Search Engine Optimization Expert Witnesses

The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of search engine optimization expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on search engine optimization and related issues. Search engine optimization expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these search engine optimization expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Search Engine Optimization, Seo, Google Ads, Social Media, Facebook, Google Analytics, Instagram, Online Defamation, Ppc, Reputation Management, Twitter, Cybersquatting, Digital Marketing, Domain Names, and Ecommerce.

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Jason McDonald, PhD

San Francisco, California
Internet, Computers - SEO, search engine optimization, social media, google ads, adwords, online advertising, online ads, digital advertising, PPC, pay-per-click, social media marketing, facebook, youtube, instagram, tiktok, twitter, linkedin.
Jason McDonald is an internet pioneer, having started his first company (eg3.com) in 1994. Nowadays, he works as an 'SEO expert witness,' a 'Google Ads expert witness,' and a 'social media expert witness,' helping attorneys identify the facts and establish the truth in complex litigation concerning organic efforts and advertising on key social media platforms such as Facebook Ads, Instagram marketing and ads, YouTube ads, Instagram ads, and other ad platforms like TikTok, LinkedIn, and Twitter. Working as an expert witness in digital advertising and marketing, Jason has helped judges, juries, and attorneys understand the factual complexities of how marketing works online. Research and testimony has commonly dealt with trademark disputes, branding, and the complexities of organic and ads for SEO, Social Media, and Google Ads. If you are an attorney looking for an expert witness with a passion for the facts, please reach out to Jason. In addition to a thriving consulting business for...

Jessie Stricchiola Alchemist Media Inc.

San Francisco, California
Internet, Technology - Web Analytics, Search Engines, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, ChatGPT, AI, Algorithms, Mobile Apps, YouTube, Google Ads, Internet, Website Development, Google Analytics, Social Media, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Patent, IP, Prior Art, Copyright, Trademark, Content Moderation,
Ms. Stricchiola has been retained as a testifying or consulting expert in over 100 litigation matters in U.S. and Canadian courts, has testified at 18 depositions, testified at 7 trial and arbitration proceedings, and written over 70 expert reports and declarations on various internet-related topics pertaining to web analytics, traffic validity, online advertising, search engine optimization, social media content, digital discoverability, and related topic areas. Cases in which she has provided expert testimony have included class action, trademark, copyright, and trade secret matters, and her patent litigation testimony has included claims construction and validity, infringement, and indefiniteness analyses. With twenty-five years of experience in web analytics, digital marketing, search engine optimization, and related internet technologies, she is a published O’Reilly author and co-author of The Art of SEO (© 2009, 2012, 2015, Q3 2023), a comprehensive reference guide to organ...

Peter Kent Peter Kent Consulting, LLC

Denver, Colorado
Internet, Marketing - SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines, Digital Marketing, Domain Names, Cybersquatting, Ecommerce, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Online Defamation, Pay Per Click, PPC, Affiliate Marketing, Amazon Marketplace Retailing, Internet Marketing, Web Site Development, Social Media, SEO
The best-selling author of SEO for Dummies and dozens of other Internet-technology related books, Peter Kent has been working in SEO since around 1999. He's been online since 1984, and in technology since 1979. He was the founder of an e-business service provider funded by one of the world's largest VC firms, and of an Internet-related publishing company (he built his first ecommerce Web site in 1997), VP of Web Solutions for a national ISP in 2002 (with 60 SEO, PPC, and Web development staff), and VP of marketing for a Web-applications company. Since 2003 Mr. Kent has provided consulting services (in SEO, PPC, Web development, and digital marketing) to literally hundreds of companies, large and small, in various areas of digital marketing, including projects for Amazon, Time Warner Cable / Roadrunner, Lonely Planet, Zillow, Avvo, Honey Baked Ham, Dunn & Bradstreet, and Tower Records. Mr. Kent wrote the Complete Idiot's Guide to the Internet in 1993, followed by a plethora of books...

Jonathan E Hochman Hochman Consultants

Cheshire, Connecticut
Internet, Cybersecurity - E-commerce, Ecommerce, SEO, Search Engine Optimization, PPC, Pay Per Click Advertising, Internet Marketing, Web Development, Mobile Apps, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Digital Forensics, Internet Security, Privacy, Wiretapping, Patent, Trademark, Reputation Management, Online Defamation
Jonathan Hochman serves as consulting and testifying expert for cases related to Internet marketing, e-commerce, website development, digital forensics, search engine optimization (SEO), pay-per-click (PPC) advertising, privacy, securities fraud in the technology industry, and disputes related to technology startups. Since 2007 he has provided expert witness services to plaintiffs and defendants alike for disputes involving trademarks, patents, trade secrets, copyrights, contracts, defamation and online reputation, unfair competition, conspiracy and fraud. Hochman has testified at eighteen trials and fifty-six depositions. He has served as a consulting expert in many more cases. His clients have been located in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Israel, Ukraine, and Romania. A Yale University graduate with two degrees in computer science, Hochman has worked as a sales, marketing and technology consultant for 34 years. After managing several prior business...

Sameer Singh Somal, CFA, CFP, CAIA Blue Ocean Global Technology

Doylestown, Pennsylvania
Defamation, Intellectual Property - Internet defamation, cyber defamation, online reputation, digital marketing, defamation damages, online defamation, reputation management, search engine optimization, seo, public relations, Patent Infringement, Cyber investigation, Media communications law, IP Damages, intellectual property, ipr, ip
• Vilma Nokaj v. North East Dental Management, LLC, formerly known as Garden State Dental Management, LLC, d/b/a Family Dental Group, Dr. Michal Gelbart, Dr. Fred Friedman, Dr. Lawrence Stein, Virginia Wicke, Carolyn Totillo, Justine Antonatos, and Maria Farides Also referred to as Nokaj v. NEDM, et al Court: United States District Court, Southern District of New York • Atmosphere Hospitality Management, LLC, v. ZelJkaCurtullo, Shiba Investments Inc., and Karim Merali Court: United States District Court, South Dakota Western Division • Iryna Boyko v. Benny The Bum’s Restaurant and Vladimir A. Mosendz Court: Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County • K.G.S., individually, and as Guardian and Next Friend of Baby Doe v. Thehuffingtonpost.com, Inc., d/b/a The Huffington Post; MirahRiben; David G. Kennedy; The Kennedy Law Firm; Amber Geislinger; WALA-TV; Meredith Corp.; WBRC, LLC; Raycom Media, Inc.; and Fictitious Parties “A-Z,” Court: Circuit Court of Jefferson...

Chris Silver Smith Argent Media

Dallas, Texas
Internet, Marketing - Search Engine Optimization, SEO, Defamation, Technology, Online Advertising, Social Media, Reputation Management, Domain Names, Cybersquatting, Internet Analytics, APIs, API Development, Internet Advertising, Google Ads, Google Analytics, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Instagram, Trademark Infringement
With more than $98 million awarded to litigation clients, Chris Silver Smith has provided expert witness services on cases involving major search engines, search engine optimization (SEO), social media, internet analytics, search engine algorithms, application programming interfaces (APIs), image meta data, patents, domain names, cybersquatting / typosquatting, online defamation, reputation management, blogging, mapping, and more. As an SEO Expert Witness, he has provided analysis and testified in cases involving trademark infringement conducted through various search engine optimization techniques. Smith is also Google Ads Search Certified, and has testified as a Pay-Per-Click Ads expert witness in cases involving the use of trademarks, copyrighted content, and keyword targeting involving PPC ads. Smith is also skilled in social media analysis, and has used sentiment analysis to assess the whether topics and persons have been presented favorably or negatively in social media. H...