SEO Consultant · UK · USA · Canada · Australia · Gulf

Senior SEO & AI Search,
Social, AI Agents & Custom Website Development
for growing businesses

Senior SEO retainers from £950/mo: built to rank you on Google and get you cited in AI search. Technical SEO, content and digital PR. Plus social, AI agents and hand-coded websites from £490 (was £700). London-led studio. No templates, no lock-ins, no guaranteed-rankings nonsense.

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4.9
Average rating · 342+ reviews UK · US · CA · AU
+312%
Top-of-funnel YoY (best-performing retainer)
5
Regions invoiced · UK · US · CA · AU · Gulf
4.9
Avg. rating · 342+ reviews
32
Cities covered · UK · US · CA
£500
Risk-free audit · credited on retainer
24h
Response time · senior-led
7+
Years specialist SEO · since 2019
Technical SEO · Local SEO · Manual Backlinks · Digital PR · Web Design · AI Agents · Social Media
Serving London · bilingual EN/AR for Gulf · month-to-month

One studio.
Seven services done properly.

SEO is the foundation. AI and custom web builds are how I ship outcomes in 2026, all connected, all from the same hand.

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Technical & Local SEO

Crawl audits, schema that validates, internal linking, postcode-level landing pages, GBP, Map Pack, the foundation that makes everything compound.

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IMPRESSIONS
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POSITION
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  • Schema architecture
  • Map Pack visibility
  • Location pages at scale
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AI

AI agents for business

Custom WhatsApp and web agents handling enquiries, quoting, booking, and dispatch. N8N, OpenAI, Gemini.

  • WhatsApp dispatch bots
  • Quote & booking agents
  • N8N automation
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Web builds from scratch

Custom sites hand-coded on Next.js + React (Vercel default), Shopify for DTC commerce, WordPress on request. Fast, SEO-ready, Core Web Vitals green from day one.

  • Next.js · React · Vercel
  • Shopify · Hydrogen
  • Core Web Vitals
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Content & authority

Topical maps that close ranking gaps. Editorial briefs your writers can follow. Digital PR that survives core updates.

  • Topical authority
  • Editorial briefs
  • Digital PR outreach
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Workflow automation

Reporting, lead routing, content pipelines. If a task is repetitive and mechanical, I'll automate it with N8N.

  • N8N pipelines
  • Lead routing
  • Auto-reporting
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One-off audits

Written SEO diagnostic with a ranked fix list. Two-week turnaround. Often the right starting point.

  • Two-week turnaround
  • Written report
  • Ranked fix list
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Migration SEO

Replatforms, redesigns, rebrands. I protect rankings through the change, the riskiest work in SEO, done right.

  • URL mapping
  • 301 strategy
  • Post-launch watch

90% of SEO agencies don't write a line of code.
We do, and that's why the rankings actually ship.

Most agency SEO deliverables end at a recommendations document the client's developer never gets around to implementing. We write the schema, ship the SSR refactor, and merge the internal-link rebuild ourselves. The SEO work that needs code ships in the same sprint the audit flagged it.

90%
of SEO agencies rely entirely on the client's dev team to implement technical fixes. The result: audits that sit in a Google Doc for 9 months while rankings stall.
What they ship

A 40-page PDF of “recommendations”

  • Technical SEO audit handed to your developer
  • Content briefs handed to your content writer
  • Schema markup handed to “someone in engineering”
  • Migration plan handed to a third-party agency
OutcomeRankings stall, nobody owns the build.
What we ship

Code that runs, merged on the same sprint

  • Schema written by our engineers, validated against Google's content rules
  • SSR / ISR refactors on Next.js + React shipped via GitHub PR
  • Shopify / Hydrogen storefront work merged to staging by week 2
  • Core Web Vitals fixes deployed, not diagnosed
  • Migrations executed, 301 mapping, DNS, post-launch monitoring
OutcomeRankings move because the fixes actually go live.
Our production stack
Next.js 14 · ReactDefault stack · SSR / ISR · App Router · RSC
Vercel · CloudflareDefault host · edge deploys · CDN image optimisation
Shopify · HydrogenDTC e-commerce when catalogue requires it
TypeScriptStrict mode across all new work
WordPressAvailable on request · Bedrock · ACF
Sanity · ContentfulHeadless CMS when it fits
N8N · OpenAI GPT-5.5 · Claude 4.7AI agent orchestration
GA4 · GSC · LookerAnalytics & reporting pipeline
SEO + build from one team. Stop handing audit docs to developers who never read them.
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Starter websites from £490 (was £700).
Enterprise / E-commerce from £4,000.

Four tiers. Every tier is hand-coded, no Wix, no Elementor, no copy-paste from a template marketplace. Schema, sitemap, Search Console and Analytics configured on every project. 90+ Lighthouse speed target where technically possible. Express turnaround on sites up to 10 pages: 2 to 3 working days for an extra £500, or same-day launch for £1,000, subject to all content and brand assets supplied on day one. Lower than traditional UK agencies, because we don't carry London agency overhead.

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Starter

5 pages · 7 to 14 days
From £490
Was From £700

Hand-coded 5-page site for founders validating a new business or single-service local operators.

  • 5 hand-coded pages, SEO-ready on launch
  • Core Web Vitals green on mobile and desktop
  • Schema, sitemap, Open Graph, robots
  • Analytics, contact form, WhatsApp button
  • 90+ Lighthouse mobile speed target
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Full Build

15+ pages · 4 to 8 weeks
From £2,520 – £3,150
Was From £2,800 – £3,500

Full UI/UX system plus hand-coded Next.js or WordPress build for businesses with multiple service lines.

  • 15+ pages with template variants
  • Full Figma design system and tokens
  • Everything in Custom Business
  • Core Web Vitals tuning + speed budget
  • Editor / admin training + 30 days post-launch support
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Enterprise / E-commerce

Catalogue / multi-locale · 8 to 12 weeks
From £4,000

Shopify / Saleor headless, multi-language hreflang, CRM / CMS / ERP API integrations.

  • Headless e-commerce (Shopify, Saleor) integration
  • Multi-language + hreflang matrix
  • CRM / CMS / ERP API integrations
  • Advanced schema, product feeds, category SEO
  • 60 days post-launch support
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Not sure which fits? Book a free fit-check and we'll tell you honestly, in the first call, which tier matches your scope.

A four-step engagement.
No fog. No surprises.

Every client gets the same senior operator from first call to monthly review. Continuity is the product.

01

Diagnostic audit

Two weeks. Crawl, keyword gap, backlink profile, on-page health. Written report, ranked fix list.

02

Build & foundation

Schema, technical debt, site build or repair, internal linking. The work that makes everything compound.

03

Content, links & AI

Close topical gaps. Earn links honestly. Deploy AI agents where they save real hours, not just look clever.

04

Review & compound

Monthly call. Plain-English report. What moved, what didn't, what's next. Leave any time.

Real sites.
Real SERPs.

Receipts available on request, happy to show live Search Console on a call.

Featured · Vehicle recovery · London

From obscure to the Map Pack in 11 months.

Built 40+ postcode-level landing pages, cleaned up a messy schema stack, deployed a WhatsApp AI dispatch agent, earned local press across east London recovery services.

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Food retail · E1

Local discovery for a legacy sweet shop

Rebuilt an ageing site, added product & review schema, rewrote category pages in plain English.

#1
primary category + city
Multi-service · AI build

Programmatic SEO + AI dispatch

180-page city-service template that reads human, plus a WhatsApp agent handling 60% of intake.

qualified leads indexed

What founders & operators
actually say about the work.

Four verified reviews from active engagements. Every review ships as schema.org Review markup alongside the visible quote, same claim on screen and in the structured data.

★★★★★
Three years in and still the best SEO money I have ever spent. Map Pack visibility across 40+ London postcodes, zero nonsense in the reporting, and I can text Syed directly when something breaks.
Rashid Kabir
Founder · Recovery services · London
3 yr · ongoing
★★★★★
Organic revenue up 185% in 14 months. Product schema rebuild alone lifted rich-result capture by ~40%. No 12-month lock-in, month-to-month, which meant I could judge the work on results rather than on contract friction.
Maya Chen
E-comm · Food & retail · Manchester
18 mo · ongoing
★★★★★
Moved from an NYC agency that billed $9k/month for junior-delivered work. Two years later, 23 practice-area terms on page one and qualified demos up 180%. Senior time, in USD, month-to-month, what US SaaS SEO should be.
Kwame Okafor
B2B SaaS · New York
2 yr · ongoing
★★★★★
Four-clinic group across Sydney. GBP work, postcode landing pages, review pipeline that actually complies with Google's rules. Patient bookings from organic up 3x in the first year. Remote but genuinely responsive.
Aisha Rahman
Clinic group · Sydney
14 mo · ongoing
05 · Philosophy

A small team, a senior lead,
and an honest answer
about what actually moves rankings.

Syed leads the strategy and writes the monthly notes. Behind him is a tight network of expert developers and manual link-earning partners built over six years. Everything ships fast, nothing is outsourced to an AI bot that will earn your domain a penalty in the next core update.

Syed & teamSenior SEO lead · expert developers · manual link network

Agency scale-bloat vs.
a senior-led specialist team.

The difference between a pitch deck and the people shipping your work is the difference between “scalable” and delivered.

The agency experience

  • Sold by a senior, delivered by a junior you never meet
  • Reporting dashboards designed to justify the retainer
  • Template audits that barely reference your actual site
  • 12-month contracts with a 90-day notice clause
  • New account manager every six months
  • AI-generated content and bot links that risk penalties
  • Web work outsourced to a third agency you can't reach

Working with our team

  • Syed leads every engagement end-to-end, no junior hand-off
  • Expert developers on the same team for fast, careful builds
  • Manual link earning from a real UK + international network
  • Plain-English monthly notes. What moved. What didn't. Why.
  • Audits written for your site, your CMS, your market
  • Month-to-month. Direct WhatsApp. Leave any time.
  • SEO, AI, web & links under one roof, joined-up thinking
Why choose a senior SEO consultant over a large SEO agency?

Most UK and US mid-market SEO programmes underperform because the senior consultant who won the pitch hands the work to a pod of juniors. seo-consultant.co works the opposite way: the senior who runs your first call writes your strategy and implements the work. The person on your first call is the person you escalate to in month six. No junior handoffs, no rotating account managers, no agency-fluff status calls.

What should you look for in the best SEO consultant?

The best SEO consultant is the senior who actually does the work, not the one who wins the pitch and hands you to a pod of juniors. Look for named-author E-E-A-T and verifiable case studies, technical SEO depth (Core Web Vitals, schema, crawl and indexation control), content that earns rankings rather than AI-spun filler, digital PR with real DR 60+ placements, transparent month-to-month pricing, and honest timelines instead of top-three-in-30-days promises. seo-consultant.co is built around exactly that: one senior consultant on your account end-to-end, across the UK and US.

Do you work with US businesses as well as UK?

Yes. UK is the primary base, but a meaningful share of retainer revenue comes from US mid-market and enterprise clients. Same senior consultant, US-friendly working hours (10am–7pm UK time covers US East Coast morning through afternoon), USD invoicing, and US publication network (Forbes Business Council, Inc., TechCrunch, HubSpot, SearchEngineLand) on the digital PR side. Many US buyers searching for SEO consultant USA, SEO expert America, SEO company USA, or affordable SEO company in USA find us through senior-direct positioning rather than the bigger US agencies that route to junior teams.

How do you compare against the typical "best SEO companies for small business" lists?

The Clutch, DesignRush, and First Page Sage lists rank by aggregate review count and content marketing budget. We rank by what actually moves a small or mid-market business: senior attention every week, technical SEO depth, content programmes Google indexes, and digital PR placements with verifiable DR 60+ publications. Small businesses get a senior who would otherwise charge enterprise rates because the firm is structured deliberately small. Affordable does not mean junior.

Are you a good fit for mid-market and enterprise SEO programmes?

Yes, with one caveat. We work best with brands serious about technical SEO, content depth, and named-author E-E-A-T, regardless of size. We are not the right fit for businesses wanting a 50-person agency with weekly status calls, six-deliverable monthly retainers, or AI-generated content at scale. We are the right fit for businesses wanting the named senior consultant directly on their account, written strategy documents you can act on, and a small number of high-leverage work items shipped every month.

How much does SEO cost with seo-consultant.co?

UK retainers start at £950/mo for Local SEO and £1,800/mo for competitive national campaigns. Mid-market and enterprise retainers scale to £8,000–£15,000+ per month. US equivalents in USD on the country hub. One-off audits £500, fully refundable on retainer within 30 days.

How much does a custom website cost?

Starter (5 pages) from £490 (was £700) UK, $560 (was $800) USA. Custom Business (10 pages) from £1,050 (was £1,500) UK, $1,330 (was $1,900) USA. Full Build (15+ pages) £2,520 – £3,150 (was £2,800 – £3,500). Enterprise / e-commerce from £4,000. Hand-coded Next.js + React on Vercel by default; Shopify for DTC e-commerce, WordPress on request. Core Web Vitals green on launch.

How much do AI agents cost?

From £4,500 one-off. WhatsApp and web agents for enquiry qualification, booking, quoting, dispatch and support. Built on N8N with OpenAI's current GPT-5.5 family and Anthropic Claude (Opus 4.7 / Sonnet 4.6 / Haiku 4.5) plus CRM integrations.

Do you have contracts or lock-ins?

No. Month-to-month retainers with 30-day notice. Projects billed 50% deposit, 50% on launch. Cancel anytime.

Who actually does the work?

Syed, senior consultant, runs every engagement end-to-end. The person on your first call is the person writing your strategy and implementing the work. No junior handoffs, no rotating account managers.

How long until SEO rankings move?

Technical wins show in 4–8 weeks. Competitive commercial terms take 4–8 months from page three to page one, 12+ months to hold top-three on competitive queries. AI search and generative engine optimisation citations typically land within 6–12 weeks of structured-data and named-author content rollout.

What about AI search and generative engine optimisation?

Roughly 22% of UK and US commercial-intent queries now surface an AI answer (Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Gemini) above blue-link results. We treat AI search visibility as a load-bearing workstream alongside traditional SEO: named-author E-E-A-T, claim-level citations, FAQ schema with answerable 40–80-word answers, HowTo schema where eligible, and structured data depth that AI crawlers can extract cleanly. Brands cited in AI answers receive disproportionate referral traffic versus brands ranking page two of organic.

What if I need a website, SEO, and AI agents together?

Bundles reduce total by roughly 15%. One team, one timeline, one point of contact across web, SEO and automation. Request a bundle quote on the contact page.

Brief us

Send the brief. One-day reply, written by Syed.

Two fields to start. SEO, web build, social, AI agents: pick what you need. UK / USA / Canada / Australia / Gulf billing.

We reply personally, usually within a working day. No newsletters, no auto-responders, no third-party data sharing. Or email hello@seo-consultant.co directly.

08 · Let’s talk

Send the brief.
I'll reply personally, within a day.

A short introduction, your site URL, and what you’re trying to achieve. If it’s a fit, we’ll book a 30-minute call.

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