Frequently Asked Questions

Designed By Dane builds clean, professional, mobile-optimized websites for small businesses that need a stronger online presence.

The focus is on websites that look professional, are easy to use on mobile, clearly explain what the business offers, and make it easier for customers to call, message, book, or send an inquiry.

Designed By Dane works with service businesses, contractors, trades, automotive businesses, wellness businesses, childcare businesses, creatives, local shops, restaurants, consultants, and other small businesses that need a website built around trust and customer action.

Designed By Dane builds websites for small businesses and local service-based businesses, including:

• Contractors
• HVAC companies
• Plumbing companies
• Electrical companies
• Automotive businesses
• Childcare businesses
• Wellness businesses
• Tattoo studios
• Fitness and performance businesses
• Restaurants and local shops
• Consultants
• Creatives
• Family-owned businesses
• Startups and solo operators

The goal is to create a website that fits the business, explains the services clearly, and helps customers feel confident taking the next step.

Designed By Dane primarily focuses on small businesses in Washington, including areas like Seattle, Tacoma, Bellevue, Everett, Gig Harbor, Spokane, and surrounding communities.

However, website builds can be completed remotely, so businesses outside of Washington can also reach out if they are a good fit.

Most communication can be handled through email, phone, messages, video calls, and shared website previews.

Many cheap websites are built quickly without much strategy behind them.

Designed By Dane focuses on more than just making a website look nice. The goal is to create a website that helps customers understand what you offer, trust your business, and take action.

Every website is built with mobile optimization, clear wording, trust-building sections, calls-to-action, and the customer journey in mind.

The goal is to keep websites affordable without making them look cheap.

The process is designed to be simple and clear.

First, Designed By Dane learns about your business, services, goals, and what your website needs to accomplish.

From there, the website is planned around your business, your customers, and the action you want visitors to take.

Once the website is built, you will be able to review it, request revisions, and approve it before it goes live.

For standard builds, payment is due once the website is complete and ready to go live.

The exact information needed depends on the project, but most website builds may require:

• Business name
• Logo or brand colors, if available
• Services offered
• Service areas
• Contact information
• Business hours
• Photos or project images, if available
• Testimonials or reviews, if available
• Social media links
• Any existing website or domain information
• Any specific wording, offers, or details you want included

If you do not have everything ready, that is okay. Designed By Dane can help guide the structure and wording based on what your business needs.

The timeline depends on the size of the website, how much content is needed, how quickly information is provided, and how many revisions are requested.

A smaller website may be completed faster, while a larger website with multiple pages, service sections, galleries, FAQs, or SEO structure may take longer.

The goal is to build the website efficiently while still making sure it looks professional, reads clearly, and supports your business goals.

Yes.

You will have the opportunity to review the website before it goes live. The website can be adjusted based on your feedback so it better fits your business, wording, images, services, and goals.

Designed By Dane includes up to 3 revisions with standard website builds.

Standard website builds include up to 3 revisions.

Revisions are meant to help adjust wording, images, layout details, service information, and other reasonable changes before the website is finalized.

Larger changes, major direction changes, or additional revisions beyond the included amount may require an added cost depending on the scope.

Yes.

Designed By Dane builds websites with SEO-friendly structure in mind. This can include clean page organization, clear headings, service-focused wording, location-aware content, mobile optimization, internal linking, and pages that are easier for search engines and customers to understand.

SEO is not instant, and no one can guarantee first-page rankings. But a stronger website structure can give your business a better foundation for long-term online visibility.

No.

No honest website designer or SEO provider can guarantee a specific Google ranking.

Designed By Dane can help create a stronger SEO-friendly website foundation with better structure, clearer content, mobile optimization, local service wording, and search-aware pages.

Ranking depends on many factors, including competition, website authority, content quality, backlinks, reviews, search demand, and time.

Local SEO website structure means building your website in a way that helps search engines and customers understand what services you offer and what areas you serve.

This may include service pages, city pages, service-area pages, FAQs, internal links, local wording, and clear page organization. For local businesses, this can help support visibility for searches related to your services and location.

Yes.

Designed By Dane can build city pages or service-area pages for businesses that serve multiple locations.

These pages can help explain where your business works, what services you offer in those areas, and how customers can contact you. City pages and service-area pages are especially useful for contractors, home service companies, mobile service businesses, and local service providers.

SEO stands for search engine optimization. It focuses on helping your website become easier for search engines like Google to understand.

AEO stands for answer engine optimization. It focuses on making your website easier to understand for question-based searches and answer-style results.

GEO stands for generative engine optimization. It focuses on making your website clearer and more helpful for AI-powered search experiences.

AIO stands for AI optimization. It focuses on structuring your website content so AI tools and search systems can better understand your business, services, and location.

The main idea is simple: your website should be clear, organized, helpful, and easy for both people and search systems to understand.

A free website audit is a review of your existing website to look for areas that may be hurting trust, clarity, mobile experience, SEO structure, or conversions.

The audit may look at:

• First impression
• Mobile layout
• Calls-to-action
• Service clarity
• Trust-building sections
• Contact flow
• SEO-friendly structure
• Local SEO opportunities
• Missed conversion opportunities

A free website audit is a good fit if you already have a website but feel like:

• It looks outdated
• It does not bring in many inquiries
• It is hard to use on mobile
• It does not clearly explain your services
• It does not make your business look professional
• It does not have strong calls-to-action
• It feels confusing or incomplete
• It does not reflect the quality of your business

Sometimes a business does not know exactly what is wrong with the website. The audit can help identify what may need to be improved.

No.

A free website audit does not require you to buy a website.

It is simply a way to look at your current website and identify what could be improved. If it makes sense to move forward with a redesign or new website, Designed By Dane can explain what that could look like.