Saharnaz Alavi

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Senior SEO Strategist with 6+ years of hands-on SEO for e-commerce, cryptocurrency, healthcare, real estate and local businesses, including the UK, UAE, Iran and Türkiye.

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Senior SEO Strategist with 6+ years of hands-on SEO for e-commerce, cryptocurrency, healthcare, real estate and local businesses, including the UK, UAE, Iran and Türkiye.

I start every project by understanding the business: what it sells, who its customers are and where they search, including AI answers. Then I work on technical SEO, site architecture, content strategy, local SEO and AI search visibility (GEO/AEO).

Selected results:

  • GEO for a business-buying platform in Türkiye: the brand was named in Google AI Overviews in 26 of 29 checks on three target queries, and 7 of 15 inbound calls in about five weeks came from people sent by an AI answer, including ChatGPT.
  • A two-location UK dental practice went from virtually no visibility to Top 3 in Google Maps and Top 5 organic for local keywords, with about 50% more bookings and calls.
  • Crypto buy/sell pages for PEPE, SUI and Dogecoin reached Google’s Top 3 within 3 to 4 months in a very competitive SERP.

Tools: Search Console, GA4, Looker Studio, Ahrefs, Semrush, Screaming Frog, WordPress, ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini.

Based in Istanbul, working remotely on European hours.

  • Joined November 2026

Languages

  • PersianFluent
  • EnglishAdvanced
  • TurkishBeginner

Industry experience

  • Retail
  • Healthcare
  • Real Estate & Construction
  • Financial Services
  • Professional Services
  • Other

Projects · 3

Client: OMPFinex, a cryptocurrency exchange (in-house, Senior SEO Specialist, Jul 2024 to Jul 2025). The brief: win organic visibility in a very competitive crypto SERP and support the exchange's buy/sell landing pages. What I did: Built the SEO strategy on search intent, competitor research, entity optimisation and topical authority. Wrote supporting content around the questions Iranian crypto users ask, including "10 best secure crypto wallets for Iranians". Chose to list wallets, which complement an exchange, rather than rival exchanges. Results: Buy/sell landing pages for PEPE, SUI and Dogecoin reached Google's Top 3 within 3 to 4 months and held there for several months. In October 2026, Google's AI Overview for this topic cited the wallets article as its source, right where the answer introduced the list (image above). The article earned the citation; the wallets on the list got the recommendation, and no competing exchange was recommended.

  • Digital Marketer
  • Marketing Strategist
  • SEO Expert

Client: a two-location dental practice in Lymm, Cheshire, UK (agency project at Rymondgroup; client details anonymised). The brief: the practice had virtually no visibility in Google Search or Google Maps. What I did: Optimised and kept improving the Google Business Profile for both locations, including real photos and videos. Kept business details consistent across the web and strengthened local citations. Created location-focused content and internal links. Ran a review campaign with the clinic (in-clinic prompts, staff asking patients for Google reviews) and responded to reviews. Made the dentists' experience and credentials clearer (E-E-A-T, medically reviewed content). Results: From virtually no visibility to Top 3 in Google Maps and Top 5 organic for local commercial keywords such as "dentist in Lymm". About 50% more patient bookings and inbound calls. Later, a search for "Lymm dental practice" in Google AI Mode named the practice and linked its website as a source (image above).

  • Digital Marketer
  • Marketing Strategist
  • SEO Expert

Client: BuyBusinessTurkey (https://www.twine.net/signin a platform that helps Persian-speaking clients buy businesses in Türkiye. My role: SEO and GEO consultant (contract, remote). The brief: grow qualified enquiries from search, including AI answers in Google and ChatGPT. What I did: Started with business discovery: what the company sells, who its customers are and where they search. Delivered an SEO roadmap and a GEO strategy for being understood and cited in Google AI Overviews and AI Mode. Guided implementation: indexing fixes, 410s for thin pages, clearer core content and stronger internal linking. Tracked GEO across four layers: AI answers, rankings, brand search and real enquiries. Diagnosed a brand-entity gap (Google read the descriptive brand name as a query) and recommended entity fixes. Results: Google's AI Overview named the brand in 26 of 29 checks on three target queries; from mid October the mention linked to the website instead of Instagram (21 of 22 checks). In about five weeks, Search Console AI-report impressions rose from 3 to 54 and clicks doubled (9 to 18). 7 of 15 inbound calls came from people sent by an AI answer, including ChatGPT. The image shows the Search Console Generative AI features report: almost no AI impressions before the work, regular impressions from mid October.

  • Digital Marketer
  • Marketing Strategist
  • SEO Expert

Work experience· 7 roles

SEO Consultant | GEO · BuyBusinessTurkeyOct 2026 – Present · 2 mos

- Developed and delivered an SEO roadmap based on business discovery, target-audience needs and acquisition goals for a platform helping Persian-speaking clients buy businesses in Türkiye. - Delivered an AI search visibility (GEO) strategy outlining how to plan, structure and develop content to be discovered and referenced in AI-generated answers, such as Google AI Overviews and AI Mode. - Guided implementation (indexing fixes, 410s, clearer core content, internal linking) and tracked GEO across four layers: AI answers, rankings, brand search and real enquiries. Google's AI Overview named the brand in 26 of 29 checks on three target queries; from mid-October the mention linked to the website, not Instagram (21 of 22). - In about five weeks, Search Console AI-report impressions rose from 3 to 54 and clicks doubled (9 to 18); 7 of 15 inbound calls came from people sent by an AI answer, including ChatGPT. - Diagnosed a brand-entity gap (Google read the descriptive brand name as a query) and recommended fixes: consistent business details, Organization schema with sameAs, Google Business Profile, named mentions. - Defined priorities aligned with the company's wider marketing channels; provide ongoing consulting, review progress with the implementation specialist and refine priorities as the project develops.

Senior SEO Specialist, E-commerce SEO · Ara Shokoufeh RohamFeb 2026 – Aug 2026 · 7 mos

Role concluded upon my relocation to Istanbul, Türkiye. - Acted as SEO manager for a large-scale cosmetics e-commerce platform (90+ international brands): owned strategy, coordinated content, development and design teams, and advised the digital manager on priorities. - Restructured SEO architecture and taxonomy, removing low-value tag pages through strategic 410 responses to improve crawlability and indexation of commercial sections. - Optimized underdeveloped brand pages (titles, meta descriptions, on-page content) and resolved tag/category cannibalization through taxonomy restructuring and internal linking. - Contributed to a spring promotional campaign that lifted purchase rate by ~20% on regular-price and ~50% on discounted products, alongside SMS campaigns.

Senior SEO Specialist, International & Local SEO · HDMarketing Digital AgencyDec 2025 – Feb 2026 · 3 mos

Contract role at a digital marketing agency, working across multiple client accounts. - Increased organic traffic to the homepage and main solar-panel purchase page by ~20% by resolving cannibalization and duplicate content, consolidating overlapping tag/category pages and restructuring internal linking. - Realigned category targeting on an artificial-grass e-commerce site to transactional intent and redirected commercial-query articles to category pages to consolidate relevance. - Built the SEO strategy for a client with locations in Iran and Dubai, including the Dubai Google Business Profile and English-language content. - Ran keyword research, competitor analysis and content audits; presented findings and recommendations to clients.

Senior SEO Specialist, International & Local SEO · RymondgroupJul 2025 – Dec 2025 · 6 mos
Senior SEO Specialist, Crypto SEO · OMPFinexJul 2024 – Jul 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo
Digital Marketing Specialist, SEO · Delta.irJul 2023 – Jul 2024 · 1 yr 1 mo
SEO Specialist, E-commerce SEO · Self-employedMay 2020 – Jul 2023 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Education

MSc Strategic Marketing & Brand Management · İstanbul Nişantaşı University2027
B Eng Geology / Earth Science · Bu-Ali Sina University2012 – 2015

Certifications and awards

Introduction to Google SEO - UC Davis (Coursera)2022
Advanced Search Engine Optimization - ClickMinded2022
Google Ads Certification2022
SEO; Content Marketing; Digital Marketing - HubSpot Academy2022

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