Built for phones
Phone first, not desktop first
180 of the 907 sites we opened in Aurora 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 · Aurora
Web design in
Aurora.
1,061 businesses in Aurora are listed on Google Maps. 907 of them attached a website, and we opened all of those ourselves: 180 do not work on a phone and 62 are still served without HTTPS.
Businesses we checked in Aurora1,061
Aurora listings with no website at all148
Website that does not load, is blank or parked139
Working but visibly dated179
Aurora sites with no mobile version180 (20%)
Still served without HTTPS62
Copyright line 1996 or earlier75
Listings with no opening hours on Google7
Median Google reviews in Aurora21
Aurora is the 17th largest of the 26 places we surveyed, with 1,061 listings against 3,173 in Mississauga. Every site behind these listings was opened by hand — nothing here is modelled.
What Aurora is built on
11 platforms,
no clear winner.
Detected from the pages themselves across 907 Aurora websites. 42 run on a free or entry-level builder and 0 are still served by software that has been discontinued for years. 75 carry a copyright line from 1996 or earlier.
WordPress324 (36%)
Wix78 (9%)
Squarespace43 (5%)
GoDaddy Builder30 (3%)
Shopify17 (2%)
Hand-built or unidentified415 (46%)
What actually breaks
The same six faults,
333 times over.
Across the 907 Aurora 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 Aurora with no enquiry form333 of 907
Sites measuring nothing at all321 of 907
Page titles that never say “Aurora”315 of 907
Sites with no structured data239 of 907
Sites letting Google write their description207 of 907
Sites with no heading on the page141 of 907
What you get
A site built for how
Aurora 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 Aurora listings do not even publish opening hours. The median business here has 21 reviews — we will tell you honestly where you stand.
Maintained
Someone still looking after it
75 sites in Aurora 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
Straight answers.
Do you work with businesses in Aurora?
Yes. We work across the entire Greater Toronto Area, including Aurora, where we surveyed 1,061 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 Aurora have no website?
148 of the 1,061 listings we checked have no website attached to their Google profile at all, and another 139 link to one that does not load, is blank or has been parked. On top of that, 179 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.
Check yours
The same test,
on your address.
We do not guess and we do not send a report by email. Type the address, wait ten seconds, read what comes back. If your site is fine it will say so.
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.