The WebProud blog
Plain-English guides on costs, SEO, speed, hosting and getting more enquiries — written by the people who build the sites, not a content farm.
Around a third of appointments are now booked outside working hours, when nobody can answer the phone. Here is how to capture them, cut no-shows, and still run the diary your way.
Read articleYou do not need forty reports. You need to know whether people are finding you, where from, what they look at, and whether they get in touch. Here is how to see that in ten minutes a month.
Read articleIf you pay £3 a click and send people to a homepage built for everyone, most of that money evaporates. A landing page built for the ad can double the enquiries from the same spend.
Read articleVague briefs get vague quotes, and vague quotes turn into arguments later. Here is exactly what to write down before you talk to anyone, with a template you can fill in over a cup of tea.
Read articleA business that emails from @gmail.com or @btinternet.com loses trust before anyone reads the message. Here is how to get name@yourbusiness.co.uk, which provider to pick, and how to switch safely.
Read articleReviews decide who gets the phone call. Here is a repeatable way to ask for them, the rules you must stay inside, and how to answer a one-star review without making it worse.
Read articleWhat quietly breaks on an unattended website, what a care plan should and should not include, and an honest look at doing it yourself.
Read articlePlenty of businesses outside the UK hire a British studio to build their website. Here is how a fully remote project actually runs, from the first call to handover.
Read articleGoing live is the easy part. Here are the 25 checks we run on every site before launch, grouped so you can work through them in an afternoon.
Read articleAccessibility is not a box-ticking exercise for big companies. Here is what it means in plain terms, why it brings in more customers, where UK small businesses stand legally, and the ten fixes that solve most problems.
Read articleMany small businesses find out at the worst moment that their agency owns the domain or the site is locked into a builder. Here is how to check, and what to do about it.
Read articleA second language can open a market or quietly double your maintenance bill. Here is how to tell which, what it really costs, and how to set it up so Google shows the right version.
Read articleShared, VPS or managed? What a good host should include, why cheap hosting costs more later, and the questions to ask before you sign up.
Read articleTraffic is arriving but the phone stays quiet. Here is how to tell an SEO problem from a conversion problem, the ten causes we see most often, how to measure each one, and a 15-minute self-audit.
Read articleBuilders, landscapers, electricians, plumbers, roofers: here are the twelve things your website needs to turn a quick Google search into a quote request, with a self-audit checklist at the end.
Read articleWooCommerce and Shopify are both good ways to sell online. Here is how they differ on ownership, cost over time, design, UK payments, VAT, shipping and upkeep, with a checklist to help you choose.
Read articleMost small-business sites are hacked by bots, not people. These basics stop nearly all of them, plus a step-by-step plan for the day something goes wrong.
Read articleSlow websites lose enquiries and rank worse. Here is what Google’s Core Web Vitals actually measure, how to check your own site in five minutes, and which fixes matter most.
Read articleYour designer has asked for the words and you are staring at a blank page. Here is a plain-English way to write your home, about, service and contact pages, with a structure and rough word count for each.
Read articleHow to show up on Google Maps and in local searches across Essex, from Google Business Profile to reviews, citations, location pages and schema. Includes a 30-day plan.
Read articleIf you book grooms by DM, phone and WhatsApp, this guide explains what online booking fixes, what to look for in software built for groomers, and how to move customers over without losing the ones who like to call.
Read articleWordPress and hand-built websites both have a place. Here is how they differ on editing, speed, security, upkeep and cost over three years, and a checklist to pick the right one.
Read articleEverything to claim, verify and fill in your Google Business Profile properly, from categories and service areas to photos, reviews and a 20-minute monthly routine.
Read articleRealistic 2026 price ranges for a UK small-business website, what drives the cost up, the ongoing fees nobody mentions, and the questions to ask before you sign.
Read articlePicking a domain name takes ten minutes and you live with it for years. Here is how to choose the right ending, avoid the common traps, and make sure the domain is actually yours.
Read articleNot every tired-looking website needs replacing. Here are the ten signs that yours genuinely does, the three that mean you can save your money, and what a redesign should cost.
Read articleNot sure where to start?
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