I’m Shahid Ashraf, an independent SEO consultant based in Dubai. I help Canadian businesses improve search visibility, strengthen important service pages and make the route to an enquiry or sale easier.
A Canadian company may serve one city, several provinces or the whole country. Its website should reflect that real coverage and help visitors understand availability without wading through repeated pages.
English and French audiences should receive complete, carefully reviewed information where both are served. I help set the structure and priorities, while local language review protects tone and accuracy.
I handle the review, the plan and the ongoing advice myself. You receive direct answers, regular updates and priorities your team can understand and act on.
Starting in 2012 matters because I have seen good ideas become outdated, shortcuts disappear and customer expectations rise. I keep upgrading my skills with every major Google change, while holding on to the parts that do not change: honest research, useful pages, careful implementation and respect for the person using the website.
— Shahid, Dubai →Good SEO should make the website more useful and bring the business closer to people already looking for its services. That sounds simple, but the way Google judges quality has changed repeatedly. My job has been to keep learning, test what changed and turn those lessons into sensible improvements for clients.
I did not learn SEO once in 2012 and keep repeating the same formula. Every major Google change has required me to question old habits, study the evidence and improve the way I work. The tactics have changed; the responsibility has not: help the right person find a useful page and make a confident decision.
These are not badges or buzzwords. They are the moments that changed what I looked for on a website and what I recommended to a client.
I began with the fundamentals: understanding what people searched for, building useful pages and measuring whether the work brought the business closer to real customers.
As weak content and artificial link schemes lost ground, I moved further away from volume-led tactics and towards original information, genuine relevance and a reputation that could stand up to scrutiny.
Search became better at understanding meaning. I learned to plan pages around what a customer was trying to achieve, not simply how often a keyword could appear.
Pages had to work properly on a phone and read like they were written for people. This strengthened my focus on natural copy, simple navigation and removing friction before an enquiry.
The work widened beyond rankings. Fast pages, clear ownership, real experience and content with a purpose became central to building visibility that could last.
Search now summarises information in new ways. I help businesses explain who they are, what they do and why they are credible across their own website and the wider web.
We start with the problem you need to solve, then choose the work that supports it.
Help nearby customers find your business, understand where you work and contact you easily.
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Organise country and language pages so every market receives a complete, useful experience.
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Find the reason for a serious decline and build a careful plan to repair the affected areas.
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Get direct advice for priorities, website changes, content decisions and team delivery.
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See what is holding the site back and receive a practical order of work.
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Earn credible mentions through useful resources, relationships and relevant publications.
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Create or improve a fast, clear website that customers can use without friction.
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Explain services naturally, answer customer questions and guide readers towards the next step.
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Build wider recognition with stories and campaigns that fit the brand and its audience.
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You work with the person reviewing the site and making the recommendations.
I review the website, the offer and the customers you want to reach, then explain the first priorities in plain English.
The plan reflects your budget, website and available people. Each recommendation has an owner and a reason.
Updates focus on useful visits, better enquiries and completed work, with direct access to me when a decision is needed.
Experience across service businesses, travel, online shops, software and professional firms helps me recognise patterns quickly.
Recommendations are written in plain language, with the reason, owner and next action made clear.
If an idea is unlikely to help, I will say so. Time and budget stay focused on work with a sensible purpose.
These examples show the type of work involved and the outcomes recorded for the engagement.
Ongoing work around important tour searches, useful trip information and a clearer path from research to booking.
Local visibility and landing-page work for a cleaning company competing for valuable Dubai enquiries.
A career built through client work, changing markets and hundreds of websites. Each role added practical lessons about customers, teams and how search changes affect real businesses.
Ongoing search, content and website support for an established travel business.
Local search and advertising support focused on qualified cleaning enquiries.
Direction across more than twenty client accounts and support for a growing delivery team.
Early work across travel, online retail and local service businesses.
The scope can cover a local service company, an online retailer or a business selling across provinces. Recommendations stay tied to where and how the company actually operates.
You receive clear explanations that owners, marketers and developers can use without turning every meeting into a technical lesson.
The same method is adapted to the customer, market and resources of each business.
A few practical points clients usually want to understand before starting.
Shahid is based in Dubai and works directly with businesses in Canada and other international markets.
Experience includes travel, local services, e-commerce, software, hospitality, property and professional services. The first review establishes whether the project is a suitable fit.
It depends on the market, the current website, competitors and the work that can be implemented. Early improvements may appear within a few months, while competitive growth normally needs steady work over a longer period.
Yes. Shahid handles the review, planning and consultancy. There is no junior account manager between you and the work.
Yes. Recommendations can be prepared for your developer, writer or marketing team, with clear briefs and review support.
No responsible consultant can control a search engine or guarantee a fixed position. The scope, milestones and reporting method are agreed clearly before work starts.
Yes. The review looks at when the decline began, which pages were affected and whether website changes, competition or search updates may be involved.
Send the website, the market you serve and the service or product you want to grow. Shahid will review the context and suggest a practical next step.
Send a short brief or contact me directly. I will reply with the most sensible next step.
Share the essentials and I will reply with a few initial observations.
Email or WhatsApp is often the quickest way to begin.