Built for phones
Phone first, not desktop first
200 of the 678 sites we opened in Bolton 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 · Bolton
Web design in
Bolton.
This is what the web looks like in Bolton: 840 listings, 678 working websites behind them, 141 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 Bolton840
Bolton listings with no website at all161
Website that does not load, is blank or parked141
Working but visibly dated176
Bolton sites with no mobile version200 (29%)
Still served without HTTPS101
Copyright line 1997 or earlier53
Listings with no opening hours on Google2
Median Google reviews in Bolton14
Bolton is the 19th largest of the 26 places we surveyed, with 840 listings against 3,173 in Mississauga. Bolton is part of Caledon; we count the businesses that give Bolton as their address. Every site behind these listings was opened by hand — nothing here is modelled.
What Bolton is built on
13 platforms,
no clear winner.
Detected from the pages themselves across 678 Bolton websites. 50 run on a free or entry-level builder and 4 are still served by software that has been discontinued for years. 53 carry a copyright line from 1997 or earlier.
WordPress167 (25%)
Squarespace43 (6%)
GoDaddy Builder39 (6%)
Wix34 (5%)
Shopify13 (2%)
Hand-built or unidentified382 (56%)
What actually breaks
The same six faults,
379 times over.
Across the 678 Bolton 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.
Page titles that never say “Bolton”379 of 678
Sites measuring nothing at all261 of 678
Sites in Bolton with no enquiry form240 of 678
Sites with no structured data229 of 678
Sites letting Google write their description161 of 678
Sites with no heading on the page123 of 678
What you get
A site built for how
Bolton 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. 2 Bolton listings do not even publish opening hours. The median business here has 14 reviews — we will tell you honestly where you stand.
Maintained
Someone still looking after it
53 sites in Bolton 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 Bolton?
Yes. We work across the entire Greater Toronto Area, including Bolton, where we surveyed 840 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 Bolton have no website?
161 of the 840 listings we checked have no website attached to their Google profile at all, and another 141 link to one that does not load, is blank or has been parked. On top of that, 176 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.
Now check your own
You have read the numbers.
Where does your site stand?
Type your address and we will open your site the way a visitor would, then tell you plainly what is wrong with it — including when the answer is nothing. Ten seconds, no email, nothing stored.
If you want
one built.
We build the site, you look at it, and you pay once it is finished and you are happy with it. Hosting, edits and the Google listing carry on monthly, cancellable any month.