Wouter van der Meij
SEO Strategist

Wouter van der Meij

Expert in site migration, SEO and link building.
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About

Wouter van der Meij has 12 years of experience as an international SEO specialist and has a background in programming. He has created and implemented SEO strategies for clients across various industries, such as financial services, travel, F&B, health insurance, e-commerce, and IT. His expertise includes site migration, link building, and web design. In 2019, he built Umbrellum, a Google SERP scraper and ranking tracker and is also proficient in PHP, MySQL, Photoshop, HTML, and CSS.

Employment

4 roles
Jul 2017 - Present 8 years 10 months
SEO Specialist
Independent

Wouter has created and implemented SEO strategies for clients across various industries, such as financial services, travel, f&b, health insurance, e-commerce, and IT.


As an SEO specialist for Smulweb:

  • Managed the organic search traffic and integration with the Jumbo company who acquired the business.

As an SEO specialist for Riksja Travel:

  • Helped with all the SEO challenges that arise when they're migrating around 40 sites to a single page application in React.

As an SEO consultant for Oxbridge Essays:

  • Ensured the different sites of the Oxbridge Research Group rank well in Google.

As an SEO specialist for Prijsvrij:

  • Helped the inhouse team with their mostly technical SEO challenges.

As an SEO specialist for EtiquetteClothiers.com:

  • Developed overall SEO strategy for the international men’s underwear e-commerce company Etiquette Clothiers and World of Etiquette.
Sep 2016 - May 2019 2 years 8 months
SEO Specialist
Bol.com

Bol.com is a Dutch e-commerce site that sells books, toys, and electronics.

  • Worked with 1,500 colleagues; over 1 billion in yearly revenue.
  • Managed the technical SEO and trained the content teams within the company.
Aug 2015 - Apr 2019 3 years 8 months
SEO Specialist
SNS Bank

SNS Bank (now De Volksbank) is a Dutch retail bank offering financial products to both companies and individuals.

  • Managed the technical SEO and link building.
  • Developed content strategy for the website and reported on SEO.
Mar 2015 - Oct 2018 3 years 7 months
SEO Consultant
BoerenBed

BoerenBed is a travel and tourism site that offers luxury glamping across Europe.

  • Helped the international team of BoerenBed, Featherdown, Unlitaupre, and Wiesenbett in optimizing the site and link building.
  • Developed overall strategy in all labels.
  • Optimized web content.
  • Trained the team in copywriting, SEO, and link building.

Education

Jan 2008 - Dec 2012 4 years 11 months
Information Technology, -
Technische Universiteit Delft

Portfolio

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