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OK..my recent Google news post was somewhat dull, I realized that when being kicked awake from under the office desk this morning.

I was thinking– (I know sometimes this isn’t a regular thing)- where are all the women in SEO? Surely this can’t be just a male dominated profession?

It’s OK this post is not a search for the love of my life, I’m happily married. It is however a search to find all women in SEO..

What got me thinking about this was Dave’s post about recruitment and a comment pointing out a potentially ageist flaw in the post, what I’m saying is the SEO industry must be filled with talented people of both sexes, but I guess it’s not PC to mention that…

Another thing that got me thinking about this was Dave’s meet and greet invite, will it be an all male thing?

Things are kept well in order at the Bronco team by,,,well yes you guessed it Dave’s wife Becky.

Personally, I’m pretty hopeless at organising myself without female intuition, financial management etc etc…

So if you are indeed of the female variety speak up now! Or please name your favourite Woman in SEO.

Dan Horton

ps.. if this post attracts less than 30 comments then you all know no women at all.. ;0)

57 Comments

  • DazzlinDonna 2105 days ago

    http://www.dazzlindonna.com/blog/

    There are plenty of us. Where’ve you been? :)

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  • DaveN 2105 days ago

    Donna I keeping right out of this one..

    DaveN

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  • Rob Haswell 2105 days ago

    Dan, I wonder what your Katherine would say if she saw you looking for women on the Internet…

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  • Cara Ferguson 2105 days ago

    http://www.dognabbit.blogspot.com

    I am a woman SEO. How rare are they? I am interested…

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  • B10G 2105 days ago

    http://www.b10g.co.uk

    Prepared a post on Babes of Search (Calendar Style) a while back, struggled to find many women in the industry but did get 12 worthy of the title! didn’t have the balls to post it at the time incase it was considered sexist as i wasn’t going to do a blokes of SEO as well lol

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  • Dave Dugdale 2105 days ago

    http://www.rentvine.com/

    I was going to nominate Donna, but she beat me to it.

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  • Nick Wilsdon 2105 days ago

    http://www.e3internet.com/greenhouse/nick

    Yes aside from you of course Donna :) Off the top of my head – Jill Whalen/Rae Hoffman/Heather (Grnidone) /Kim Krause/Rebecca Kelley and of course the irrepressible Gurtie :)

    There’s enough women in this business that my wife feels she ought to accompany me to conferences, that’s saying something.

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  • Simon Heseltine 2105 days ago

    http://searchenginetigers.com

    Don’t forget that Li Evans does her Women of Internet Marketing series over on http://searchmarketinggurus.com.

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  • Susan 2105 days ago

    http://blog.superzu.com

    I’m a woman in SEO since 1998. I always get the impression that a lot of women are in SEM but very few in SEO.

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  • Dan Horton 2105 days ago

    http://www.bronco.co.uk

    Thanks for all your comments so far.. I should also mention that Becky is also an SEO

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  • Nathan Hall 2105 days ago

    http://www.click-discount.co.uk

    dont forget the girls over at http://www.seo-chicks.com/

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  • Kate McGuire 2105 days ago

    I’m one of the only women in my whole company, so I’m used to being outnumbered. :-P I usually just lurk here, but thought I’d add my name to the roll call. Rae Hoffman sort of addressed this topic in a recent blog of hers, by the way. Would be interesting to see other perspectives.

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  • ShaneJones 2105 days ago

    http://www.shanedj.com

    There is a massive amount of Female SEO’s where I work. Even have female Teccies too

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  • Tamar Weinberg 2105 days ago

    http://www.techipedia.com

    I have a feeling that Rae is not going to appreciate this blog post. :P

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  • Jennifer Laycock 2105 days ago

    http://www.searchengineguide.com

    Hmmm… are we seriously still on this?

    Attend an SEO conference sometime. Or maybe just read through search blogs. Doesn’t seem to be any shortage of women to me. (And that’s on the organic side AND on the paid search side.)

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  • DaveN 2105 days ago

    Hey Jen, Remember it was Dan not me that wrote this, It’s not my fault that we are pretty much all men in this office, But I can think of more women SEO’s or women in this industry today than at any other time, we just don’t attract them at this office .. dunno why maybe cause Dan works here

    although the 2 people i work with most in the industry are Marcela De Vivo or Jennifer Slegg

    DaveN

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  • Dan Horton 2105 days ago

    http://www.bronco.co.uk

    Before the heckles rise and dust starts stirring I am asking this as an SEO Trainee – I remember Dave asking me in interview can you tell me some names of the blogs you read, you know people you know..I Stumbled..

    This is a genuine question- I read the blogs I look at the posts and the web all the time-

    So yes it’s me that’s interested– so man, woman, child or beast declare your SEO presence.

    Its simply a question, no more no less who are the women in seo, who as a beginner should I know about – thank you in advance

    Dan Horton

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  • suresh 2104 days ago

    http://foxadv.blogspot.com

    How about Carolyn Shelby?

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  • g1smd 2104 days ago

    A few more off the top of my head…

    Jennifer Slegg (Jensense)
    Jennifer Laycock (SearchEngineGuide)
    Marie Howell (Bruce Clay Europe)
    Lisa Ditlefsen (the Norwegian!)
    Judith Lewis (DeCabitt)
    Elizabeth Osmeloski and Rebecca Lieb
    Christine Churchill (KeyRelevance)
    Rebecca Kelley (SEOmoz)
    Karen Thackston
    Anne Kennedy (KeyRelevance)
    Shari Thurow (Grantastic)
    Heather Lloyd-Martin (SuccessWorks)

    Dunno how many will own up to reading your blog though…

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  • g1smd 2104 days ago

    second post has spelling corrected.

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  • Dan Horton 2104 days ago

    http://www.bronco.co.uk

    Its not a sin to read the blog is it lol

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  • Rebecca Kelley 2104 days ago

    http://www.seomoz.org

    I think that like the tech industry in general, you’ll find more men than women. There are quite a few ladies in search though, and I’m happy to be one of them. :)

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  • DazzlinDonna 2104 days ago

    http://www.dazzlindonna.com/blog/

    I admit I didn’t notice who wrote the blog post at first. I thought maybe Dave was hallucinating or had taken some memory-reducing drug. But now that I know it was just a newbie question, it makes all the sense in the world. And now that you’ve gotten some great answers, Dan, you need to start reading the blogs of many of those women listed. You might learn a thing or two. ;)

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  • DazzlinDonna 2104 days ago

    http://www.dazzlindonna.com/blog/

    Oh, and Susan, I’m definitely on the organic side of things. Not sure who does what really, but there’s at least some of us who love the organic side. The paid side bores me. :)

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  • Jane 2104 days ago

    http://www.seomoz.org/team/jane

    Hi, Dave and Dan.

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  • Dan Horton 2104 days ago

    http://www.bronco.co.uk

    Hi to all.

    See this is great, more blogs to read people to learn from- Dazzlin im reading ;)

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  • Li Evans 2104 days ago

    http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com

    Well – how about all of these women I’ve interviewed so far?

    Had to break for the summer with everyone’s scheduled vacations, but due to start up again this September! :)

    Check oug – Women of Internet Marketing – http://www.searchmarketinggurus.com/WoIM/smg-women-of-internet-marketing.html

    ~Li
    and btw.. I’m a woman too :P

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  • Anne Haynes 2104 days ago

    http://www.annehaynes.com

    Another SEO woman – Me :)

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  • SiteMost 2104 days ago

    http://blog.sitemost.com.au

    My friends sometimes affectionately refer to me as a “big girl”… does that count? :)

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  • Esrun 2104 days ago

    http://www.esrun.co.uk

    If it brings the clicks in then I can be whatever you want Dan ;) 19/F/UK yeah sure hun lets sign up to a dating site together. LOL

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  • MelC 2104 days ago

    http://adcenterblog.spaces.live.com

    Sara Andersson – The Swede from Global Strategies – And I’ll be touring with the Spice Girls soon too!

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  • joe schmoe 2104 days ago

    http://www.syndk8.net

    Michelle MacPhearson writes a nice social marketing blog..

    but what about all those “women” who show up as new forum members and want to learn all the secrets? Syndk8 gets a lot of this. You can tell they are men because every other sentence is a ridiculous double entendre. If you want to feel like a fool, try to allude to sex through SEO lingo..

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  • Nick Wilsdon 2104 days ago

    http://www.e3internet.com/greenhouse/nick

    If you’re looking to add more interviews to that list Li, then there are also all the female editors over at http://www.multilingual-search.com. Motoko hunt, Marina Zaliznyak, Sara Andersson and Ebina Cho

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  • Women of SEO Luncheon Monday August 20 - internalmi6.com - technology news xbox 360 ps3 software hardware unix windows 2104 days ago

    [...] have been fun from what I have heard…. a little discriminatory but maybe an invite for DaveN will show him there are a lot of women in our [...]

  • Natasha Robinson 2103 days ago

    http://www.thatgirlfrommarketing.com

    Well, in the SEM department that I work for there are 3 women SEOs – myself included – and 1 female SEM.

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  • Dan Horton 2103 days ago

    http://www.bronco.co.uk

    wow. thanks to each and everyone of you for your posts, the list keeps getting bigger and bigger. It’s great to see just how many people are out there!

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  • g1smd 2103 days ago

    Hmm, how did I ever miss “That Girl From Marketing” off my mini-list?

    Must do better next time.

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  • Natasha Robinson 2103 days ago

    http://www.thatgirlfrommarketing.com

    @g1smd – LOL, yes you must do better ;)

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  • Fionn 2103 days ago

    http://www.elixirsystems.com

    Last time I checked I was a woman but its been a rough day.

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  • Kim Lewis 2103 days ago

    http://www.freshtraffic.co.uk

    Like Becky, been around the other half seven years now, so getting there, like the idea of the calendar too as Ive done the model thing too.

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  • Dan Horton 2102 days ago

    http://www.bronco.co.uk

    And still the list goes on! Great all of you thanks!
    My list of reading has almost tripled

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  • Lea de Groot 2102 days ago

    http://elysiansystems.com/blog/

    I’m parked on this feed and am of the female variety, but I’m too busy working to blog for myself.
    Its not like I need clients or anything ;)

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  • invisable-drummer 2102 days ago

    http://www.invisable-drummerblogspot.com

    I am a woman working in SEO in Guernsey. Hello from a little Island.

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  • Dan Horton 2102 days ago

    http://www.bronco.co.uk

    Hello- goodness so many so so many.
    I’m glad I asked the question, you don’t learn if you don’t ask. Right? Have a great weekend all.

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  • randfish 2101 days ago

    http://www.seomoz.org

    SEOmoz is owned by a woman – my mom – Gillian. Jane & Rebecca are both women. MysteryGuest (who’s not technically in search) is a woman. Vanessa, Natala, Jessie, Kelli, Kelly, Jill, Anne, Jenn, Sara H, Sara W, Jessica, Laura L, way too many to list.

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  • Carly 2100 days ago

    http://www.tareeinternet.com

    Present, and currently ranking in the 50′s for “SEO” and 20′s for “SEO Company”… I’ve dropped because i have been too busy working on others sites. I was actually in front of you Dave for “SEO” before i dropped, not bad for a female freelancer :-D

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  • janet r 2099 days ago

    janet r

    I have been in natural search since 2003, and currently the only woman within my SEO group at work. We are looking to hire a few good (SEO) women!
    There aren’t a lot of female seo applications coming through the door though – hope that changes soon!

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  • Carmen 2098 days ago

    http://www.ponsherrera.com

    I’m also a woman in SEO

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  • Dan Horton 2097 days ago

    http://www.bronco.co.uk

    Still going strong at 48 comments! Great. It’s good to know so many people are out there

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  • larav 2091 days ago

    http://widoweb.wordpress.com

    Woman, Italian and SEO ;)

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  • Affiliate Woman :) 2084 days ago

    http://www.webaffiliatecreators.com

    All Female ;)

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  • Aelizia 2012 days ago

    http://www.brouchuremonster.com

    Hi,
    I am also a women, working in SEO field for past one year.In our SEO team there are sixteen women employees out of twenty.So here is the women domination.

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  • george 1915 days ago

    http://duilawslawyers.com/dui-lawyers/

    The greatest seo person I know has already spoken here. Carly (comment #45). She could stomp any man in seo that I know.

    :O)

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  • tarnia 1807 days ago

    http://www.sexyseo.co.uk

    Hi everyone

    I am female and have my own seo company so get in touch would love to hear from you xx

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  • Sandy 1635 days ago

    http://www.webeventseurope.com/

    Not only am I perfectly female, I’m blonde too.. Go figure!! Only 16 months late, better late then never!
    Sx

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  • SEOwoman 1585 days ago

    http://www.seo-woman.de

    German SEOwoman :-)

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  • Barb 998 days ago

    http://internetbusinesswriters.com/seo_women

    SEO Woman here! I got thrown into this business head first and love it.

    I was hired by a fellow who runs his own Google maps SEO company out of his home. A few months later the law showed up at the door for a legal problem my boss had from a DUI few years back. He was promptly whisked away in handcuffs. The other guy working with us left and took a flight back home to Vegas the next day. There I was in the middle of a pile of ashes…or so I thought.

    While I was standing there feeling like a bomb just went off, I said to myself “Oh my gosh! I’ve just had a business and house dumped in my lap. Now what?” A little voice said “Take the wheel and start driving, woman.” I was scared to death. Head first in I went.

    So, I have been running the business and paying the bills ever since, along side running my own Web Design and Organic SEO business. I just work them both together. Business is great and the customers are happy. Still running things all by myself until boss man is sprung.

    People didn’t think I could do it. Thought I would fail. I showed them! And God helped me all along the way.

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