SMTAQIMZSyed Taqi · Build & Grow

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Practical write-ups from real projects. They cover SEO that moved a store from page 7 to #1, email that lands in the inbox, safe server migrations, smarter scraping and running LLMs on your own GPUs.

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Data & automation · 3 min read

LLM-powered scraping: why smart scrapers beat brittle selectors

Scrapers break when sites change. How I use LLMs to read each layout, script each publisher and pull emails, authors and titles from PDFs.

AI infrastructure · 3 min read

Pooling GPUs for local LLMs: lessons from a university lab

How we pooled an RTX 5080, RTX 4080, A100 and a 128 GB GPU into one shared cluster for Llama and other local LLMs at NUST, and what to plan for.

Local SEO · 3 min read

Local SEO for political campaigns: lessons from Harlem

How a keyword for every page and a fixed Google Business Profile helped first-time candidate Kristin Richardson Jordan rank #1 in a primary won by 114 votes.

SEO · 3 min read

From page 7 to #1: the SEO playbook behind a £5M store

How I took Acrylic Sheet Cut To Size from page 7 of Google to #1: technical fixes, a keyword per page, a pricing calculator, guest posts and ads data.

Email deliverability · 3 min read

SPF, DKIM and DMARC: get your email out of spam

A practical guide to the three DNS records that decide whether business email reaches the inbox, with example records, tests and the mistakes I fix most.

WordPress & servers · 3 min read

Moving a live WooCommerce store without losing sales or rankings

The checklist I used to move Swiss Made Direct from 10Web to Cloudways and GTranslate to WPML: backups, DNS, caching, hreflang, redirects and checks.