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Vadym Romakh

About Vadym Romakh

Vadym Romakh is an SEO and GEO specialist who leads SEO strategy at SEO F1RST, an agency for ecommerce, Shopify and B2B brands. He has more than 10 years of experience in SEO and works on client projects in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe.

Areas of expertise

  • Ecommerce and Shopify SEO
  • Technical SEO and SEO audits
  • SEO migrations between ecommerce platforms
  • GEO and AI search visibility (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews)
  • Content strategy and link building

Certifications

Semrush certifications in AI search optimization

Selected results

  • 49.7K organic clicks and AI responses grown from 118 to 461 for an ecommerce brand
  • +790% organic growth for a Shopify store
  • +275% traffic and dozens of Google AI Overview placements for a Shopify store

Latest posts by Vadym Romakh
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18/Oct/2026
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TL;DR For most growing online stores, Shopify and WooCommerce are the best ecommerce platforms for SEO. Shopify is the best

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1/Oct/2026
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TL;DR An ecommerce SEO checklist helps you find what stops your online store from ranking and selling. Start with a

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19/Oct/2026
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TL;DR Use one primary keyword per page and 2 to 5 secondary keywords that share the same search intent. A

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16/Oct/2026
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TL;DR Local SEO for small business is how you get found when nearby customers search for what you sell, in

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28/Feb/2025
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In the age we live in, where everything is driven by the internet, it’s a lot more than just an

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4/May/2022
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Internet marketing, Digital marketing, Content writing Marketing, and SEO marketing. While all of these terms might seem to be different,

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8/Jul/2024
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What Is Local SEO? When it comes to local search results, businesses must employ the use of local SEO in

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21/Oct/2022
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You can not expect your business to grow if your marketing strategy is a flop. Marketing is an important vehicle

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10/Sep/2026
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TL;DR ChatGPT SEO is the work of making your brand and pages visible in ChatGPT answers. When ChatGPT searches the

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12/Feb/2022
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What is Google Algorithms? The Google algorithms are a collection of sophisticated formulas that helps Google to discover, rating, and

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12/Feb/2022
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You also might have got confused by the question above, right? Which one should you use for your growing business?

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16/Apr/2025
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SEO or Google Ads – this is every online business owner’s choice. In today’s world of Internet technologies, a business

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29/Apr/2022
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Many people remain unaware that an appropriate description of your business is non-negotiable. The product you sell more or less

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23/Sep/2024
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The common misconception about SEO is that it is just a set of techniques for boosting search engines’ results for

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27/Jan/2022
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When assessing page structure and layout, there is a subtle, yet strategic way to use images in an SEO –

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20/Oct/2022
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This guide will help you find and create an XML sitemap for your website. This guide will help you find and

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25/Sep/2024
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In the search engine optimization industry, Google is always on the lookout for new and innovative systems to implement in

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27/Sep/2024
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In basic terms, semantic SEO is a method of optimizing search engines, which is in its development process because it

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21/Jan/2025
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SEO rich text is content written for people that also helps search engines understand it. It uses the right keywords,

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20/Jan/2023
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Google analytics is an invaluable tool which can be used by individuals and organizations to gain insight into their website

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13/Aug/2025
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TL;DR An SEO audit is important because it shows exactly what stops your website from ranking and winning customers: technical

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26/Sep/2024
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Having an online store is important in the current world. It is common knowledge that there are thousands of eCommerce

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18/Oct/2026
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TL;DR SEO helps your pages rank in Google’s list of links. GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) helps your brand get included

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18/Oct/2026
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TL;DR An SEO funnel is a content and keyword strategy that matches pages on your site to each stage of

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26/Oct/2026
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TL;DR An SEO content brief is a one or two page document that tells a writer which keyword to target,

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27/Oct/2026
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TL;DR A website migration SEO checklist is a step-by-step plan that protects your rankings when you change domain, platform, URL

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27/Oct/2026
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TL;DR Google Business Profile optimization is the process of completing and maintaining your free business listing on Google so you

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28/Oct/2026
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TL;DR This Shopify SEO checklist is based on the audit template our team uses for real Shopify stores. It covers

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28/Oct/2026
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TL;DR A content gap analysis shows which topics and keywords your competitors rank for while you do not. The fastest

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