building SERP Forge · notes from the desk

Work with us

Hey, I’m Suraj. I run SERP Forge, a SaaS marketing company - the organic growth engine for B2B SaaS - from India. This is my open notebook: what I’m building, the experiments that work (and don’t), and the long story in between.

Suraj Shrivastava
18 Oct2026
Media

A Day at Google's Office, and Why Quiet Founders Are No Longer a Safe Bet

Notes from a Saturday inside Google's office — a room full of builders, one conversation on server logs, and why quiet founders are no longer a safe bet.

Suraj Shrivastava at the Google welcome wall, with the Google logo and "A Googley Welcome" doodle note behind him.
seocontentfounder-notesevents 3 min read
18 Oct2026
Project Live

AI Crawl Scan — see which AI crawlers a site lets in

A free tool that checks any domain's robots.txt and shows which AI crawlers it allows or blocks — GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and more.

toolai-seorobots-txt 2 min read
17 Oct2026
Experiment Done

95 Top SaaS Sites: Who Did They Tell AI It Can Read Them?

A robots.txt study of 95 leading B2B SaaS companies — which AI crawlers each allows or blocks. 80% have made no decision at all.

ai-seorobots-txtresearch 5 min read
16 Oct2026
Founder Insight

Why "Hi" Isn't Enough: A Simple Rule to Improve Workplace Communication

Why one-word "Hi" messages hurt workplace communication — and a simple rule that makes collaboration smoother and more respectful.

communicationremote-workproductivity 4 min read
15 Oct2026
Founder Insight

16 Key Principles for Managing a Small Team Effectively

A practical guide to leading a small team well — building systems, shaping culture, and enabling people to do their best work.

leadershipteam-managementremote-work 6 min read

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