About Patrick Stox

Patrick Stox is an SEO consultant, product advisor, speaker, author, and community builder. Ex Ahrefs and IBM. He’s been called “the technical SEO’s technical SEO.” Patrick is passionate about helping the next generation be successful. He educates SEOs with his content, runs massive data studies, presents at conferences all over the world, judges search awards, builds the tools SEOs use every day, and drives growth for some of the largest companies in the world.

Notably, Patrick helped define the official “Search Marketing Strategist” role for the US Department of Labor, establishing the standard that allowed universities to build official digital marketing degree programs. He is co-author of Ahrefs’ SEO Book for Beginners, he’s been lead author and editor for the Web Almanac’s SEO chapter, and was the Technical Review Editor for The Art of SEO (4th Edition).

Patrick works hard to give SEOs communities to learn, network, and grow. He co-founded the Tech SEO Connect conference, Reddit’s r/TechSEO, and founded the Tech SEO Connect Slack group. Locally, he helped grow Raleigh into a strong SEO community as the co-founder of the Triangle SEO Meetup, Raleigh SEO Conference, and former co-organizer of the Raleigh SEO Meetup.