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Darko M.

Top-Rated SEO & AEO Strategist | AI Search Visibility & Site Migration

Hello! My name is 𝗗𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗼, and I'm a 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗢 & 𝗔𝗘𝗢 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 for companies that want to rank on Google 𝘢𝘯𝘥 get cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Mode. ✨ I turn keyword data into page-by-page plans your writers, designers, and developers can actually follow. 🚀 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ “Very solution-oriented, proactive, and willing to go above and beyond, which is very rare. Darko helped audit and prepare an impressive 90-page actionable strategy. Will hire again!” - Drago Palalic - OnlyRevenue ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Darko knows his stuff! He always goes above and beyond the scope of work to make sure you totally understand his audit and directions given. I highly recommend him to assist with any penalized, stuck, or otherwise underperforming website." - Tim I work with 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀, plus selected ecommerce brands. Most SEO goes wrong at one step: putting the wrong keyword on the wrong page. I check every keyword against the live top 10 before mapping it, so a product page never chases a blog keyword. My workflow is 𝗔𝗜-𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲: Claude agents connected to SE Ranking, DataForSEO, Ahrefs and Sitebulb do the heavy research, so you pay for strategy, not spreadsheet hours. I explain findings in plain English for founders and marketing teams, without SEO jargon. 📈 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘀: ✅ 𝗕𝟮𝗖 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗮𝗦: one comparison blog brought a ~$5k lead in its first week, with zero backlinks ✅ 𝗗𝗠𝗖𝗔 𝗕𝟮𝗖 & 𝗕𝟮𝗕 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺: revenue doubled in 6 months through SEO and AEO ✅ 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: service page redesigns and Shopify/Webflow/WordPress migrations guided on the SEO side 🛠️ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗜 𝗱𝗼: 🔹 𝗦𝗘𝗢 𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗱𝗲𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘀: demand vs. rankings vs. AI answers, cannibalisation, competitors 🔹 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴: SERP-validated topical maps with core and supporting content 🔹 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗘𝗢: URL mapping, redirects, keep/merge/update decisions 🔹 𝗔𝗘𝗢 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗘𝗢: AI visibility tracking, prompt monitoring, content and citations built for LLMs 🔹 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗤𝗔: content briefs that writers can follow, and draft reviews before anything goes live 🔹 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴: KPIs, GSC and GA4 reporting, automated alerts with AI agents 🧰 𝗧𝗼𝗼𝗹𝘀: Google Search Console, GA4, Google Tag Manager, Ahrefs, Semrush, SE Ranking, DataForSEO, Sitebulb, Microsoft Clarity, Claude M̲o̲s̲t̲ o̲f̲ m̲y̲ c̲l̲i̲e̲n̲t̲ w̲o̲r̲k̲ i̲s̲ u̲n̲d̲e̲r̲ N̲D̲A̲, so I share detailed case studies on a call. 💬 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗨𝗥𝗟 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗱, and I will tell you where I would look first.

🇷🇸Belgrade, Serbia$40/hr100% JSS5.00 (17)Since Feb 2016

Earnings and projects

MRR (estimate)
≈$2.1k

An estimate from an earlier read

World#21,725 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#218 / 4,015
Revenue, last 30 days
$1k

Last 6 months: $12k

World#41,986 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#425 / 4,015
Total earnings
$43k

Billed in all: $46k

World#85,559 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#1,201 / 4,015
Per project
$1.5k

$3.1k in the last 6 months

World#93,351 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#1,046 / 4,015
Projects, last 6 months
4
0% fixed100% hourly
World#51,813 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#426 / 4,015
Projects in all
28

Across 32 contracts

41% fixed59% hourly
World#103,224 / 412k
🇷🇸Country#1,384 / 4,015

Earnings, last 30 days

$45.7k+$945 earned in the last 30 daysBilled in all, before Upwork's fee · drag across the chart to see what was earned in any stretch
$44.5k$45.0k$45.5k$46.0kOct 9Oct 24Nov 8

No data since Nov 5, 2026.

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