SEO Director // Author // Web fanatic
Paris Area, France
- Current
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- SEO Director at LSF Network
- Author & Consultant at Pearson Education France
- Past
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- Author at Micro Application
- Hosting Product Manager at Lycos Europe
- Author (Self-employed)
- Editorial Manager at Lycos Europe / MultiMania
- Journalist at .net magazine - Future France Publishing
- CDRom integrator at Future France
- Education
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- Sup Info Com Valenciennes
- Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I)
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Francois Houste’s Summary
SEO Director @ LSF Interactive, international online marketing company present in SF, Paris and India.
Interressed in all aspect of Internet, online and new media technologies, I'm managing several websites and blogs about eBusiness (http://www.creer-un-site-ecommerce.com/blog/), technical tutorials (http://www.jecomprendspas.com) or online music discoveries (http://discoblog.houste.info).
Also author of several technical books covering various subject around computers and web development (Dreamweaver, Flash, eBusiness, video editing : http://francois.houste.info).
Last book, a video game illustrated history, is out on 21st of November : http://www.pushstart-lelivre.com).
Francois Houste’s Experience
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SEO Director
LSF Network
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Marketing and Advertising industry)
May 2006 — Present (2 years 8 months)
- Audit of client's sites
- Definition of value keywords and expressions in target search engines
- Recommendations of site enhacement for SEO and positioning
- Net Linking campaings
- Regular reporting on client's site positioning -
Author & Consultant
Pearson Education France
(Public Company; Media Production industry)
1999 — Present (9 years)
Author of two books relative to Adobe Dreamweaver and website creation in french language :
- Le Campus Dreamweaver (6 editions)
- Le Campus "Créer un site eCommerce Dreamweaver/PHP/MySQL) (3 editions) -
Author
Micro Application
(Privately Held; Media Production industry)
2001 — 2007 (6 years)
Author of many software-relative books for large audience and beginners, covering a large range of subjects as :
- Adobe Flash (4 editions)
- Adobe Premiere (2 editions)
- Microsoft Access (2 editions)
- Pinnacle Studio 9
- Streaming or Web server installation -
Hosting Product Manager
Lycos Europe
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
September 2002 — May 2006 (3 years 9 months)
- Definition of free hosting strategy for whole Lycos Europe/Tripod and blog services
- Definition and conception of new products linked to hosting services
- Management of graphical and technical implementation of hosting product with design and development teams
- Management of public launch of new hosting products and offers
- SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) for whole free and premium hosting services over Europe -
Author
Self-employed
(Self-Employed; Myself Only; Computer Games industry)
2004 — 2006 (2 years)
Author of "Push Start - 30 ans de jeux video"
Push Start is a 200 pages illustrated book relating video game history from its first universitary experiments to the commercial crazyness of Sony and Microsoft with PlayStation and XBox playing systems. Illustrated with more than 200 full colors shots, Push Start overlooks 30 years of video game history to a lerge audience of non-gaming specialists. -
Editorial Manager
Lycos Europe / MultiMania
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Internet industry)
March 2000 — September 2002 (2 years 7 months)
- Creation of Lycos Webmaster Channel (content helping users with website creation) for 8 european countries
- Definition of graphical and editorial evolutions for content channel
- Management of 20 outsourced writters for channel's content update
- Redaction of practical articles
- Daily management of channel teasers and promotion -
Journalist
.net magazine - Future France Publishing
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
September 1999 — March 2000 (7 months)
- Software and hardware tests
- Monthly online gaming actuality
- Website chronicles -
CDRom integrator
Future France
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Newspapers industry)
April 1998 — September 1999 (1 year 6 months)
- Creation of monthly magazine bulked-with CDRom
Francois Houste’s Education
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Sup Info Com Valenciennes
1996 — 1997
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Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I)
DUT, Computer Science, 1994 — 1996
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Francois Houste’s Interests:
Video Game History, Rock, Country Music, Internet
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