I started working in SEO in 2015. The early years were practical: auditing websites, fixing technical issues, planning content, testing ideas, and learning from the results.
Since then, I've worked across ecommerce, marketplaces, media, and education. My role grew from working on individual websites to leading teams and managing search across large platforms and multiple brands.
Those roles taught me that search never belongs to one team. The strongest work happens when content, engineering, product, and growth understand the same problem and move in the same direction.
My AI Search Visibility Framework
STAGE 01
Get Found
Make sure important pages can be accessed, rendered, indexed, and retrieved by search engines and AI systems.
STAGE 02
Get Understood
Clarify entities, relationships, and context so systems understand who the brand is, what it offers, and who it serves.
STAGE 03
Get Corroborated
Support brand claims with evidence beyond its own website, including research, case studies, interviews, reviews, and industry coverage.
STAGE 04
Get Selected
Create information that directly answers the questions people ask while making a decision, with important claims that are easy to identify and defend.
STAGE 05
Get Preferred
Citation is not the final outcome. Reputation, positioning, proof, product quality, pricing, and experience still determine whether people choose the brand.
Lead SEO, GEO, and AI Search strategy across the PT Ruang Raya Indonesia group, including Ruangguru, Brain Academy, Skill Academy, English Academy, Alta Global School, Schoters, Ruangkerja, Kalananti, and Ruangpeduli. Named the group’s Manager of the Year in 2021.
July 2026 - Present
StoryMint
Chief Product Officer
Lead product strategy for StoryMint, an audience intelligence and AI Search visibility platform that helps brands understand their audiences, improve content, and measure how they appear in AI-generated answers.
2020 - 2023
iMpulse Digital
Managing Director
Built and led iMpulse Digital, a digital marketing agency handling clients’ digital marketing needs end to end.
January 2019 - August 2020
The Bramble Company
SEO Manager
Managed SEO and organic growth for The Bramble Company, a U.S.-based B2B custom-furniture company, while supporting its B2C ecommerce expansion in Indonesia.
October 2016 - December 2018
BLANJA
SEO Lead
Led marketplace SEO for BLANJA.com, a major Indonesian ecommerce platform established as a joint venture between Telkom Indonesia and eBay.
May 2016 - September 2016
HIJUP
Sr. SEO Specialist
Worked on ecommerce SEO for HIJUP, then known as Indonesia’s first and largest Muslim fashion ecommerce platform, focusing on category and product discovery.
July 2017 - Present
KabarGames
Owner
Built KabarGames from the ground up and grew it into a gaming media platform.
May 2015 - April 2016
Earlier SEO roles
SEO Staff, Specialist, and Engineer
Handled technical audits, site improvements, and content across Uptopromo, Konsula, and HelloPET—the hands-on roles that built my foundation in SEO.
Google Search discussion with Joe Handaya and Ilman Akbar
Search Agency
Main Event - SEO Advanced Mindset You Should Avoid and Possess
Search Agency
The SEO Show 35 - How To Manage A Scalable SEO Campaign
Erwin Petas
How to Optimize Local SEO for Stronger Local Search Visibility
SEO is all about logic & common sense with creative & analytical skill built in. Knowledge is cheap, we can find any SEO tutorial on the internet, but the most important thing is, fix your #MindSet.
Joe Handaya I first shared this quote at SEOCON 2020.