I’m a reporter for VentureBeat. I report on business and technology with a special focus on and web development and design. I spend a lot of time covering Google, Facebook, and Twitter — not just their consumer-facing web products, but their inner workings as large and rapidly growing tech companies.

If you email me a pitch about your company, please copy tips@venturebeat.com. I get a lot of email and don’t have time to reply to every message I receive.

Before coming to VentureBeat, I worked at Mashable. Before that, I was a daily reporter at ReadWriteWeb. And before that, I did print journalism at magazines and newspapers.

I wholeheartedly support VentureBeat’s ethics statement. I don’t own shares of any company in the tech sector or any company that I’d have occasion to write about. Aside from one small stuffed fox from Mozilla, I don’t generally accept gifts, including trips or other such experiences, from the companies I cover. I have done only a few gadget reviews in my career, and I do not keep the hardware that is sent to me for review.

When I’m not doing journalism about technology, I’m either riding my bike around Golden Gate Park or baking something.

stories by Jolie O'Dell

How to future-proof your SEO

Sustainable SEO is all about quality. It’s about truth, genuineness, and “being natural” as opposed to “acting natural,” not increasing rankings but rather improving user experience and building quality relationships.

Here’s what Adobe plans to do with Behance, starting with free portfolio sites

Starting today, Creative Cloud subscribers (paid tiers only) will get free access to Behance's ProSites, a feature that gives creatives customized online portfolios with cleaned-up URLs and great UIs.

Funding daily: Big companies, big dreams, big disappointments

Today's Funding Daily brings you nothing small. We've got a huge new fund for health tech ideas, a massively ambitious plan to turn cars into something from The Jetsons, and a great, big payout from Nasdaq to early Facebook IPO participants.

LinkedIn gets new Facebook-like search for jobs, companies, people

The all-new LinkedIn search is more powerful and more productive. It'll also help you find the exact person, article, or job listing to get you what you want at the right time.

Social marketing startup Dachis Group closes $7.5M funding round

Dachis Group, a social marketing software company, has announced a $7.5 million round of funding.

The startup combines a few disciplines: social marketing, social analytics, and big data. The company’s products can track brand advocates’ social media impact, employee’s online …

Yahoo’s spring plans: 115 new jobs & an eco-friendly data center in New York

The data center will use low-cost hydropower from the Niagara Hydroelectric Power Plant as well as an outside-air cooling system to keep machines at optimal temperatures.