Plain answers about getting found locally.
What I get asked on first calls by tradespeople, vets, cafés and shops across Exeter and East Devon. No jargon, no upselling.
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Why I stopped building small business sites on WordPress
WordPress is good software, but a five page site for a local business does not need plugins to update or a password login for bots to guess. What I build instead, and how you still edit it yourself.
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How local businesses get found on Google in Exeter
Most people tap one of the first three results and never scroll. Here is what decides who those three are.
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What a website actually costs in Devon
Quotes for the same five page site run from a few hundred pounds to five figures. The difference is rarely the design. It is what you own at the end.
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How fast should your site load on a phone
Your customer is standing outside in the rain on a patchy signal. If the page takes four seconds, they are already back in the search results.
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