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Plain answers about websites, Google and AI search for local businesses. No jargon, no sales pitch.
- Getting started
Your small business domain name belongs to you, not your designer
Your small business domain name costs about the price of a round each year, and it is the one part of your website you should never let anyone else own.
- Local
Web design on the Wirral, from a Liverpool designer who crosses the water
Most of my work is within fifteen miles of Liverpool, and a lot of it is across the Mersey. Here is how web design for Wirral businesses works with me.
- By trade
Salon and barber websites: prices, photos and a big booking button
You probably already take bookings through an app. A website doesn't replace it. It sends more people to it. Here is what a salon or barber site needs.
- By trade
What a cafe website needs to bring people through the door
A cafe website has to answer five questions in under a minute, on a phone, often while someone is standing outside. Here is how to answer all five.
- How it works
A website in a week: how long it really takes to build one
A website in a week sounds quick because most website projects are slow for the wrong reasons. Here is where the time really goes, and how I skip it.
- Google and AI search
Google Business Profile: the free listing every local business should claim
Your Google Business Profile is the box on Google Maps with your hours, photos and reviews. It is free, and most small businesses never finish setting it up. Here is how to claim it and make it work with your website.
- Google and AI search
Local business AI search: how to get your business found
Local business AI search is here: people ask AI assistants where to eat, who to book and which garage to trust. Here is what those tools read, and how a small website gets you included.
- Getting started
What pages does a small business website need?
How many small business website pages do you really need? Five, and sometimes fewer. Here is what goes on each one, and what you can leave out.
- Pricing
How much does a small business website cost in the UK?
Prices for a small business website are all over the place, and most of the confusion comes from monthly plans. Here is how to compare them, and what my one-off price includes.
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