SEO Specialist · Cebu, Philippines

Gay Aida Dumaguing

Helping businesses grow through practical, data-led SEO

I help service businesses and e-commerce websites improve their search visibility through research, strategy, optimization, useful content, and clear reporting.

Gay Aida Dumaguing - SEO Specialist
  • Working in SEO since September 2010
  • Project-based · Remote
  • International clients
  • Available for new projects
1616 yearsSEO experience
◎InternationalUS · UK · AU · CA · Dubai
1:1DirectWork with me personally
✓FlexibleProject-based service

Professional profile

I'm Gay Aida Dumaguing, an SEO specialist with 16 years of experience helping businesses improve their organic visibility. I work directly with clients and focus on practical priorities, transparent reporting, and steady progress.

My work covers service businesses and e-commerce websites across international markets, including the US, UK, AU, CA, and Dubai.

My approach is straightforward: understand the website, find realistic opportunities, prioritize the work that matters, and track progress through data. I do not promise instant rankings or unnecessary activity just to make SEO look busy.

Why clients work with me: direct communication, realistic expectations, practical SEO priorities, and clear reporting — without agency layers or unnecessary fluff.

Core expertise

SEO Strategy

Clear SEO direction based on your website, market, competitors, and goals.

Keyword Research

Finding realistic keyword opportunities and matching them with the right pages.

On-Page SEO

Improving titles, descriptions, headings, content structure, and internal links.

Technical SEO

Checking crawlability, indexing, speed, mobile experience, redirects, and site issues.

Content Direction

Planning and optimizing content that supports rankings, traffic, and conversions.

SEO Reporting

Tracking rankings, traffic, search visibility, user behavior, and next-step priorities.

Professional experience

  1. 2010 — Present

    Freelance SEO Specialist

    SEO audits, research, strategy, on-page optimization, content planning, technical improvements, reporting, and international client management.

  2. 2011 — Present

    Travel Blogger · Exotic Philippines

    Content publishing, SEO testing, website management, travel writing, and audience development.

  3. 2009 — 2010

    Internet Researcher

    Researched businesses, verified locations and online information, and confirmed whether organizations were legitimate.

SEO service

Choose from three project-based SEO packages depending on your website stage, market competition, and monthly SEO budget.

SEO PACKAGE 01

Taste Test

Ideal for local businesses, tight budgets, or those taking their first step into SEO.

  • ✓Website & search review
  • ✓Local / seed keyword research
  • ✓Priority quick-win plan
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SEO PACKAGE 03

Feast

Comprehensive, aggressive growth for large enterprises and high-scale platforms.

  • ✓Deep architectural optimization
  • ✓Broad competitive expansion
  • ✓Continuous monitoring & strategy
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Case Studies

SEO results

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Tools & platforms

SEMrush SEMrush
Ahrefs
Google Analytics 4 GA4
Google Search Console Console
WordPress WordPress
Shopify Shopify
Squarespace Squarespace
Blogger Blogger
Yoast Yoast
vidIQ
TubeBuddy TubeBuddy
Canva

Education & credentials

BS Information Technology
University of Cebu — Banilad
  • ✓ Google SEO · UC Davis
  • ✓ Digital Marketing & E-commerce · Google
  • ✓ Data Analysis · Google
  • ✓ UX Design Foundations · Google
  • ✓ YouTube SEO Secrets
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ADDITIONAL EXPERTISE

YouTube SEO

Video keyword research and optimization experience.

AI search and GEO capabilities in development.
SELECTED PROJECT

HUSAY Tools

I also build SEO reporting tools through HUSAY, including Google Sheets-based systems that help simplify client reporting, GA4/GSC data review, and repetitive SEO workflows.

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LET'S WORK TOGETHER

Looking for experienced SEO support?

Tell me about your website, your goals, and where you need help.

Why is SEO Important?

There are still those potential clients who get in touch with me that are hesitant on having their website optimized, and hire me as their SEO specialist. So they ask me questions on the importance of having their website, that when they Google their website, their website is ranking.

Why is SEO Important? Why you need SEO?
If you’re one of those clients, no worries, it’s not a problem. Even here in my country, in the Philippines though there are a number of social media marketers and SEO specialists like me, there are only FEW business owners who do appreciate and even implement SEO on their website. Some don’t even at least hire a professional social media marketer to manage their fan page, they just do it themselves and update it like their own personal Facebook account.

So, I decided to make a video about the importance of SEO for businesses who wants to have their official website or already have their website.


Your potential customers go online to look for the product or service that they need, they’re looking for car rentals, travel agency, hotels, suppliers, and even SEO services. Imagine when your customer is looking for you, you show up! You can then introduce yourself to these customers who have never heard of you, or customers who have heard of you that may just need a reminder that you have that certain product or service, or they don’t know that you now offer that certain product or service that they are looking for.

Sure, your website appears when you Google your company name, but does your business appear at least on the first page when you try to search for the product or service you have? Sometimes you might be using a different keyword, comparing to a regular potential customer. Like instead of using a scientific name for your product, your customers use a generic name – a lot of clients have been so wrong about it.

Not only that you’d be able to introduce your business when customers are looking for your business, but also when there’s a relevant topic to your business. Like for example, when someone is looking more information about San Francisco tourist spots, and your business is a travel agency, you can then write on your business blog about the top tourist spots in San Francisco, and then mention on that post that you are a travel agency that do have these tours. Even if you’re a car rental company in San Francisco, you can do this, since they may want to rent a car from you if they want to tour around.

So imagine, if there’s at least 1,000 average searches a month on your business product or service, on a single product or service. Imagine getting at least 1% of that a month to sales.

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