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SEO & AI Search Expert · Cairo, Egypt
Rank on Google.
Get found by AI.
Search is splitting in two — traditional results and AI-generated answers. I help businesses win both: solid technical foundations and the emerging discipline of AI visibility.
Core disciplines
Technical SEOAI Visibility — GEO · AEOContent StrategyLLM Discovery
Who I Am
Abdallah Mekky
1999Online since
15+Years in SEO
Cairo, EgyptBased in
Abdallah Mekky is an SEO & AI Search Expert based in Cairo, Egypt. I help brands improve their organic visibility — on traditional Google search and the new wave of AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI Overviews.
I first touched a computer in 1995 and discovered the web in 1999. Since then I've been obsessed with how people find information online — and how both search engines and AI keep changing that.
Right now I work at the intersection where traditional SEO meets LLM visibility. That's exactly where search is heading in 2026 and beyond.
"Not claiming mastery. Just building relentlessly. The joy is in the becoming."—
Services
What I do —
and why it matters
Search is no longer one channel. I cover both the traditional ranking game and the emerging AI visibility layer — so your brand shows up wherever your audience is looking.
All services & details →01 / Technical SEO
⚙️Technical SEO
The foundation that everything else depends on. If search engines can't efficiently crawl, understand, and index your site — no content strategy will compensate.
- —Full technical audit (crawl, index, speed, structured data)
- —Core Web Vitals diagnosis & remediation
- —Site architecture & internal linking
- —Schema markup implementation
- —JavaScript SEO & rendering issues
- —Crawl budget optimisation
02 / AI Visibility
🤖AI Search Visibility
ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews are now primary discovery tools for millions. Getting cited in these systems requires a different discipline than classic SEO.
- —GEO — Generative Engine Optimisation
- —AEO — Answer Engine Optimisation
- —LLM citation strategy
- —Entity definition & authority signals
- —Featured snippet & AI Overview targeting
- —Perplexity & SearchGPT visibility
03 / Content Strategy
✍️Semantic Content Strategy
Content that ranks, answers questions, and earns AI citations — built on topical authority and semantic structure, not keyword stuffing.
- —Topical authority mapping
- —Content gap & cannibalisation analysis
- —Semantic keyword research
- —E-E-A-T content architecture
- —Content pruning & consolidation
04 / SEO Audit
🔍Full SEO Audit
A comprehensive deep-dive into your site's technical health, content opportunities, and AI-visibility blind spots — delivered as a prioritised action plan.
- —Technical health report
- —Content & keyword gap report
- —AI visibility gap analysis
- —Competitor benchmarking
- —Priority roadmap (quick wins + long-term)
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How We Work Together
A clear process.
No surprises.
Every engagement follows the same four steps — so you know exactly where we are, what's next, and why.
Full process details →01
Discovery Call
We talk through your business, goals, and where search fits into your growth. No pitch, no pressure — just a clear look at where you are and where you want to be. Takes about 30 minutes.
Free30 min
02
Audit & Strategy
A full diagnostic of your site's technical health, content gaps, and AI-visibility blind spots. You receive a written strategy with prioritised actions — quick wins, medium-term, and long-term moves.
Week 1–2Written deliverable
03
Execution
We implement in order of impact. Technical fixes first, then content, then AI-visibility layers. I work directly with your dev team for technical changes, or handle them depending on access.
OngoingMonthly sprints
04
Report & Iterate
Every month: a clear report with what moved, what didn't, and what's next. No vanity metrics — rankings, organic traffic, and AI citation appearances that map to your business.
MonthlyWritten + call
AI Visibility
The new layer most businesses are missing
When someone asks ChatGPT to recommend an SEO Expert — your brand either appears or it doesn't. Classic SEO doesn't solve that.
AI Visibility (GEO + AEO) is about structuring your content and authority signals so that large language models cite, reference, and recommend you. It's early, fast-moving, and exactly where I focus.
GEO — Generative Engine Optimisation
Optimising content so AI systems surface and cite your brand in generated responses.
AEO — Answer Engine Optimisation
Structuring content to directly answer the questions AI systems are trained to respond to.
Entity & Authority Signals
Building the structured data footprint that LLMs rely on to trust and cite a source.
AI Overview & Featured Snippet Targeting
On-page techniques to appear in Google's AI-generated overviews and position-zero snippets.
Platforms I optimise for
🔍Google SearchCore
✦Google AI OverviewsCore
⬡Perplexity AICore
◈ChatGPT / SearchGPTEmerging
◇Bing CopilotEmerging
◉Claude (Anthropic)Emerging
Why Work With Me
Technical depth.
Direct communication.
Most SEO Experts either go deep on technical (and can't explain it) or focus on content (and ignore the infrastructure). I do both — and explain exactly what I'm doing and why.
✓
No vanity metrics
Rankings, traffic, and AI citations that map to business outcomes — not impressions dashboards.
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You work with me directly
No middlemen. Every audit, strategy, and report comes from me personally.
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Early on AI visibility
I've been studying GEO and AEO since before they had names. Most Experts are just catching up now.
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Cairo-based, globally relevant
Local rates, international-standard work. Most of my clients are outside Egypt.
Technical focus areas
Technical SEO
95%
AI Visibility (GEO/AEO)
90%
Schema & Structured Data
88%
Content Strategy
82%
Core Web Vitals
85%
JavaScript SEO
78%
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Ready to start?
Let's get you found.
Whether you need a full SEO overhaul, an AI visibility strategy, or a focused audit — it starts with a conversation. No pitch, just clarity.