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Himal PoudelWeb Developer & SEO Specialist

Himal
Poudel

Web Developer & SEO Specialist

I build fast, practical websites for businesses and make sure people can actually find them.

Based in Kathmandu, Nepal

Next.js · JavaScript · WordPress · SEO

Himal Poudel

The short version

I got into websites a slightly backwards way.

Most developers start with code. I started with a blog, and got obsessed with a much simpler question: why does Google show some pages and bury others? That question turns out to be most of what SEO is, and once you start noticing it, it’s hard to stop.

Chasing it taught me keyword research, search intent, and enough technical SEO that building the actual website started to feel like the obvious next step. So I learned that too, WordPress at first, because that’s where the client work was.

These days there’s rarely a clean line between the two. I’ll open Search Console in the middle of a build just to check whether a page is even worth shipping.

Selected work

A few things I’ve worked on.

Three projects, across hospitality, education, and publishing.

Hotel Yak & Trek Thamel website screenshot
01

Hotel Yak & Trek Thamel

Hospitality

A hotel website for a property in Thamel, Kathmandu, built to make rooms easy to browse and booking simple.

  • Custom hotel website with direct booking requests
  • Email notifications and WhatsApp Business integration
  • Booking.com and Google Business Profile setup
  • Fast performance and local SEO foundations
  • Legal pages, forms, and proper error states

Next.js · Tailwind · SEO

02

BSC Global

BSC Global website screenshot

Education consultancy

An education consultancy in Kathmandu, guiding Nepali students to universities across Australia, the UK, USA, Canada, New Zealand, Japan, and South Korea.

  • Complete site built in vanilla JavaScript and HTML
  • Decap CMS integrated for content management
  • Google Business Profile established
  • WhatsApp integration, contact forms, and webmail setup

HTML/JS · Decap CMS · SEO

03

Sherpa Legend

Digital magazine

An online magazine promoting the Himalayas, Sherpas, mountaineers, and mountaineering through remarkable stories.

  • Full build from domain registration to a fully functional site, on WordPress
  • Custom-designed pages in Elementor to the client's needs
  • Webmail and contact form integration
  • SEO

WordPress · Elementor · SEO

Sherpa Legend website screenshot

What I do

Skills

Web Development

  • Next.js
  • JavaScript
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • WordPress

SEO

  • Technical SEO
  • On-page SEO
  • Keyword Research
  • Google Search Console
  • GA4

Digital Presence

  • Google Business Profile
  • WhatsApp Integrations
  • Forms
  • Email
  • Booking Platforms

Tools

  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Vercel
  • cPanel

Experience

Freelance Web Developer & SEO Specialist

Kathmandu, Nepal · 2022 to present

Since 2022, I’ve worked directly with small businesses and organizations in Kathmandu, building their websites end to end: WordPress and, more recently, Next.js, plus the SEO, Google Business Profile setup, and third-party integrations (WhatsApp, booking platforms, email) that go with launching something real. That includes domain and hosting setup, ongoing maintenance, and being the person a client calls when something breaks.

7+

Clients

10+

Projects

Multiple

Industries

A little more about me

Himal Poudel, on a trip

I’m in Kathmandu, currently finishing up a BSc. CSIT degree in my 8th semester. Freelancing happens alongside classes, which mostly means client calls between lectures and shipping things on evenings and weekends.

Outside of that, I’m still the same person who started a blog because I wanted people to actually read it. I’d like to get back to writing properly at some point, once the current list of things to build gets a little shorter.