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Make a better decision about your website.

Practical guides to pricing, planning and redesigns. Know what to ask, what to prepare, and what a useful website should do.

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What to prepare before your business website is built

Prepare the facts customers need, the photos you can use, and one clear next step. This checklist helps you hand a designer a usable brief without writing every page yourself.

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How to compare website design quotes: 10 questions to ask

Compare the same scope and the cost of keeping the site live, not just the headline build price. A useful quote tells you what you receive, what costs extra, and what happens after launch.

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Why is my website not showing on Google? A diagnostic checklist

First find out whether Google knows the page, has indexed it, and is showing it for relevant searches. These are different stages, and each needs a different response.

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Planning a multilingual business website: what to translate first

Choose languages for customers you can actually serve. Translate the decisions they need to make, including prices, enquiry steps and practical conditions—not just the homepage headline.

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SEO and AI search checklist for a small business website

Make your service easy to discover and easy to understand. Begin with accessible pages and clear business facts, then add useful answers and evidence that another person can verify.

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Two fictional Arupix concept sites: a dental practice homepage on a desktop screen and an industrial design studio on a phone.

How much does a website redesign cost?

What a small business website redesign costs depends on pages, copy, photos, connections and hosting. What to ask each provider, and what Arupix charges.

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Three fictional Arupix concept sites on phones, each with its main action on the first screen.

Seven signs your small business website is outdated.

Hard to use on a phone, slow, marked “Not secure”, wrong hours, hard-to-read text, nobody can change it, or the next step is buried. Each sign comes with a check you can run in minutes.

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The Ember Meridian fictional restaurant homepage uses a brisket photograph with menu and ordering labels.

How much does a restaurant website cost? Compare the full quote.

A restaurant website budget should include the initial build, recurring website costs, and any separate services your restaurant needs. Those are different charges, and a monthly platform price cannot be compared with a completed website quote until you know what each includes.

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A white bed with a bench, bedside lamps and a large window.

What should a boutique hotel website include? An owner's checklist.

A boutique hotel website should explain the property's character, help guests compare rooms, show accurate photographs, describe the location and stay policies, and make the next step clear. An independent inn or vacation rental can use the same checklist.

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A brick hotel facade with a white entrance door and steps.

Website redesign checklist for restaurant and hotel owners.

Before you redesign a restaurant or hotel website, prepare a short brief covering the result you want, the pages guests need, accurate business information, photos you can use, existing website addresses, and the services that handle bookings or orders.

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