Built for phones
Phone first, not desktop first
259 of the 1,035 sites we opened in Ajax have no mobile layout at all. Most people looking for a local business here are on a phone, often standing somewhere inconvenient. We design for that first.
Websites & local SEO · Ajax
Web design in
Ajax.
This is what the web looks like in Ajax: 1,271 listings, 1,035 working websites behind them, 200 links that go nowhere. We build and run sites for businesses here, and the numbers below come from our own survey rather than a report someone else wrote.
Businesses we checked in Ajax1,271
Ajax listings with no website at all230
Website that does not load, is blank or parked200
Working but visibly dated195
Ajax sites with no mobile version259 (25%)
Still served without HTTPS74
Copyright line 1997 or earlier77
Listings with no opening hours on Google7
Median Google reviews in Ajax31
Ajax is the 16th largest of the 26 places we surveyed, with 1,271 listings against 3,173 in Mississauga. Every site behind these listings was opened by hand — nothing here is modelled.
What Ajax is built on
14 platforms,
no clear winner.
Detected from the pages themselves across 1,035 Ajax websites. 47 run on a free or entry-level builder and 4 are still served by software that has been discontinued for years. 77 carry a copyright line from 1997 or earlier.
WordPress297 (29%)
Wix87 (8%)
GoDaddy Builder38 (4%)
Squarespace37 (4%)
Shopify17 (2%)
Hand-built or unidentified559 (54%)
What actually breaks
The same six faults,
367 times over.
Across the 1,035 Ajax sites we opened, these are the faults that turned up most often. None of them is visible to the owner, which is exactly why they survive for years.
Sites in Ajax with no enquiry form367 of 1,035
Sites measuring nothing at all357 of 1,035
Page titles that never say “Ajax”302 of 1,035
Sites with no structured data292 of 1,035
Sites letting Google write their description189 of 1,035
Sites with no heading on the page151 of 1,035
What you get
A site built for how
Ajax actually searches.
Local search
Your Google listing, set up properly
Categories, service areas, hours, photos and the structured data that puts your address and rating straight into results. 7 Ajax listings do not even publish opening hours. The median business here has 31 reviews — we will tell you honestly where you stand.
Maintained
Someone still looking after it
77 sites in Ajax carry a copyright line five years old or more, which usually means nobody has opened the admin panel since launch. The monthly fee exists so that does not happen to yours.
Questions
What people ask us.
Do you work with businesses in Ajax?
Yes. We work across the entire Greater Toronto Area, including Ajax, where we surveyed 1,271 listings. Everything is done remotely — calls, email and a live preview link you can open while we build — so there is no need to meet in person unless you want to.
How many businesses in Ajax have no website?
230 of the 1,271 listings we checked have no website attached to their Google profile at all, and another 200 link to one that does not load, is blank or has been parked. On top of that, 195 have a site that works but has visibly not been touched in years.
How much does a website cost?
Between $590 and $3,900 depending on the size of the business and how many pages it needs. You pay once it is built and you have seen it, not before. After launch it is $129 to $990 a month for hosting, edits, your Google listing and ongoing SEO, cancellable any month.
How long does SEO take?
The Google map pack can move within weeks. Ranking in regular search results for competitive terms realistically takes three to six months of consistent work. Anyone promising faster is selling you something.
Before you decide anything
Find out whether
you have a problem.
Most people asking about a rebuild do not need one. The free check opens your site, looks at how it behaves on a phone, whether it is secure and how old the page is, and tells you which of those apply to you.
Think yours needs
rebuilding?
Send us the address and what you do. We will look at what is there and tell you whether a rebuild is worth the money, or whether the problem is somewhere else entirely.