Roberto Serra, SEO and generative search, since 2010

I help companies get found and become visible when people, and AIs, look for answers.

I study how people search online and how it is changing with artificial intelligence, and I turn that study into results for the companies I work with. Data-driven, since 2010.

Roberto Serra, SEO & AI consultant
15+ years of
data-driven work
As featured in
Il Sole 24 Ore, Le Iene, ANSA, La Repubblica, the University of Cagliari: over 120 mentions, more than 50 articles citing me as a source.
ANSA Il Sole 24 Ore Le Iene Università di Cagliari la Repubblica
When AI became a public matter

From the Senate to the TEDx stage: I've had the opportunity to explain AI where it matters.

In 2025 the Senato della Repubblica invited me, as an expert, to talk about the power of artificial intelligence in search. Two years earlier, from the TEDxLegnano stage, I was already telling where we were headed.

Senato della Repubblica, 2025
Senato della Repubblica, 2025
Invited as an expert, to talk about the power of AI in search.
TEDxLegnano, 2023
TEDxLegnano, 2023
“How to Steal a Job from an A.I.”, staying relevant when machines learn fast.
Digital Talks, Cagliari
Digital Talks, Cagliari
The AI event I organize, with experts, professionals and entrepreneurs.
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The facts, in numbers

Fifteen years, in four figures

15+
years of data-driven SEO work (since 2010)
120+
mentions in Italian and European media
50+
articles citing me as a source
Since 2016
I have been writing and publishing in-depth posts on the blog
I am also among the sources cited in the “Backlink” entry on Wikipedia.
About me

I started in 2010, when “doing SEO” meant something else.

I opened my agency in 2010 and for years I helped businesses and e-commerce stores get found on Google, always starting from data rather than opinions.

Artificial intelligence in search is not new: Google has used it for years, from BERT (2019) to MUM, all the way to today's generative engines. I have been following it and writing about it since it began, with field tests and in-depth posts on the blog. Today's work grows out of that study: generative search (GEO), getting companies found within the answers built by AI as well.

Along the way came the Senate, TEDx, the books, the newspapers. But the point remains one: I am an entrepreneur who studies the evolution of search to bring results to the companies he works with.

The commitment
Getting results for clients. Not showcase visibility: visibility that turns into people who find you and choose you.
2010
I found my SEO agency (today Agenzia SEO Serra, Raank S.r.l.)
2014–2022
I launch Web Marketing Training
2018
I publish “Visibilità” (Flaccovio); I speak at SMXL Milano and WordCamp Roma
2019
I collaborate with Le Iene on an analysis of Google Trends
since 2019
I follow AI in search, from BERT to MUM all the way to generative engines: I study it and write about it on the blog
2023
I take the stage at TEDxLegnano
2025
I am invited to the Senato della Repubblica to talk about the power of AI
2026
I speak at AI Week and World Tech Conference; consulting focused on GEO
The blog

My blog is among the most active in Italy on organic and generative search.

Every week I publish analyses on how the way we search online is changing. And in the SEO Confidential column I interview the world's top experts, to share strategies and ideas and understand where search is heading.

Among the guests of SEO Confidential
Avinash Kaushik Joy Hawkins Barry Adams Gagan Ghotra Saijo George Ethan Smith and many more
A table, not a stage

Digital Talks: AI told by those who use it.

Since 2024 I have been organizing Digital Talks in Cagliari, a conversation on artificial intelligence among experts, professionals and entrepreneurs. More than 100 have already taken the stage.

Cagliari, 2024–2026 100+ speakers Organized by me
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100+speakers who took the stage
Who speaksexperts, professionals and entrepreneurs
TopicAI applied to work and business
Moments from Digital Talks
Luca Altieri
Luca Altieri
CMO, IBM Technology EMEA
Ethics and Society
Ethics and Society
Round table, multiple guests
Matteo Flora
Matteo Flora
Founder of The Fool
Watch all the Shorts
Stages & events

Where he speaks about search and AI

2026AI WeekMilano, Fiera Rho
2026World Tech ConferenceMilano, Allianz MiCo
2025Senato della Repubblica“The power of AI”
2023TEDxLegnanoTalk
2024–25Digital StrategyTorino
2018SMXL Milano, WordCamp RomaSearch & WordPress
Books & publications

One book written, and contributions to volumes by other experts

Visibilità, il superpotere che viene dal Web (Flaccovio, 2018)
My book, 2018
Neurobranding (Hoepli, 2020), contribution
Contribution
Strategie di conversione (Hoepli, 2022), contribution
Contribution
Neuro e-commerce (Hoepli, 2025), contribution
Contribution
Inquinamento cognitivo (LSWR, 2025), contribution
Contribution
“Visibilità” (Flaccovio, 2018) is my book; to the others I contributed as a sector author. Plus the regular byline in Agenda Digitale (Digital360).
Why I do it

None of this is meant to say that I'm good. Studying how search changes, taking the stage, interviewing the experts who lead the field: I do it for my clients, to keep them always on top of things in a field that changes every day, since it was born.

Clients say it

I'll let those who worked with me speak

Entrepreneurs and managers who put their business in my hands. Press play: they'll tell you themselves, with name and face.

Feedback from Maurizio La Cava
Maurizio La Cava
CEO & Co-Founder, MLC Presentation Design
Feedback from Andrea Terranova
Andrea Terranova
CEO, SIPEF S.r.l.
Feedback from Emanuele Locatelli
Emanuele Locatelli
Director, LaserMilano Medical Center
Feedback from Lavinia Furlani
Lavinia Furlani
Chairman of the publishing group, Wine Meridian
Feedback from Erika Rossi
Erika Rossi
Co-founder & Marketing Manager, Sto Gran Tour
Feedback from Maria Villagomez
Maria Villagomez
LAE Educazione Internazionale

Let's see if I can be helpful to you.

Do you have a website or an e-commerce store that could get found more, on Google and on AI? Drop me a couple of lines about your project: I'll look at the numbers, tell you honestly what I see and whether it makes sense to work together.

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