Markham · glass companies

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glass companies in Markham.

There are 31 glass and glazing companies listed on Google Maps in Markham. 25 of them put a website on the listing, and we opened every one of those 25 ourselves. Here is what was behind them.

Glass and glazing companies listed in Markham31
Glass companies with a working website25
No website on the Markham listing at all6
Site that does not load or is parked0
Working but visibly dated5
Glass companies whose site fails on a phone0 (0%)
Still served without HTTPS1
Copyright line 2010 or earlier1
No opening hours on the Google listing0
Median Google reviews among Markham glass companies20
Median Google rating in Markham4.8

5 of the 25 Markham sites had nothing wrong with them at all. The other 20 had at least one of the faults listed above, and most had more than one.

What they are built on

5 platforms,
no clear winner.

Behind the 25 sites we counted 5 platforms. The split says something about budget: 48% on WordPress usually means somebody was paid to build it, while the 2 on free builders were almost always put together by the owner.

WordPress12 (48%)
Wix2 (8%)
Weebly1 (4%)
GoDaddy Builder1 (4%)
Squarespace1 (4%)
Hand-built or unidentified8 (32%)

What actually breaks

No analytics — nobody is measuring what the site does
on 10 of them.

10 of the 25 glass and glazing companies we opened in Markham share the same fault: no analytics — nobody is measuring what the site does. 9 have a second one on top of it — no structured data for google to read. None of this is visible to the owner, which is why it survives for years.

Glass companies measuring nothing at all10 of 25
Glass companies with no structured data9 of 25
Glass companies in Markham with no enquiry form9 of 25
Page titles that never say “Markham”8 of 25
Glass companies with no heading on the page4 of 25
Glass companies letting Google write their description4 of 25

If you own one of these 25 sites, the order to fix them in is the order above: the fault 10 businesses share is the one your competitors have not fixed either, so it is where the cheapest advantage sits.

Who you are up against

93 reviews
from the top five.

The spread in Markham is wide: from under 2 reviews in the bottom quarter to 394 at the top, with the middle at 20. 5 of the 31 glass companies have passed a hundred.

Markham holds 31 of the 432 glass and glazing companies we found across the GTA, which ranks it 5th among the 26 places we surveyed. Review counts are not comparable between trades, so none of this means anything outside glass companies.

Quietest quarter of Markham glass companiesunder 2 reviews
Median glass company in Markham20 reviews
Busiest quarterover 43 reviews
Most-reviewed glass company in Markham394 reviews
Top five running a secure, mobile site5 of 5

What this means for you

The Markham leaders
already fixed this.

5 of the five most-reviewed glass companies in Markham run a secure site that works on a phone. Between them they hold 1,059 reviews. That is the standard a customer compares you against before reading a word about you.

Where a glass company lands depends on how many services need a page of their own — $590 at the small end, $3,900 for a practice with a dozen. Nothing is due until it is finished. Full pricing.

Questions

Straight answers.

How many glass companies are there in Markham?

31 listings, of which 5 have a website with nothing technically wrong with it. The remaining 26 are either missing a site, running a broken one, or running one with at least one fault we could see from outside.

How many Google reviews do I need to compete in Markham?

To be average in Markham you need 20. To be in the top quarter you need more than 43. To be visible next to the busiest glass company here you would need 394, which took them years. 14 of the 31 already hold a 4.9 rating, so the rating is not what separates them.

What does a website for a glass company in Markham cost?

Between $590 and $3,900 depending on the size of the practice and how many services need their own page, paid after the site is built and you have seen it. Hosting, edits, your Google Business Profile and ongoing SEO run $129 to $990 a month, cancellable any month.

Your turn

Same check,
run on your site.

The check behind this page is the one we ran on every business above. Put your own address in and it will load your site on a phone screen, look at the certificate and the page age, and tell you what a visitor meets. No email, nothing stored.

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