Sponsors

Diamond Sponsors

  • Etelos
  • IBM
  • Microsoft

Platinum Sponsors

  • Adobe Systems, Inc.
  • Cynergy
  • Nokia
  • Openmaru Studio
  • WebEx

Gold Sponsors

  • AOL
  • Citrix Systems
  • Coghead
  • Confident Technologies
  • Disney
  • Disney
  • EffectiveUI
  • F5 Networks
  • HCL Technologies
  • Intuit Quickbase
  • Oracle
  • S60
  • Salesforce.com
  • Spinscape
  • Sun Microsystems
  • Symphoniq Corporation
  • TeleAtlas
  • Yahoo! Inc.

Silver Sponsors

  • Amazon Web Services
  • Atlassian Software Systems
  • awareness
  • BroadSoft
  • Curl
  • Denodo
  • Dixero
  • Force10 Networks
  • Humanix Inc.
  • Intel
  • JackBe
  • Jaduka
  • Jive Software
  • Jive Software
  • Juniper Networks
  • Kapow Technologies
  • Keynote Systems
  • Leverage Software
  • LiquidApps
  • LithiumTechnologies
  • LongJump
  • Morfik
  • Mzinga
  • NeuStar
  • Octopz
  • ONEsite
  • OpSource
  • Panther Express
  • Profy
  • Real Time Content
  • Rearden
  • Rearden Commerce
  • Remy
  • Reply
  • spigit
  • StreamVerse, Inc.
  • StrikeIron
  • XBOSoft
  • Znak

Launch Pad Sponsors

  • O'Reilly Alpha Tech Ventures
  • Panorama Capital

Media Sponsors

  • ACM Queue
  • Berlin Partner
  • BlogHer
  • Business Marketing Association
  • Dr. Dobbs
  • Fast Company
  • GigaOM
  • Juniper Research
  • Mashable
  • MSDN Magazine
  • NewTeeVee
  • Revenue Magazine
  • TechNet
  • Technorati
  • Topix
  • Webware
  • Wired
  • WOW

Sponsor & Exhibitor Opportunities

Vicki Sanders
415-947-6107
vsanders@techweb.com

Download the Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco Sponsor/Exhibitor Prospectus

Media Sponsor Opportunities

Liliana Arancibia
415-947-6179
larancibia@cmp.com

Speaker / Program Ideas

Have a suggestion for a speaker or topic at Web 2.0 Expo San Francisco? Send an email to: sf-idea@web2expo.com

Press/Media Inquiries

confpr@oreilly.com

or

Natalia Wodecki
415-947-6762
NWodecki@cmp.com

Contact Us

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Vanessa Fox

Vanessa Fox

Ignition Partners

Vanessa Fox, Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Ignition, is a noted technology blogger who has been cited in publications such as USA Today and the London Times. She’s been building websites since 1995 and has been involved with product strategy in a number of industries including telecom, retail, and wireless. A Google alumnus, she created Google’s Webmaster Central, designed to help site owners improve their web sites and gain more visitors from search. Vanessa writes for a variety of publications, particularly as Features Editor for SearchEngineLand.com, hosts a weekly show on webmasterradio.fm, and consults with clients on building online communities and on internet marketing. Read her observerations on the web 2.0 world at vanessafoxnude.com.

Sessions

9:00am - 12:00pm Tuesday, 04/22/2008
SEO Friendly Web Application Design
Development, Fundamentals
 Location: 2014
Nathan Buggia (Microsoft), Vanessa Fox (Ignition Partners)
You've architected your site to run flawlessly in Firefox and IE, but how well is it being crawled by the search engines? With search now driving more than 30% of all traffic to many websites, the answer to this question could have a significant impact on your business. Come learn the best practices for designing your web site in this interactive session for web developers. Read more.
1:00pm - 4:00pm Tuesday, 04/22/2008
Startup Metrics 101: Product & Marketing Workshop
Strategy and Business Models, Workshop
 Location: 2010
Dave McClure (500 Hats), Hiten Shah (CrazyEgg / KISSmetrics), Vanessa Fox (Ignition Partners)
This workshop will explain how to use a simple 5-step model for startup metrics to make better product & marketing decisions. The model focuses on measuring user activity at five basic levels of conversion: Acquisition, Activation, Retention, Referral, & Revenue. We'll also provide a basic intro SEO for Startups, and we'll do live "Startup Makeover" reviews at the end of the workshop. Read more.