Search Engine Basics

Amir Shahid, reviewer at Search Engine Basics

Amir Shahid

Senior SEO strategist and manager · 9+ years in SEO

Amir is a senior SEO strategist and manager at SoftCircles who reviews every guide on Search Engine Basics before it goes live, checking each claim against official documentation from Google and Bing.

Updated 27 Oct 202633 guides reviewed9+ years in SEO

About

About Amir

Amir Shahid is a senior SEO strategist and manager at SoftCircles, with more than nine years of hands-on experience in search engine optimization. On Search Engine Basics, he is the reviewer who reads every guide before any visitor sees it.

Over those years he has planned SEO strategy across a wide range of client projects, from technical audits through to content plans built for steady organic growth. That background helps him spot advice that sounds right on paper yet falls apart on a real website.

Once Usman Ali finishes a guide, Amir checks every statement against the current documentation from Google and Bing. He also flags any passage a beginner might misread, then signs off only when the facts hold up. You can follow his work on LinkedIn.

Method

How Amir Reviews Each Guide

Every review follows the same short checklist, whether the guide is brand new or has simply been updated.

Facts

Claims are checked at the source

Each statement about how Google or Bing behaves is matched to official documentation before the guide is approved.

Clarity

Beginners come first

Any sentence that assumes too much knowledge is flagged, so the writer can explain the idea in plainer words.

Links

Links and examples still work

Internal links, code examples and tool results are tested, which keeps every guide usable as well as accurate.

Fix

Corrections reach him too

If you spot an error, send a short note through the contact page. Confirmed mistakes are reviewed again before the fix goes live.

Reviewing

Guides Reviewed by Amir

Amir reviews every guide on the site, from how search engines work through to ranking factors and the results page.

/how-search-engines-work/How search engines workThe five steps from discovery to ranking./how-search-engines-work/components/Components of a search engineThe four parts that make the process possible./search-engines/What is a search engine?A plain definition with real examples./search-engines/search-engine-vs-browser/Search engine vs browserThe difference, with everyday examples./search-engines/types/Types of search enginesThe main kinds, explained with examples./search-engines/uses/Uses of search enginesHow people rely on search at home and at work./search-engines/best-search-engines/Best search enginesPopular engines compared by their strengths./search-engines/history/History of search enginesHow web search grew from early tools to today./crawling/robots-txt/Robots.txtHow to guide crawlers, with a free tester./crawling/xml-sitemap/XML sitemapHelp search engines find every page./crawling/googlebot/GooglebotHow Google’s crawler visits your site./indexing/canonical-tag/Canonical tagPick the main version of a duplicate page./indexing/noindex/Noindex tagKeep a page out of search results./indexing/check-if-indexed/Check if a page is indexedFour quick ways to confirm it./ranking/Search engine rankingWhat decides the order of results./ranking/search-engine-positioning/Search engine positioningHow positions are counted and improved./ranking/search-engine-positioning-example/Positioning exampleOne page from position 38 to 3./ranking/search-engine-algorithms/Search engine algorithmsHow ranking layers score each page./ranking/google-ranking-factors/Google ranking factorsThe signals that matter most today./ranking/pagerank/PageRankHow links pass value between pages./serp/What is a SERP?Everything that appears on a results page.
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