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Despina Gavoyannis
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Despina Gavoyannis

Senior SEO Specialist at Ahrefs

Despina is a Senior SEO Consultant with 8+ years of experience growing B2B, e-commerce, SaaS, and national brands.

She's an optimist at heart, taking time to enjoy life's silver linings each day.

LLMO Is in Its Black Hat Era

Top 40 Fastest-Growing Cybersecurity Companies

Top 50 Fastest-Growing EdTech Companies

Semantic SEO: The Advanced Skill Most SEOs Pretend to Understand

LLMs Don’t Reward Originality, They Flatten It

The 7 Phases of the Search Demand Lifecycle: Going Beyond Search Volume

Education SEO for Higher Education, EdTech and K-12 Schools

How to Analyze a Sudden Drop in Website Traffic [With Template]

7 SEO SOPs: Your Cheat Code for More Rankings, Less Guesswork

AI Content Creation: My Process for High-Quality, SEO-Friendly Articles

How to Do a Backlink Gap Analysis (With Template)

How to Build an SEO Topical Map (With Template)

7 Free and Beginner-Friendly Small Business SEO Tools

12 Low-Hanging Fruit SEO Tactics You Can Implement Today

How SEO Can Capture Demand You Create Elsewhere

Advanced SEO: My Top 8 Tactics Shared By 107 SEOs

SEO for Personal Injury Lawyers: 7 Strategies to Lower Cost-Per-Lead

SXO Explained: How to Adapt to the New Era of Search

How Mid-funnel Content Can Be Your Secret SEO Weapon

Results-Driven SEO Project Management: From Chaos to Cash

Guaranteed SEO Services: Here’s the Only SEO Guarantee That’s Not a Scam

8 Ahrefs API Use Cases For Agencies and Enterprises

Franchise SEO: Local and National Growth Strategies for Franchises

Sydney SEO Conference: “An Absolute Belter”

Website Traffic Down? Maybe It’s Not Your Fault

Steal Our SEO API Stack For Easy SEO Automation

26 Women and Nonbinary SEO Pros Who Inspire Me

How to Get SEO Buy-In: 7 Actionable Tips

Competitive Intelligence: A No-Nonsense Guide

The Smart Investor’s Guide to Buying a Website

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