Website redesign services for outdated business sites

Signs a site needs a redesign

• It looks broken or cramped on a phone
• Visitors cannot find your phone number or contact form without hunting for it
• It describes services you no longer offer and misses ones you now do
• Changing a line of text means calling whoever built it
• Pages load slowly, or the browser shows a security warning
• The platform it runs on is discontinued or no longer supported

Redesign or smaller fix?

Not every tired site needs a rebuild. New photos, corrected hours, and a rewritten home page can be done in place, and some sites only need regular website maintenance. When you send us the address, we tell you which route fits and what each would involve, even when that means a smaller job than you asked about.

What we review before changing anything

• Which pages bring visitors today, using your Search Console data if you have it
• Current page addresses, titles, and descriptions
• Content worth keeping, and content that is out of date
• Forms, booking links, and any outside tools the site connects to
• Where the domain and hosting are held, and who has the logins

Protecting your search visibility

A redesign can disturb search rankings, because Google sees new pages and a new structure. Planning reduces the risk. Pages that already attract visitors keep their web addresses where possible, and any address that has to change is redirected to its replacement. After launch we submit the new sitemap in Search Console and check for errors. Some movement in search results is normal for a while, and nobody can promise rankings will hold exactly.

How a redesign works

1. 1Review: we look at the current site and talk through what is and is not working
2. 2Written quote: what will be rebuilt and what it costs, before any work starts
3. 3Plan: the new page structure, and a list of what carries over
4. 4Build: the new site is built on a private link while the current site stays live
5. 5Review and edits: you check the working version and send your changes
6. 6Switch: we point your domain at the new site, turn on HTTPS, and check the search tools

Domain, hosting, and your existing content

Your domain and hosting remain in your name. If you already own both, we build on them. The text, photos, and documents on your old site are yours, and we reuse whatever is worth keeping. If the old site runs on a platform that cannot be moved cleanly, we say so up front.

When the free website fits a redesign

A business whose site can be rebuilt in five pages may not need a paid project. The free website program accepts businesses with an outdated site and builds five new WordPress pages at a $0 design fee, with full admin access at handover. A redesign quote makes sense when you need more than five pages or features the free build does not cover, and a custom web design project handles both. Local search work after the new site is live is covered under SEO services.