Websites: cost, hiring and build

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What a website should cost, what it has to contain, how to choose who builds it, and how to tell if the one you have is working.

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October 16, 2026Wix vs Squarespace vs a custom website for a small businessThe question is not which looks better. It is what the site has to do, and what you can take with you if you ever need to leave.Read ↗
October 16, 2026What does website maintenance include?Most maintenance plans list the same six words. What matters is what each one actually means, how you would know it was done, and what the contract says when it was not.Read ↗
October 16, 2026Website redesign checklist: how to relaunch without losing your rankingsA new design rarely costs a site its traffic. Changed URLs with no redirects, deleted pages that used to rank, and a staging block left switched on do.Read ↗
October 16, 2026Why is my website not showing up on Google?There are two different problems hiding behind that question, and the fix for one does nothing for the other. Find out which you have before changing anything.Read ↗
October 16, 2026How much does a website cost for a small business?The honest answer depends on four or five decisions you can make before you ask anyone for a quote, and on a handful of yearly bills that never appear in the quote at all.Read ↗
October 16, 2026What a fitness or pilates studio website actually needs.The person on your site has already decided to try a class somewhere. The site decides whether it is yours, and it usually decides in the time it takes to find the schedule.Read ↗
October 16, 2026What a contractor or home service website actually needs.A homeowner choosing a contractor is mostly trying not to get burned. The site that wins is the one that makes trust easy to check, not the one that says "trusted" the most.Read ↗
October 16, 2026How to check your website speed, and what is worth fixing.The score in the big circle is the least useful number on the page. Here is which numbers to read instead, what the thresholds are, and what usually slows a small business site down.Read ↗
August 26, 2026What a collision shop website actually needs.Written from inside a body shop rather than from a template library. The customer landing on your site is not shopping. Something has already happened to them.Read ↗
August 21, 2026Nine questions to ask before you let anyone build your site.Most hiring checklists ask about process and timelines. These ask about what happens on the day you want to leave, which is the only part you cannot fix later.Read ↗

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