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Bill Slawski

Search patent researcher and writer (1963–2022)

Background

Bill Slawski spent close to two decades reading and explaining search engine patents at SEO by the Sea, making information retrieval research accessible to practitioners, and worked as director of search marketing at Go Fish Digital. They passed away in 2022 and are widely regarded as one of the field's most rigorous researchers.

Known for: SEO by the Sea and search patent analysis

Areas of work

In the reference library

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