Websites for Portland, Maine businesses
I work remotely, by email and phone. Portland businesses get the same thing as everyone: a fast site that works on every phone and stays in their name. What changes here is who visits the site.
What matters for a Portland site
- Visitors who do not know the city
- Summer brings visitors, many of them off a cruise ship or a day trip. They search on a phone, often on a slow connection in a crowd. Your address, hours and the walk from the Old Port or the waterfront should be on the first screen.
- Seasonal hours that stay right
- Many Portland businesses change hours between summer and winter. Your site and your Google Business Profile should change together. I set it up so you can do both in a few minutes.
- Menus and lists as text
- Portland is a restaurant town. A menu as text, not a PDF, is easier to read on a phone, works with a screen reader, and lets Google match a search for a dish.
What the free check looks for
The free check reads your front page in a few seconds. These are the results that matter most here.
- No viewport tag, so the page shows as a shrunken desktop page on a visitor's phone.
- Many separate scripts, which make a page slow on a crowded summer connection.
- No structured data, so Google has to guess your hours and what you are.
- No share image, so a link a visitor sends to friends shows a blank preview.
- Images with no alt text.
Run the free check. The full review goes through every page for $9.
What you get, and what it costs
- You pay what you think the site is worth, from $100. It is the same site at every price.
- Every account, from the domain to the hosting, is in your name.
- It loads fast, works on every phone, and works with a screen reader and a keyboard.
- No trackers, and nothing about your customers is sold.
- If you want me to keep it safe and current, the care plan is $9 a month. It is optional.
Questions
- Do you meet clients in Portland?
- All work happens remotely, by email, phone and video, so you do not have to schedule a visit.
- My business is seasonal. Is a website worth it?
- Yes. Visitors plan before they come, often months ahead, and they search when you are closed. A site that shows your season dates keeps them from thinking you closed for good.
- Do you work with businesses outside Portland too?
- Yes. I work with small businesses anywhere in the US, remotely.
See what your site needs
Start with the free check of the site you have. If you have no site yet, tell me about your business and I will reply.