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Plain-English guides to web design, WordPress and SEO.
This web design and SEO blog answers the questions business owners ask me most. What a website should cost. Which platform to choose. How Google decides who shows up first. No jargon, no fluff, and no promises nobody can keep. Just clear answers you can use this week.
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Start here: the two guides most people read first
- How much does a website cost? What drives the price of a website, what you get at each level, and how to avoid paying twice. Includes redesign costs. Read the guide
- Shopify vs WordPress: which should you build on? An honest comparison for business owners: cost, control, SEO and how each one grows with you. Read the guide
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Every guide, newest first
- How much does a website cost? PLANNING 8 min
- Shopify vs WordPress: which should you build on? E-COMMERCE 8 min
- Google Search Console Guide: Every Report That Matters, Explained SEO STRATEGY 12 min
- Is SEO Worth It? An Honest Answer (With a Calculator) SEO STRATEGY 12 min
- SEO for WooCommerce: Product Pages That Rank and Sell E-COMMERCE 12 min
- What Is White Label SEO? A Straight Answer for Agencies SEO STRATEGY 12 min
- SEO for Contractors: Get the Call Before Your Competitor Does INDUSTRY SEO 12 min
- SEO for Real Estate: Rank for the Searches That Become Listings INDUSTRY SEO 12 min
- SEO for Dentists: Fill the Chair From Google, Not Just Referrals INDUSTRY SEO 12 min
- SEO for Lawyers: How Law Firms Win Clients From Search INDUSTRY SEO 12 min
- Website Maintenance Checklist: Weekly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly SPEED & TECHNICAL 12 min
- Website Not Generating Leads? 9 Leaks to Plug This Week LEAD GENERATION 12 min
- Landing Page vs Website: Which One Do You Actually Need? LEAD GENERATION 12 min
- Technical SEO Audit Checklist 2026: Every Check, Ranked by Impact SPEED & TECHNICAL 12 min
- How to Improve Core Web Vitals: LCP, INP and CLS in Plain English SPEED & TECHNICAL 12 min
- Why Is My WordPress Site So Slow? 11 Culprits and How to Fix Them SPEED & TECHNICAL 12 min
- WordPress vs Wix: Which One Actually Grows a Business? PLANNING 12 min
- How to Hire a Web Designer Without Regretting It in Six Months PLANNING 12 min
- How Long Does It Take to Build a Website? Real Timelines, Week by Week PLANNING 11 min
- International SEO Checklist: How to Rank in More Than One Country REDESIGN & MIGRATION 12 min
- Website Migration SEO Checklist: Move House Without Losing the Furniture REDESIGN & MIGRATION 12 min
- Website Redesign SEO: The Checklist That Keeps Your Rankings Alive REDESIGN & MIGRATION 12 min
No guide on that topic yet. Ask me directly and I might write one.
New to all this? My web design and development services and SEO services pages explain what I do. Costs are on packages and pricing.
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What I write about, and why
Every guide starts with a question a client has asked me. If one person asked it, many more are searching for it.
- Planning. What a website costs, how long it takes, which platform to pick and how to hire well.
- Redesign & Migration. Changing your site or moving it without losing the rankings you have.
- Speed & Technical. Core Web Vitals, slow WordPress sites, audits and maintenance.
- Lead Generation. Pages, forms and calls to action that turn visitors into enquiries.
- Industry SEO. What SEO looks like for lawyers, dentists, real estate and contractors.
- SEO Strategy. Whether SEO is worth it, Search Console and white-label SEO for agencies.
- E-commerce. Choosing a platform and building a store that ranks and sells.
No guide promises a ranking. Each one tells you what works, what it costs in time or money, and when it’s worth asking for help.
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