Dino De Wet

Senior SEO Specialist & Semantic Architect

Cape Town, ZA.

About

Senior SEO Specialist and Semantic Architect with 8+ years of experience, Dino De Wet delivers measurable organic growth for diverse South African and international clients across e-commerce, SaaS, and legal sectors. Trained by Koray Tugberk Gürbüz, he excels in Holistic SEO, entity-first content architecture, and technical SEO auditing, driving significant results like scaling an e-commerce client from 160 to 3,000 monthly visits and boosting UrbanAir.com to 2M+ monthly visits.

Work

dinodewet.co.za (Self-Employed)

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Semantic SEO Architect & Consultant

Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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Summary

As a self-employed Semantic SEO Architect & Consultant, Dino De Wet delivered exceptional organic growth and enhanced online visibility for diverse South African and international brands across multiple sectors.

Highlights

Scaled Macstyle Hire's monthly visits from 160 to 3,000 on a limited budget through comprehensive website architecture, technical SEO, local SEO, and citation building.

Designed and implemented a complete digital strategy for Renewal Recovery Ranch, including EAV entity profiling, schema blueprint, and full Semantic Content Network roadmap.

Built the Roxstar Performance website in Next.js, incorporating a 36-page topical map, 11 brand entity profiles with EAV extraction, named entity mapping per page, and full JSON-LD structured data.

Delivered EAV-aligned homepage content and URL cleanup strategy for Aligned Interiors, targeting 91 URLs across three priority tiers via Google Search Console and WPCode.

Optimized enterprise-scale JavaScript-framework-driven websites (React, Next.js, SPAs, PWAs) by diagnosing crawl/indexation issues and implementing deep semantic HTML.

Clixsy Agency

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Semantic SEO Consultant (Advisory Contract)

Remote, Remote, US

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Summary

Engaged as an independent Semantic SEO Advisor for a US-based digital agency, providing strategic guidance on architecture, entity-first methodology, and content network strategies for diverse client verticals.

Highlights

Advised on semantic SEO strategy and entity-first content architecture for multi-location US service businesses, enhancing client capabilities.

Directed a 438-URL audit for Champion Plumbing, producing a consolidation strategy that reduced site architecture from 438 to 58 priority pages.

Guided the creation of pillar pages and SCN architecture for Maverick Electric, Plumbing, Heating & Air, and AC Plus HVAC.

Delivered YMYL-compliant semantic SEO advisory for Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers, ensuring high-stakes content integrity.

Lightbeans

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SEO Manager & SEO Content Writer

Remote, Remote, South Africa

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Summary

Led comprehensive SEO and content strategy for Lightbeans, a technical software company, significantly boosting brand visibility, organic traffic, and search rankings through advanced content and technical improvements.

Highlights

Authored over 90 specialized blog posts on Physically Based Rendering (PBR), establishing deep topical authority and industry thought leadership.

Implemented advanced JavaScript SEO practices, resolving critical technical issues to improve crawlability and indexation.

Optimized site architecture through strategic redirect implementation, converting JS redirects to HTML and improving link equity flow.

Conducted extensive keyword and entity-based research, developing data-driven content strategies aligned with search intent.

Leveraged Google Analytics for in-depth performance reporting, driving data-driven strategic decision-making and improving SEO rankings.

Trebletree.co

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External SEO Consultant

Remote, Remote, US

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Summary

Consulted for Trebletree's agency portfolio, focusing on Unleashed Brands and UrbanAir.com, to develop and execute content and technical strategies for national indoor adventure brand with franchisee locations.

Highlights

Grew Urbanair.com's monthly organic traffic from 1.6M to 2M+ visits through targeted content and technical strategies.

Implemented advanced schema markup strategies across the entire website, enhancing structured data coverage and rich result eligibility.

Optimized local SEO for all franchisee pages, adhering to multi-location best practices and improving local pack visibility across US markets.

Strategically optimized underperforming pages in positions 11–20, resulting in multiple top-10 promotions.

Conducted comprehensive website and business audits, identifying critical improvement areas in content, technical SEO, and local search.

Pearl Lemon

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Technical SEO Lead

London, England, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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Summary

Led comprehensive SEO strategies across technical, on-page, off-page, and content for multiple websites within the Pearl Lemon global portfolio, managing a global SEO team and spearheading content strategy for the Food & Beverage sector.

Highlights

Increased client domain authority and Ahrefs DR to 50+ through strategic and sustainable link building initiatives.

Managed a global SEO team, implementing high-priority technical fixes and internal linking strategies across the full Pearl Lemon portfolio.

Achieved #1 rankings and featured snippets for high-value commercial keywords, including 'Corporate Catering London'.

Optimized site speed across the portfolio, achieving 95+ mobile performance scores on Google PageSpeed Insights.

Implemented wheel-and-spoke internal linking strategy, enhancing page authority distribution across site architecture.

Websiteness

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Senior SEO Manager

Las Vegas, Nevada, US

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Summary

Managed a large-scale rank-and-rent SEO operation for a US-based agency, overseeing 50+ websites simultaneously across diverse local US markets, delivered remotely from South Africa.

Highlights

Managed over 50 websites simultaneously, implementing architectural, content, and internal linking improvements across all properties.

Developed and executed dynamic SEO strategies, consistently outperforming market competitors and achieving client ranking objectives.

Successfully set up and optimized numerous GMB profiles throughout the USA, managing the entire process remotely from South Africa.

Developed local SEO strategies that resulted in #1 positions in both national and local USA search results and successful lead generation.

Increased website visibility through systematic keyword research, content optimization, and ongoing technical site management.

Education

University of South Africa (UNISA)

Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
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BCom Honours Marketing

Languages

English

Certificates

HubSpot SEO Certified

HubSpot

HubSpot SEO 2 Certified

HubSpot

SEO Specialist Certification

Reliablesoft.net SEO Training Academy

How to Optimise Location Pages

BrightLocal Academy

Beginners Guide to Local SEO

BrightLocal Academy

Level Up Your Local SEO with BrightLocal

BrightLocal Academy

How to Master Local Keyword Research

BrightLocal Academy

SEO Fundamentals Exam Certification

Semrush Academy

Competitive Analysis & Keyword Research Certification

Semrush Academy

Keyword Research Exam Certification

Semrush Academy

Semrush SEO Toolkit Certification

Semrush Academy

Semrush Site Audit Exam Certification

Semrush Academy

Role of Content Exam

Semrush Academy

Backlink Management Exam

Semrush Academy

Technical SEO Certification

Semrush Academy

Skills

Semantic SEO

Holistic SEO (Koray Gürbüz - personally trained), SCN Architecture, EAV Mapping, Topical Authority, NLP Optimisation, Topical Map Design, Advanced Semantic SEO: 5-pillar framework, 48-agent AI pipeline, 7-phase project delivery system, Custom semantic SEO prompt library for AI-assisted content production.

Technical SEO

Site auditing, URL architecture, Crawl budget optimisation, Core Web Vitals, Canonical strategy, 301 redirect mapping, JavaScript-framework SEO (SPA/PWA rendering, crawl and indexation), Content pruning, PageRank modelling.

On-Page SEO

Keyword research, Semantic clustering, Content briefs, Internal linking, Wheel-and-spoke architecture, YMYL compliance, E-E-A-T optimisation.

Off-Page SEO

Strategic link building, Domain authority growth (50+ DA), Backlink auditing, PBN identification, Citation building, GMB optimisation.

Structured Data

JSON-LD (Person, Organisation, Product, FAQ, Article, LocalBusiness, BreadcrumbList), Google Rich Results, AI-extraction-ready content.

AI Search (AEO/GEO)

Google AI Overviews, Answer Engine Optimisation, Generative Engine Optimisation, SPO triple structuring, Passage-level extraction.

Web Development

Next.js 14, React, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Semantic HTML, WordPress, Claude Code, JSON-LD implementation, Full-stack SEO-first web development.

Tools & Platforms

Ahrefs, Screaming Frog, Semrush, Google Search Console, GA4, Surfer SEO, Frase, WordLift, Claude (Anthropic), Ahrefs MCP, Custom GPT Agents, DALL-E, AI & Automation: Claude (Anthropic), Custom GPT Agents, Ahrefs MCP, DALL-E 3 integration.