Alston Antony is a Senior Digital Marketing Manager, SEO Strategist & Software Engineer with 15+ years of experience helping businesses engineer SEO systems that bring predictable customer growth—without the hype, myths, or wasted budget.
Current Role: As Digital Marketing Manager at BSF, Alston manages enterprise-level SEO strategies across technical SEO, content optimization, and AI-powered search (GEO). He applies the same strategies to BSF's digital assets that he teaches to 7,000+ professionals and 20,000 students proving they work in real businesses before sharing them publicly.
His unique approach combines software engineering principles with SEO execution: "I don't just 'do' SEO. I engineer systems that scale."
Education & Credentials:
- MSc in Software Engineering (Distinction) – University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
- BCS Professional Member (MBCS) – British Computer Society
- BTech in Computer Science (95% grade) – ESOFT Metro Campus, Sri Lanka
- Semrush SEO Essentials & Keyword Research Certifications
- SEO Manager Certification – Blue Array Ltd
His MSc dissertation on "Automated SEO Management System for Small Business Owners" was awarded "Most Interesting Project of the Year 2016" for bridging software engineering with search marketing.
SEO Expertise & Authority:
- 15+ years of hands-on SEO (started in 2010, survived Google Panda & Penguin)
- Built 100+ websites across multiple niches (some failed, some succeeded—he shows both)
- Tested 200+ SEO tools with honest, unbiased reviews (buys with own money)
- Co-founder of SaaSPirate – 50,000+ members, 500+ lifetime deals launched
- Active community: 7,000+ Facebook members, 4,000+ YouTube subscribers (386 videos) and 20,000 students in Udemy.
- Published research: Original dissertation on SEO automation systems
- Featured speaker: MarketMuse Content Strategy Collective Live
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