ISTA 2026Fest Edition

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ISTA speaker

Stefani Sankelova

Senior Technical SEO Executive, Merkle Bulgaria

Confirmed for ISTA 2026

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Portrait of Stefani Sankelova

Biography

Stefani has six years of experience in SEO, with a strong focus on technical SEO. Her expertise includes crawlability, indexation, site architecture, internal linking, page speed, Core Web Vitals, rendering, structured data, and international SEO. Alongside technical delivery, she has contributed across content, on‑page optimisation, and broader organic search strategy. Over the last three years at Merkle, Stefani has worked on major international brands including Tesco Mobile, Jimmy Choo, Gucci, WWF, and SkyShowtime, supporting complex technical initiatives and driving sustainable organic growth.

Edition history

One edition

Role and company as each edition published them — a title changes between years, and the archive is kept as it was.

  1. 2026

    Senior Technical SEO Executive

    Merkle Bulgaria · 15 Oct 2026

ISTA 2026 · 15 October 2026

One day in October. A year of engineering knowledge.