Location: New York, NY
URL: http://consumersearch.com
ConsumerSearch.com, a leading online publisher of aggregated reviews designed to help consumers make purchasing decisions, is looking for a talented hands-on leader of its search engine optimization strategy and related technology. This person will be responsible for implementation, management, and improvements to SEO strategies and technologies at ConsumerSearch as well as working closely with search partners.
The ideal candidate will have solid working knowledge of web based SEO technologies and a keen understanding of optimizing search results for users. This position calls for a sharp, motivated, and meticulous team player who believes in Agile Software Development, leveraging Open Source Solutions, and empowering end users.
Responsibilities:
- Understand how ConsumerSearch’s SEO and content systems work and interact.
- Ability to measure and project out the large scale search engine optimization impact of seemingly small changes.
- Ensure the reliability, integrity, and scalability of ConsumerSearch’s SEO systems.
- Work with Director of Product Development and other team members to define and implement needed new development of site search and SEO products and services.
- Develop, maintain, and support ConsumerSearch’s SEO systems.
- Maintain and develop tools to support, monitor, measure and enhance SEO.
- Represent ConsumerSearch with search technology partners.
Requirements:
- Deep interest in new search engine technology.
- Actively challenges expectations of best SEO practices through A/B testing.
- Experience with all of the following technologies: Web Serving, Apache, HTML, Cookies, XML, shell scripting, FTP, SSH.
- Ability to develop PHP and JavaScript code.
- Ability to read and modify other people’s PHP, Perl, and JavaScript code.
- Strong UNIX user skills.
- Some SQL skills and relational database knowledge in MySQL or similar database.
- Strong communication and teaming skills in multiple mediums (email, IM, face-to-face).
- Strong problem solving abilities.
- Able to calmly handle production issues.
ConsumerSearch.com is a service from About.com, a part of The New York Times Company, whose digital operations include the No. 1 newspaper site NYTimes.com, Boston.com and About.com. ConsumerSearch is not affiliated with The New York Times newspaper.
To apply: Send resume to lrenga@about.com