Blog
Notes from the workbench.
What I build for small businesses, how it's done, and what it fixed: websites, online stores, web apps, speed and search.
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How to Improve Your Google PageSpeed Score on Mobile: A Handyman Site Went From 45 to 93
How I improved a small business website's Google PageSpeed score on mobile from 45 to 93 in one afternoon, without changing the desktop site or losing its 3D design.
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A Website for a New Business: Start With a Working MVP
Building a website for a new business? Start with an MVP (Minimum Viable Product): a real, working site you can click through before you commit, then grow it as the business grows.
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Local SEO for Small Business: Your Website and Google Business Profile Together
Local SEO for small business comes down to a few things done well: service and area pages, a matched Google Business Profile, reviews, speed and clean structured data.
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An Ecommerce Website for Small Business: Let Customers Build Their Own Product
An ecommerce website for small business that sells custom products needs a live preview, saved choices and clean production files. Here is how I build product customizers.
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A Progressive Web App for Small Business: An App Without the App Store
A progressive web app for small business works like a phone app, installs from your website, and keeps working offline. Here is when it beats a native app.
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How I Fix a Broken WordPress Site (and Find Out Why It Broke)
How to fix a broken WordPress site: white screens, errors after updates, broken checkouts and hosting problems. My step by step, and how to keep it from happening again.
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A Florida Small Business Web Designer Who Builds It Before You Pay
Looking for a Florida small business web designer near Tampa, Brandon or Plant City? I build a working version of your site first, so you see it before you decide.
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A Vacation Rental Direct Booking Website That Takes Guests Off the Big Sites
A vacation rental direct booking website lets guests book you without platform fees. Here is what it needs: real availability, clear pricing, great photos and a reason to book direct.
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Laravel Developer for Hire: When Your Website Needs to Do Real Work
Looking for a Laravel developer for hire? Here is when Laravel beats WordPress, what I build with it, and how a small business can get a custom web app without a big team.
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How to Buy a Domain Name for a Business (and Not Lose It Later)
How to buy a domain name for a business: picking the name, choosing .com or not, who should own it, and the settings that keep your website and email safe.
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Managed Website Hosting for Small Business: What You Get for $20 a Month
Managed website hosting for small business means backups, updates, security and fixes handled for you. Here is what my $20 a month plan includes and why it matters.
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An AI Chatbot for a Small Business Website That Doesn't Make Things Up
An AI chatbot for a small business website should answer from your own details, admit what it doesn't know, and hand the rest to you. Here is how I build one.
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