Small business website guides

Buyer's guide

How Much Does Website Design Cost for a Small Business? (2026)

What website design costs in 2026: real price ranges for DIY, freelancers and agencies, what drives the number, and the costs most quotes leave out.

Troubleshooting guide

Why Is My Website Not Showing Up on Google? (And How to Fix It)

Your website isn't on Google? Check these 9 causes in order, from a 10-second site: search to noindex tags and Search Console, with the fix for each.

Buyer's guide · Home services

Contractor Website Design: What a Site Needs to Win Jobs

Contractor website design that turns visits into calls: the pages every trade needs, what's specific to plumbers, HVAC and roofers, and local SEO basics.

Buyer's guide

How Much Does Website Maintenance Cost? (2026 Prices)

What website maintenance costs per month in 2026: hosting, updates, backups and support, typical plan prices, and what a plan should include.

Guide · Accessibility

ADA Website Compliance for Small Businesses: What Actually Matters in 2026

Does the ADA apply to your small business website? What the law says in 2026, why lawsuits keep rising, why overlays don't fix it, and what to check first.

Guide · Migration

How to Migrate from Wix to WordPress (Without Losing Your Rankings)

Wix has no full export to WordPress. What you can move, what must be rebuilt, how to keep your Google rankings with 301 redirects, and what it costs.

Comparison

Wix vs Squarespace vs WordPress: Which Is Right for a Small Business?

Wix, Squarespace or WordPress for a small business site? 2026 prices, ease of use, SEO control and the question most comparisons skip: can you leave?

Guide

Who Owns My Domain and Website? The Ownership Checklist

Who owns your domain and website? How to check in 5 minutes, what to do if your web designer registered it, and the full ownership checklist.

Buyer's guide

Service Area Pages: How to Do Them Right (and How Google Punishes Them)

Google calls city pages built mainly to capture search traffic doorway abuse. Here is when a separate city page is justified, and when it is not.

Buyer's guide

Hourly vs Fixed-Price Web Design: Which One You Can Actually Plan Around

Why an hourly total is hard to compare, what a fixed price has to nail down, and a method to score two quotes on the same scale.

Buyer's guide

What a Small Business Website Should Include Before You Pay an Agency

Before you pay anyone to build your website, know what you should actually be getting — and what it should cost. A practical checklist for small…

Websites that win leads

Seven Signs Your Service Business Website Is Losing Leads

Is your website quietly turning away customers? These seven signs reveal if your service business website is losing leads — and how to fix each one.

Free resource

Website Ownership Checklist: Domain, Hosting, Licenses and Access

You paid for your website — but do you actually own it? This checklist shows you exactly what you should own (domain, hosting, licenses, access) and…