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Five signs your website needs a redesign

How to tell whether your small business website needs a redesign or just a cleanup, and what each involves.

Who this is for. For owners who suspect their site is hurting them but do not want to pay for a rebuild they might not need.

The five signs

Watch for these:

  • The site is hard to use on a phone. Most of your visitors are on one.
  • Pages take more than three seconds to load.
  • The design looks clearly older than your competitors’ sites.
  • Visitors cannot find your phone number or a contact button within seconds.
  • You avoid sending people to your own website.

Why it matters

Visitors decide in seconds whether your business looks current and trustworthy. A dated or clumsy site does not just look bad; it quietly costs you the customers who never call.

Redesign or cleanup?

If the bones are good, a cleanup fixes most of it: new photos, faster pages, clearer buttons, current content. That costs a fraction of a rebuild.

If the site fails on phones or the platform is dead, a redesign pays for itself. We tell you honestly which one you need, because we do both.

Common questions

How do I know which one I need?

Send us your web address. We will look and give you a straight answer: cleanup or redesign, with the cost of each.

Will I lose my Google rankings in a redesign?

Not if it is done carefully. We preserve your page addresses and content signals so rankings carry over.

Can I keep my content and photos?

Yes. Anything worth keeping moves to the new design. We only replace what is hurting you.

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Not sure if your site needs a redesign?

We will review it and give you a straight answer, with a price for each option.

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