SEO services in DohaDoha SEO, in two languages.
People in Doha search in Arabic and in English. Different words, different intent. A page translated from English ranks for neither. I plan each language as its own job and do the work remotely from Pakistan, with prices shown in riyals.
In SEO since 2016. Works from Gujrat and Lahore.
Full profileTen years in SEO.
New to Doha.
I am Raja Hamza Asghar and I founded Digital Hamza. SEO has been my trade for 10+ years, across 50+ projects for clients in 6+ countries. I started as an intern in Islamabad in 2016 and set up this company in 2020.
Straight out with it. I have no client in Qatar, so there is no Doha result on this page for you to admire. My Gulf background comes from campaigns I worked on inside agencies, and those sit under NDA.
So why read on? The fault I see on Gulf sites is one I know well. An English page gets written, somebody translates it, and the Arabic version sits there ranking for nothing. Putting that right is research and technical repair, which is what my team does all week.
Read my full profileFour reasons,
none of them hype.
Nobody can promise you a ranking. Google decides that. Here is what I can put in writing.
I do the first 3 months
Your SEO is on my own desk for the first 3 months. After that my team runs the daily tasks and I still read every report before you do.
Faults fixed in the code
Most SEO failures are technical. I once opened a US site that had sat on noindex for 260 days. My developers repair what the audit finds.
Riyal prices, in the open
Three plans from QAR 1,275 a month, printed on this page. You pay month to month and can stop when you like.
Proof every week
A dashboard that is always live, and a Loom video once a week. You see what was done and what the numbers did. No thick PDF.
Does Doha need
two keyword lists?
Yes, in most trades. Doha searches in Arabic and in English, and the two groups use different words and want different things. A page translated from English ranks for neither. Each language needs its own keyword research, its own titles and its own page, built from what people in Doha type.
Most residents of Qatar are expatriates, and English is the shared language among dozens of nationalities. Arabic is the official language and the first choice of Qatari and other Arab families. So one city holds two search audiences. Plenty of people switch between them in a single day.
The words differ. So does the intent. Someone typing in Arabic may want a clinic with Arabic-speaking staff, or a firm that handles Arabic paperwork. Translate your English page and you answer a question that person never asked. Some searches are typed in English only, and an Arabic page for those is wasted money.
Local services
Company buyers
English-only searches
One website,
two proper versions.
Good keyword research is wasted if Google cannot tell your Arabic page from your English one. This is the technical side most pages skip. I have kept it in plain words and taken it from Google's own guidance for sites in more than one language.
A separate address each
Google recommends a different URL for each language version of a page, not one address that changes with a cookie or a browser setting. So the English page and the Arabic page each get a link of their own.
Hreflang, in both directions
Hreflang tags tell Google which version is meant for which reader. Each version has to list itself and its partner. If the two pages do not point at each other, Google ignores the tags.
Right to left, in the markup
Arabic reads right to left. The W3C advice is to put dir="rtl" on the html tag of the Arabic page, so the whole document takes that direction even before any styling loads.
Titles written in Arabic
Google asks for a title in the same language and script as the page. Leave an English title on an Arabic page and Google may pick different text to show. Titles and descriptions should come from the Arabic keyword list.
Where swap plugins go wrong
Some plugins change the text on the same address once a visitor picks a language. Google judges language by the visible content it finds. If the Arabic appears only after a click, Google may never see it, and no Arabic page exists to rank.
What the audit checks
I open both versions and look at five things. Separate addresses, hreflang pairs, the direction tag, the language of each title, and a plain link for switching language with no forced redirect.
One city,
five different markets.
A tower office in West Bay and a tyre shop in the Industrial Area share a city and little else. These notes show how I would plan each district. They are not a client list. Based in Lusail, Al Rayyan, Al Wakrah or Al Khor? My Qatar SEO page covers those.
West Bay
Doha's main business district, a cluster of office towers around the Doha Exhibition and Convention Centre. The searcher sits at a desk comparing suppliers and advisers for a company. I would build pages around exact service names in English first, then add Arabic where your buyers deal in it.
Msheireb Downtown
The rebuilt city centre beside Souq Waqif, with offices, shops, hotels and Qatar's largest metro station underneath. People here are on foot with a phone in hand. Your map listing is the shopfront they see first, and both languages count when visitors and residents walk the same streets.
Al Sadd
One of Doha's older districts, busy with private clinics, pharmacies, dental centres and shops along Al Sadd Street. Near-me searches rule here. A dentist in Al Sadd needs an Arabic page and an English page that each read as if written first, plus a profile carrying real reviews.
Salwa Road
A long commercial road lined with car showrooms, furniture stores and hardware sellers. Buyers search for a product, then add the road name. Each showroom needs its own page with stock, opening hours and a map pin, so the search ends at your door and not on a listings portal.
Industrial Area
A grid of numbered streets filled with warehouses, factories, auto workshops and tyre shops. Finding the right gate is the hard part, so an exact map pin and street number do real work. Trade buyers type precise part and service names. Your pages should carry those names.
For a local shop,
the map wins.
For a clinic, a garage or a restaurant, reviews and a tidy Google Business Profile beat blog posts. A barber my team works with in Leeds, UK, reached 797 genuine Google reviews and about 138 real leads a month that way. That is a UK job, not a Doha one. The method travels.
Claim and correct
We verify the profile, then fix the name, category and service list so Google knows exactly what you do.
Pin the real door
Qatar addresses run on a zone, street and building number, shown on the blue plate outside. Your pin and your website should match that plate.
Photos of the real place
The shopfront, the inside and the work itself, taken at your premises. A stranger deciding between three pins should recognise your door when he arrives.
Ask at the counter
A QR code by the door lets real customers leave an honest review. No bought reviews. Ever.
Doha keeps
a different week.
I hold no search figures for Doha by day or by season, and I will not make any up. What I can say is simple. The working week runs Sunday to Thursday, Friday is the day of rest, and Ramadan shortens working hours. A listing set up on a Monday to Friday habit gets all three wrong.
Friday hours that are true
What I check. Whether the hours on your Google Business Profile match your door on every day of the week, Friday included. If you open late that day or close for part of it, the profile has to say so.
Special hours, set early
What we do. Google lets a business add special hours for holidays and special events without touching its regular ones. Its help page advises confirming official holidays even when nothing changes. We enter Ramadan, Eid and Qatar National Day hours before they begin.
Run from Pakistan,
on Doha's clock.
An agency does not need a Doha office to do this work. It does need to be honest about being remote. So here is how a normal week runs.
My team is based in two Pakistani cities, Gujrat and Lahore. Office hours are Monday to Saturday, 3pm to 7pm Pakistan time, which is 1pm to 5pm in Doha. We start with a video call about what you sell and which language your buyers use. After that most contact is WhatsApp on +92 310 6493029, where a question gets a plain answer from me.
One gap you should know about. Sunday is a working day in Doha and my office is shut. A message sent then waits until Monday at 1pm your time. In return I am open on Saturday, when much of Doha is off and an owner finally has an hour to talk about the website.
Calls in your afternoon
Zoom or WhatsApp calls between 1pm and 5pm Doha time, Monday to Saturday. Small things need no call. Just message.
A dashboard, not a PDF
You get a live dashboard to open any time, and a short Loom video each week showing what changed and what it did.
Who this is not for
Want a consultant in your meeting room? Hire in Doha. Want a guaranteed first place? Nobody honest can sell you that.
Send the site.
I read both halves.
I compare your site with your top 3 local competitors in Doha, look at whether the Arabic pages were researched or only translated, and check your map listing. You get a short list of what to fix first. It costs nothing and it is yours to keep.
- NDA signed first if you ask
- Arabic and English pages checked
- Map pin, hours and reviews checked
Three plans,
priced in QAR.
SEO for a Doha business costs QAR 1,275, QAR 1,820 or QAR 2,730 a month with my team. The size of your site decides which. You pay month to month and can stop without a long contract. I recommend six months, since real movement takes 3 to 6.
Starter SEO
For one location. A clinic, shop or workshop.
- Up to 10 target keywords
- Technical health check
- Core Web Vitals optimization
- Meta tag refinement
- 2 targeted blog posts a month
- Google Business Profile setup
- Monthly analytics report
Professional SEO
For growing firms selling in both languages.
- Up to 25 target keywords
- Complete technical audit
- Competitor strategy analysis
- Advanced on-page work
- 5 targeted blog posts a month
- Custom schema
- 3 premium guest links a month
- Monthly performance review
Enterprise SEO
For large sites, stores and groups with branches.
- Unlimited keyword targets
- Full site & code speed tuning
- Complete off-page campaign
- 10+ targeted articles a month
- Advanced programmatic schema
- Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
- 5+ high-tier link placements
- Priority site structure support
These fees stay low for a plain reason. My office rent is paid in Pakistan, not in a Doha tower. Selling outside Qatar too? My main SEO service lists the same plans in USD.
Asked from
Doha.
Something else on your mind? Send your site and put the question to me.
Should I build a second website for Arabic?
No. Keep one site with two versions of each page that matters. A second site splits your links and doubles the upkeep. The shared site is never the mistake. Filling the Arabic half with translated text is.
I have a branch in Al Sadd and one on Salwa Road. One Google listing or two?
Two. Each real address gets its own Google Business Profile, its own page on your site and its own reviews. Fold both into a single listing and one branch goes missing from the map for the people standing nearest to it.
Is the QAR 1,275 plan enough for a single clinic or shop?
For one location, mostly yes. Starter covers up to 10 target keywords, the technical check and your Google Business Profile. If you want many services ranked in both languages, Professional with 25 keywords is the honest fit. I tell you which after the audit.
Your office closes at 5pm Doha time. What if something breaks at night?
Message me on WhatsApp anyway. I do not run a 24-hour desk and I will not pretend to. The message is read at the next office window and my developers pick it up from there.
How long before my Doha business moves up on the map?
Profile repairs tend to show first. Busy searches take longer, 3 to 6 months for real movement and 6 to 12 for full growth. I promise no position. Google sets the order, and my part is the work plus a weekly video you can hold me to.