the human bit, in full

Hi, I'm Kashaf. I Make Websites That Sound Like the People Who Own Them.

I'm a website designer and SEO expert based in Dubai. This is the long version of how I got here, for anyone who likes to know who they're hiring.

Kashaf Abid

Dear reader,

I didn't set out to build websites. I studied English literature and creative writing at City, in London, which is to say I spent years learning to pay very close attention to how people say things. It turned out to be the most useful training I could have had for this job.

Because here's what I noticed once I started working on websites: most of them don't fail because of the code. They fail because the words are wrong. Nobody listened closely enough to how the owner actually talks about their work, so the site sounds like every other site, and Google has nothing distinctive to rank. Fixing that is most of what I do.

I moved through digital marketing and into design, and then into SEO, which turned out to be the same skill from a different angle. Along the way I worked behind the scenes on hundreds of websites, including SEO Space, the first SEO plugin made for Squarespace, alongside some very good people. I've worked with clients in the UK, across the US, in Canada, Europe and Asia, mostly from behind a laptop, mostly quietly.

In 2026 I moved to Dubai, for the sunshine and my family. I'd been building websites for businesses all over the world. Now I get to build them for the businesses around me, which is a nicer way to work.

Outside work I read a lot, I like mountains, I watch far too many K-dramas and C-dramas, I pick up a bit of every language I'm near, and I write people letters by hand. Which probably tells you most of what you need to know.

If you'd like a website that sounds like you and gets found, I'd love to hear about your business.

– Kashaf

Kashaf by a lake with mountains behind her
proof I do leave the laptop
Kashaf standing in front of snow-capped mountains
the mountains bit
a few rules I keep

How I Work

01

Strategy before aesthetics

Every site starts with what it needs to do, who it needs to reach, and what they type into Google. The design comes after, and it's better for it.

02

Your words, not mine

I listen to how you talk about your business and build the site from that. If it doesn't sound like you, it isn't finished.

03

Fast isn't the same as careless

Most sites go live in under a week because the process is tight, not because corners are cut. You'll see every step.

04

I don't disappear after launch

A website is never done. I keep watching how it ranks and keep making it better, which is the whole point of the Looked After plan.

If any of that sounds like how you'd want to work, we'll get on.

a few stamps in the passport

Clients all overthe world.

I studied and worked in the UK, and I've built and ranked websites for clients across the US, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Now I'm in Dubai, doing the same for the businesses around me.

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NOW YOU KNOW ME.TELL ME ABOUT YOU.

Send me a WhatsApp and tell me what you do. I reply myself, usually the same day.