The journal

Notes from
the shop.

Plainspoken notes on websites, local search, and running a business out here. Written by the person who builds the sites, not a content mill.

Mobile & speed
FEATURED Mobile & speed

One bar of signal.

Most of your customers find you from a rental driveway on weak cell signal. Here's how to make sure you're the one that loads.

Read it
FREE / PRINTABLE

Grade your own site in ten minutes.

The 30-point checklist I run every build through. Tick off your own site, see where it stands, fix what you can.