected seat on the Board of Directors for the organization for two years while also chairing the Membership Committee.

Stricchiola is co-author of The Art of SEO book published by (O'Reilly Media), an SEO tutorial detailing the practice of search engine optimization. She has also been a speaker at numerous internet industry conferences since 2002, including Search Engine Strategies, Danny Sullivan's Search Marketing Expo, WebmasterWorld's PubCon, and Ad:tech.

Stricchiola is recognized as having identified the first case of pay per click "click fraud" in 2001, and her pioneering work on the subject was featured in Pulitzer Prize-winning author David A. Vise's book, The Google Story (1st edition). She has been interviewed by numerous media outlets on the subject of click fraud, including CNN, the New York Times , Inc. Magazine , and NPR. More can be read about her involvement with Google's click fraud in the History of Google.

Stricchiola's SEO company Alchemist Media, Inc. has been featured each year from 2003-2009 as one of the Top Search Marketing Vendors by B2B Magazine.