Firdous Shaikh | Senior SEO Analyst & AI Search Strategist
Senior SEO Analyst / AI Search Strategist

Make growth
compounding.

I’m Firdous Shaikh, a Senior SEO Analyst building organic growth systems, AI search visibility, and automation workflows that help brands move from first traction to $5M+ growth, and established companies from million- to billion-dollar scale, with more clarity and less wasted effort.

skfirdous70@gmail.com +91 93244 77548 Thane, Maharashtra, India
For early-stage brands, scale-ups, and enterprise teams, wherever the next level of growth begins.
~35×
Reported Higgsfield growth in 12 months
$700M
Annualized revenue run rate
$5.4B
Company valuation milestone
Firdous Shaikh, Senior SEO Analyst
10×
productivity with
AI & automation
4+
Years in SEO & digital growth
1.6M+
Monthly organic traffic scaled
#2
US ranking achieved for AI Video Generator
~35×
Reported Higgsfield growth before the milestone
600+
Blogs optimised for search
50%
AI search visibility reached
Authority, curiosity, and real-world signals
Meta logo
Meta Mumbai / Growth Decoded

Invited by Meta for its growth event

Joined founders, CEOs, and marketers at Meta’s Mumbai office to explore AI, full-funnel growth, creators, and the future of digital marketing.

Google logo
Google Search / AI visibility

Asked for better AI-search data

Publicly called for clearer AI performance reporting; Google later introduced Generative AI Performance Reports in Search Console.

01 / Evidence over noise

The numbers tell the story.

I combine strategy, technical execution, and systems thinking to turn search demand into durable business momentum.

Competitive keyword
#38 → #2
US ranking for “AI Video Generator”

Landing page optimisation, intent alignment, and authority building.

Authority building
1,500+
High-quality backlinks managed

A quality-first framework designed to strengthen topical authority.

$5.4B
Higgsfield AI company milestone

Higgsfield had already grown roughly 35× in the prior 12 months when leadership announced its $400M Series B at a $5.4B valuation. The company also shared a $700M annualized revenue run rate just 16 months after launching its web platform. This is company context, not a claim that SEO caused the valuation. My contribution was focused on strengthening organic visibility, authority, and search momentum during that scale-up.

~35×Leadership-reported growth before the funding milestone
$700MAnnualized revenue run rate shared by leadership
$400MSeries B financing at a $5.4B valuation
My focus: build repeatable growth systems, not short-lived traffic spikes.
02 / What I bring

Search expertise with an operator’s mindset.

From the first audit to the final SOP, every piece is designed to make growth clearer, faster, and easier to scale.

Technical SEO & strategy

Audits, crawlability, indexation, architecture, Core Web Vitals, schema, and roadmaps that teams can execute.

AI search & GEO

AI Overview research, generative engine optimisation, answer-ready content, and visibility strategies for changing search behaviour.

Automation & productivity

AI workflows, Python scripts, Chrome extensions, and SOPs that turn repetitive SEO work into reliable systems.

Content & organic growth

Keyword research, content gaps, topical authority, market capture plans, and content that earns attention and trust.

03 / Experience

Built across search, systems, and scale.

A career shaped by real growth problems: competitive markets, changing search engines, and teams that need better ways to work.

Senior SEO Analyst

MAR 2026 TO PRESENT
House of Mystoria · Higgsfield AI

Contributing to the organic growth of one of the fastest-growing AI video platforms during a company-level hypergrowth phase, with leadership reporting roughly 35× growth in the prior 12 months.

  • Scaled monthly organic traffic from 700K+ to 1.6M+ in six months.
  • Improved a competitive US keyword from #38 to #2.
  • Managed 1,500+ quality backlinks and authority workflows.
  • Built audits, SOPs, QA checklists, and outreach frameworks.
  • Worked inside a business that reached a $700M annualized revenue run rate.

Web Developer & SEO Analyst

NOV 2025 TO MAR 2026
TroopUs · Independent Client Work

Delivered end-to-end SEO strategy, web development, and AI-powered workflow automation for cybersecurity and SaaS clients.

  • Conducted detailed SEO audits and recovery roadmaps.
  • Automated manual SEO work with Python and AI workflows.
  • Created productivity-focused SOPs for client teams.
  • Built content plans for topical authority and market capture.

Search Engine Optimisation Analyst

SEP 2024 TO NOV 2025
Houzeo · Thane, Maharashtra

Led organic growth and AI search visibility initiatives across major real estate product lines, pairing analysis with efficient execution.

  • Optimised 600+ blogs for AI-driven search visibility.
  • Grew HFS new users from 22K to 69K and PDP from 10K to 20K.
  • Built a Chrome extension that saved about 60% review time.
  • Collaborated on technical SEO, schema, UX, and SOPs.

Web Developer & SEO Analyst

MAR 2022 TO AUG 2024
PeoplePerHour · Global freelance clients

Built WordPress websites, landing pages, and portfolio sites while delivering complete SEO packages, content strategy, and monetisation support.

04 / Selected work

A few places where the work compounds.

Client work and personal products connected by one belief: useful digital systems should create momentum long after launch.

Eventus Security
Cybersecurity / Client

SEO audit and strategic growth support for a security-focused business competing in a high-trust category.

Audit · Strategy · Content
RiskProfiler
Cybersecurity / Client

Search strategy, traffic analysis, and workflow thinking for a business operating in a complex cybersecurity niche.

Audit · Recovery · GEO
Troopus
Personal product

A free suite of SEO tools, content utilities, and productivity boosters built to make powerful digital tools more accessible to the marketing community.

Founder · Product · SEO
MiniNEET
Personal product

An approachable medical entrance platform with exam tools, calculators, guidance, and search-led education content.

Education · Content · UX
HouseEcho
Personal product

US real estate intelligence that helps buyers and sellers understand local markets, pricing, taxes, and mortgage decisions.

Data · Real estate · SEO
05 / Open tools for the community

Useful marketing technology should be accessible.

I build and share free tools, extensions, and experiments for SEOs, marketers, bloggers, creators, and website owners.

Helping the digital marketing community, for free.

Not every useful idea needs to sit behind a paywall. Through Troopus and build-in-public experiments, I turn repetitive marketing problems into practical tools that anyone can try.

Free Chrome extension

Dofollow & Nofollow Link Checker

Highlight link types, internal and external links, and useful link statistics in seconds, with no login and no tracking.

In development

SEO Radar

A practical browser extension for audits, headings, links, alt text, keywords, technical checks, schema detection, and exportable reports.

Build in public

20+ MVP experiments

Small products and automation ideas built to understand problems deeply and find faster, simpler ways to solve them.

Community principle

Tools that respect attention

Useful, focused, and lightweight, built to save marketers time rather than create another dashboard to maintain.

06 / The multiplier

I don’t just improve rankings. I improve how the work gets done.

AI is most valuable when it removes friction from the whole team, not when it is added as another tool to manage.

01 / FIND

Find the friction

Map repetitive tasks, traffic drops, content gaps, and the parts of the workflow that quietly slow down growth.

02 / SYSTEMISE

Build the system

Turn insight into automation, clear SOPs, useful data, and a practical plan the team can actually follow.

03 / COMPOUND

Make progress repeatable

Measure what matters, improve the process, and create an operating rhythm that keeps producing better outcomes.

Open to the right problem

Ready to make your next growth phase more intelligent?

I’m open for consultancy and happy to help brands at every stage, from first traction to $5M+ growth and from million- to billion-dollar scale, through senior SEO strategy, AI search optimisation, free community-minded tools, and automation systems that can deliver 10× productivity.