Available for audits & 1 advisory retainer

Systematic SEO & Fractional Head of SEO for High-Growth Businesses

Helping founders and engineering teams uncover high-impact organic search opportunities, eliminate complex technical bottlenecks, and scale compounding traffic. 15+ years of hands-on practice, active portfolio of profitable travel media (US & EU), and a verified asset exit on Empire Flippers.

15+
Years of hands-on SEO practice
40+
Client projects delivered
15+
Owned affiliate media assets
Exit
Verified sale on Empire Flippers
Alexander Gafurzanov — Senior SEO Consultant
Alexander Gafurzanov
  • 📍 Varna, Bulgaria / EU • Remote Worldwide
  • Private advisory, architectural audits, second opinions
  • 💼 EU Long-term resident, official EU B2B invoicing (EUR)
Skin in the game • Real Search Console Proof

Tested Daily on Owned Media & Enterprise Client Assets

I do not sell recycled Google documentation. Every week, I test new strategies on my own media assets in high-competition Tier-1 markets (US & Europe), putting real capital on the line.

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Why this matters for your business: Unlike traditional agencies that use client budgets as a testing ground, all core algorithmic updates, Core Web Vitals, Helpful Content Updates (HCU), and architectural patterns are validated first on my own profitable assets.
US Market • Travel Affiliate #1

Organic Growth in High-Competition US Tourism

Scaling a US-focused English travel publication. Systematic topical clustering, high-intent booking pages for tours and attraction tickets. Predictable upward trajectory in clicks and impressions.

Search Console organic traffic growth US travel
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✓ Tier-1 US Traffic
✓ Monetization: Tours & Activities
US Market • Regional Travel Guide #2

Top SERP Rankings & Compounding Click Growth

Laser-targeted search intent capture and transactional semantics. Crawl budget tuning, rapid indexing of newly deployed pages, and sustained domain trust accumulation.

Search Console growth graph US 2
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✓ High User Engagement
✓ Above-Average Search CTR
Europe • Multilingual Regional Hub

Scaling European Travel Network: Search Console

Ultra-fast JAMstack infrastructure deployment. Optimized internal link topology, Schema.org graph markup, and seamless integration of high-converting affiliate widgets.

Search Console European travel portal
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✓ Multilingual Architecture
✓ Local Search Dominance
Italy • Regional Destination Hub

Targeted Niche Organic Reach in Italy

Focused on landmark landing pages, ticket booking funnels, and municipal transit logistics. High transactional intent, exceptional session duration, and direct bookings.

Search Console Italian travel guide
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✓ High-Converting Niche Traffic
✓ Superior Affiliate Conversion
news.sportbox.ru +150% Organic Growth

Major national sports media portal. Overhauled technical crawling architecture, optimized news feed indexing, and expanded topical semantics within 12 months.

rusdver.net +120% Traffic / +25% Revenue

Competitive e-commerce category. Top-1 rankings across high-competition transactional keywords, resolved catalog duplication, and unlocked direct customer sales.

Empire Flippers Exit Acquisition Complete

Amazon affiliate media asset in a specialized niche: scaled from scratch within 18 months to consistent 4-figure USD monthly profit, successfully sold via Empire Flippers.

Transparent Engagement Models

Services & Pricing Matrix

No hidden fees, no agency bureaucracy, and no bloated hour logs. Choose the exact format suited for your current stage — from an express blocker fix to a Fractional Head of SEO.

One-Off Call / Express Review

Test call, single technical blocker resolution (migrations, re-indexing issues, post-update drops)
€130 – €180 / hour
  • 60-minute deep-dive call via Zoom or Google Meet with recording
  • Pre-meeting review of your site and core metric signals
  • Concrete, prioritized Action Items for your dev team
  • Ideal for rapid hypothesis testing and an authoritative second opinion
Book Express Review

Engagement Pack (4 Hours)

4-hour monthly block. Optimal for solving a cluster of tasks without single-hour billing overhead
€500 – €700 / 4-hour pack
  • 4 hours of dedicated senior consulting usable within 30 days
  • Spec & ticket review for your developers and content writers
  • Analysis of specific category silos, search clusters, and competitors
  • Flexible split between live calls and asynchronous feedback
Select 4-Hour Pack

Strategic Sprint (Quarterly Roadmap)

Task prioritization and technical roadmap for your in-house team across 3–6 months
€1,000 – €1,400 / sprint
  • Evaluation of current search baseline and growth opportunity scoring
  • Actionable execution roadmap formatted for Notion, Jira, or Linear
  • Clear acceptance criteria and technical release benchmarks
  • Keyword cannibalization cleanup and semantic expansion roadmap
Order Strategic Roadmap

Advisory Retainer (Fractional Head of SEO)

3–4 strategy syncs/month + ongoing Slack/Notion guidance for founders and product teams
€1,800 – €3,000 / month
  • Head of SEO caliber guidance without executive payroll and overhead
  • 3–4 dedicated monthly strategy syncs tracking business KPIs
  • Direct access in your Slack, Notion, or Jira for rapid feedback
  • Pre-release QA checks on engineering tickets before production rollouts
Discuss Advisory Retainer
Operating Principles

Why a Senior Specialist Beats a Traditional Agency

You don’t pay for account management bloat, junior training, or 80-page automated PDF reports.

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Direct Senior Collaboration

Every audit, technical spec, and architectural recommendation is crafted directly by me with 15 years of battle-tested experience.

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Skin in the Game

I manage my own profitable travel media in the US and Europe. I risk my own capital daily and know how modern search algorithms behave.

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Revenue Over Vanity Metrics

No endless keyword dumps. We prioritize the exact templates, queries, and technical fixes that unlock qualified leads and revenue.

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Cross-Border & Tech Fluency

Extensive experience across US, UK, and EU markets. Fluent in international architectures, hreflang, CDN edge caching, and modern frameworks.

Project Inquiry

Discuss Your Project or Request an Audit

Please fill out the form on the right. All inquiries reach me directly without gatekeepers. I will review your site and reply with actionable next steps.

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Response Time
Within 2–4 business hours
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Pre-Meeting Review
Initial site & indexation screening prior to sync
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Communication Stack
Zoom, Google Meet, Loom, Slack, Notion
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Location & Timezone
Varna, Bulgaria / EU (EET/EEST, UTC+2 / UTC+3)

🔒 Confidentiality guaranteed. Mutual NDAs signed upon request prior to deep data access.

Frequently Asked Questions

Terms & Collaboration Details

An express review or single strategy call can typically be scheduled within 24–48 hours after your initial inquiry. A comprehensive architecture audit (with full written documentation and Loom video walkthroughs) is delivered in 5–7 business days depending on website scale.
Yes. I hold EU Long-Term Residence in Bulgaria and issue official B2B invoices in Euros (EUR). Payments are accepted via standard bank transfers (SEPA, SWIFT), major credit/debit cards, or cryptocurrency.
For an initial express call, access is helpful but optional. For a full architecture audit or strategic roadmap, read-only access to Google Search Console is strongly recommended — it reveals actual query impressions, cannibalization, indexation anomalies, and crawl status that third-party tools cannot see.
Yes. The majority of my portfolio operates in the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union. I am fully experienced with English semantics, international link acquisition, and multi-region localization (hreflang, CDN edge routing).
Google’s official documentation explicitly cautions: "No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google." Anyone promising fixed rankings within two weeks is engaging in deceptive marketing. What I guarantee is uncovering and resolving critical architectural blockers, disciplined prioritization, and executing strategies that reliably drive sustainable, compounding organic growth and qualified conversions.
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