About Me and Make A Name
Who I Am
My name is Christina Soochan and as a second career I build, improve, optimize and maintain websites mostly for artists. I am known on the web as Webado, as an alter ego that has risen from my main website, www.webado.net.
Why artists? Well it's because I prefer art to business. Or rather I prefer the business of art over that of commerce.
I have been doing this since about 2001 and I have helped several musicians and artist organizations build a successful and worthy web presence. Some of those are illustrated on this site's portfolio page.
Over the years I have learned a lot about web design and optimization and how to help sites perform almost as well as the rising stars for whom I have built them.
It's always a pleasure dealing with artists, especially young ones. I love following their careers and creating their websites for them allows me this awesome indulgence.
Maybe it's the groupie in me, but I feel I can truly say yeah, I know this great pianist or guitarist or singer-songwriter up close and personal. It also tends to get me on the guest list at their shows, which is priceless.
It might be worth mentioning that I offer my services in both English and French.
My Claim To Fame
I am a computer technology professional, with a Masters degree in Computer Science from Concordia University and a BSc in Mathematics from McGill University in Montreal.
Over the last 10 years or so, by virtue of being very active in the Google Webmaster Central forum where I have helped hundreds of webmasters solve sometimes very serious issues with their websites, I have become a Bionic Poster, a.k.a. Top Contributor and now Google Product Expert. My participation in this Google forum has contributed greatly to my learning about the way search engines work and the many types of mistakes to avoid as a good responsible webmaster.
I firmly believe that one learns through helping and teaching others.
In 2011 and then again every year from 2013 on, Google rewarded me and many other Top Contributors a.k.a. Product Experts from all over the world who help daily in the various Google product forums, by inviting us to spend a few days in California and visit the Googleplex in Mountain View at the prestigious
Top Contributor Summit. They were fabulously magical events and a great opportunity to sample a bit of the life and culture at Google, besides the thrill of meeting old and new friends from all over the world.