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Mert Efe

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Technical marketer w/ 10 years of experience. My background is technical SEO but over the years I also worked on web analytics and lately, development

Turkey
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I work at the intersection of SEO, data, and software.

I started working in SEO in 2015 and have worked in agency, freelance, and in-house environments. Over the years I’ve been involved in many different parts of SEO — technical audits, site architecture decisions, search performance analysis, analytics implementations, and collaborating with product and engineering teams on large websites.

Over time my focus naturally moved toward the technical side of search and the systems behind it. I enjoy understanding how websites behave at scale, how search engines interact with them, and how data can be used to make better decisions.

What interests me most today is building systems that make SEO work more scalable. Instead of solving problems manually, I prefer creating tools, workflows, and automation that solve them repeatedly. Recently I’ve also been experimenting with AI-assisted workflows and ways to use search data more effectively.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Databenders logoDA

Co-Founder & Technical Director

Databenders

May 2024 - Feb 2026 (1 year 9 months)

Co-founded an SEO consulting company focused on helping organizations approach search in a more data-driven and technically informed way. During this period we worked with a small number of selected clients on complex search problems, covering areas such as technical SEO, search strategy, site architecture, search performance analysis, and emerging search surfaces such as AI-driven discovery.

JO

Search Engine Optimization Manager

Mar 2021 - Feb 2024 (2 years 11 months)

As part of the developers' team managing website content infrastructure, my main focus is technical SEO. I conduct regular SEO audits, assess new content, and oversee site speed and localization reporting. I contribute to SEO research and managed software projects. I have also been responsible of GA4, successfully handled the GA4 transition, mastering Google Tag Manager for intricate tracking.

FR

Search Engine Optimization Consultant

Freelance

Dec 2016 - Mar 2021 (4 years 3 months)

Since I quitted my first job and moved to a small town in Muğla, I've been working as a freelance SEO consultant while also working on my paragliding skills to be a professional. In that period I worked remotely for some agencies, my own clients and my colleagues who also do freelance work. My clients in that period included the global leader of sportswear market and another global textile giant.

SEM logoSE

Search Engine Optimization Analyst

SEM

Apr 2015 - Dec 2016 (1 year 8 months)

As an SEO Analyst I was responsible for auditing client websites' SEO, creating sales presentations, managing meetings, developing SEO roadmaps, tackling technical issues, staying current on algorithms, doing market research, devising holistic strategies. I planned content, analyzed competitors' backlinks, monitored KPIs, and reported to clients monthly.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

Istanbul Technical University logoIU

Istanbul Technical University

Bachelor Of Science, Management Engineering

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