About

I'm Maharshi Kushwaha.

SEO consultant and strategist. I build SEO systems that compound: technical foundations, content architecture, programmatic page systems and visibility in AI search.

SEO Consultant · SEO Strategist · Technical SEO Practitioner

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On this page
  1. My story
  2. Professional journey
  3. Expertise
  4. How I work
  5. Current interests
  6. Selected work
  7. Publications & talks
  8. Elsewhere

My story

I came to SEO the way many practitioners do: by trying to understand why some pages get found and others don't, and then not being able to stop asking the next question. [ORIGIN STORY — how Maharshi got into SEO, in his own words.]

What kept me in it was the systems side. A single page can be optimised by hand. A site with thousands of pages can only be improved through rules: how templates render, how pages link to each other, which URLs get indexed and which don't. That is where SEO stops being a checklist and starts compounding.

Most sites don't need more SEO advice. They need the advice they already have implemented.

Professional journey

  1. 2018 — Started in SEO

    First client engagements in content optimization, local search, and topical authority, scaling blogs from 4k to 40k monthly visits and establishing lead generation engines for local services.

  2. 2019–2021 — Content Architecture & High-Scale Growth

    Architected content and search systems across high-growth media, education, healthcare, and e-commerce websites: scaling traffic from 10k to 200k visits, launching zero-to-one e-commerce stores to 30–40 daily orders, and building topical hubs.

  3. 2022–2024 — Systems, Technical SEO & Lead Generation

    Specialised in technical SEO cleanups, conversion-focused landing page systems, and internal linking frameworks for B2B services, real estate, and multi-location businesses; growing traffic from 8k to 45k visits and doubling qualified leads.

  4. Now — Independent SEO consultant

    Working with businesses across India, North America, and globally on technical SEO, content architecture, SaaS bottom-of-funnel systems, programmatic SEO, and visibility in AI search (AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity).

Areas of expertise

Technical SEO

Crawling, rendering, indexing, architecture, JavaScript SEO, Core Web Vitals and migrations. Read the guide.

Content architecture

Search intent, topical authority, clusters and briefs that make content work as a system. Read the guide.

Programmatic SEO

Page systems built around real demand and real data, with quality thresholds. Read the guide.

AI search / GEO

How retrieval and citation work in answer engines, and what that means for sites. Read the guide.

SEO automation

Scripts, rules and pipelines that remove repetitive work from audits, linking and monitoring.

SEO strategy

Turning opportunities into a sequenced roadmap tied to business outcomes. See the framework.

How I work

I start with data rather than opinions: crawl data, Search Console, logs, the live SERPs. I prioritise by impact and effort, and I care more about getting three important things shipped than writing up thirty. I work directly with developers and writers, and I measure against business outcomes: leads, signups, revenue.

  1. Diagnose
  2. Prioritise
  3. Implement
  4. Measure
  5. Compound

The full method is documented in the frameworks, and the claims I make are tested in the SEO Lab.

Current interests

  • How AI Overviews and answer engines select and cite sources, and what that changes for content.
  • Rule-based internal linking for large sites.
  • Programmatic SEO that passes a real usefulness test.
  • Automating the boring parts of technical SEO so the interesting parts get more time.
  • Search behaviour in Indian languages and Hinglish.

Selected work & track record

Since 2018, I have worked with businesses across SaaS, e-commerce, healthcare, education, real estate, and local services. The case studies document full implementations in depth. Below is a summary of verified outcomes across 24 client engagements.

YearClient & CompanyIndustryVerified Result
2026Yogesh Pant
Digiliance
SaaS & Labour Law ComplianceRanked for competitive keywords ('new labour law codes', 'labour law compliance software'), generated 10+ high-ticket qualified leads/mo, and increased citations in AI-generated answers.
2026Anil Sharma
Sentiment Furniture Systems
Furniture E-commerceWithin 3 months, improved organic search visibility, achieved rankings in NCR, started generating organic orders, and appeared in AI-generated answers for furniture searches.
2026Yogesh Tulani
Saniiq
Pest Control (Canada)Within 3 months, grew organic traffic by 3x and established visibility in AI-generated answers for Canadian pest control searches.
2025Ankit Sharma
SaaS Website
SaaSBuilt SEO foundation from scratch; grew organic traffic from 2k to 18k monthly visits through technical SEO, content strategy, and search-intent optimization.
2025Pooja Mehta
Local Business
Local ServicesImproved local SEO and location-based search visibility, increasing qualified organic enquiries from 15 to 70+ per month.
2025Rohit Bansal
E-commerce Website
E-commerceOptimized category pages, product pages, internal linking, and technical SEO, increasing organic traffic from 7k to 31k monthly visits.
2024Jitendra Kumar
Local Broadband Company
Telecommunications / ISPBuilt local SEO strategy from scratch, improving location-based visibility and growing qualified leads from 0 to 50+ per month.
2024Rahul Verma
Finance Niche Website
Finance & FinTechReworked topical structure, keyword mapping, content strategy, and internal linking, growing organic traffic from 8k to 45k monthly visits.
2024Manish Gupta
Local Service Business
Local ServicesImproved Google Business Profile visibility, service-area pages, and local landing pages, increasing monthly organic enquiries from 12 to 55+.
2023Sneha Gupta
E-commerce Website
E-commerceOptimized category/product pages, fixed technical SEO issues, and restructured organic search, delivering 3x growth in organic revenue.
2023Arman Khan
Education Website
EducationDeveloped topic-cluster strategy around high-intent education keywords, increasing organic traffic from 12k to 65k monthly visits.
2022Rohan Malhotra
Real Estate Website
Real EstateImplemented location-based SEO, service pages, schema markup, and internal linking, increasing organic leads from 20 to 85+ per month.
2022Priya Sharma
Interior Design Website
Interior DesignBuilt location-focused landing pages and optimized service content, growing organic traffic from 3k to 19k monthly visits.
2022Varun Mehta
B2B Services Website
B2B ServicesImproved technical SEO, keyword targeting, and conversion-focused landing pages, doubling qualified organic enquiries (>2x).
2021Lily Singh
E-commerce Website
E-commerceBuilt organic search foundation from scratch and scaled website to 30 to 40 orders per day through SEO and content optimization.
2021Dr. J. N. Tiwari
Fouress Homeopathic Pharmacy College
Education & HealthcareRanked among top homeopathic colleges for Sonbhadra and nearby locations, generating a strong flow of qualified leads for student admissions.
2021Neha Agarwal
Healthcare Website
HealthcareBuilt content architecture and optimized pages around search intent, growing monthly organic traffic from 3k to 28k.
2020Karan Singh
Travel Website
Travel & HospitalityRecovered and expanded organic visibility, growing monthly traffic from 6k to 32k through technical SEO, content optimization, and internal linking.
2020Deepak Sharma
E-commerce Website
E-commerceImproved technical SEO, category-page targeting, and product-page optimization, increasing organic traffic from 5k to 25k monthly visits.
2019Nirav Soni
Health Niche Website
Health & WellnessGrew organic traffic from 500 to 10k monthly visits through content optimization, keyword targeting, and SEO improvements.
2019Vicky Kapoor
Entertainment Niche Website
Entertainment & MediaScaled organic traffic from 10k to 200k monthly visits through content strategy, keyword optimization, internal linking, and SEO growth.
2019Sameer Jain
News & Media Website
News & MediaImproved site architecture, content discoverability, and keyword targeting, increasing organic traffic from 15k to 75k monthly visits.
2018Amit Tiwari
Technology Blog
Technology PublishingCreated topical authority strategy and optimized existing content, increasing organic traffic from 4k to 40k monthly visits.
2018Rajeev Sharma
Local Service Business
Local ServicesEstablished SEO foundation, optimized service and location pages, and built a sustainable source of organic leads through local search.

Publications & talks

[PUBLICATIONS — articles, guest posts, podcasts, talks or events. Add only verified items.]

Maharshi Kushwaha in front of a colourful Google mural at WordCamp Asia
Google mural, WordCamp Asia

Elsewhere

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