Built for phones
Phone first, not desktop first
71 of the 290 sites we opened in York 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 · York
Web design in
York.
347 businesses in York are listed on Google Maps. 290 of them attached a website, and we opened all of those ourselves: 71 do not work on a phone and 15 are still served without HTTPS.
Businesses we checked in York347
York listings with no website at all46
Website that does not load, is blank or parked51
Working but visibly dated46
York sites with no mobile version71 (24%)
Still served without HTTPS15
Copyright line 2001 or earlier20
Listings with no opening hours on Google11
Median Google reviews in York57
York is the 23rd largest of the 26 places we surveyed, with 347 listings against 3,173 in Mississauga. York is the former City of York, now part of Toronto; we count the businesses that give York as their address. Every site behind these listings was opened by hand — nothing here is modelled.
What York is built on
9 platforms,
no clear winner.
Detected from the pages themselves across 290 York websites. 8 run on a free or entry-level builder and 0 are still served by software that has been discontinued for years. 20 carry a copyright line from 2001 or earlier.
WordPress96 (33%)
Wix21 (7%)
Squarespace16 (6%)
Shopify9 (3%)
GoDaddy Builder5 (2%)
Hand-built or unidentified143 (49%)
What actually breaks
The same six faults,
109 times over.
Across the 290 York 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 York with no enquiry form109 of 290
Sites measuring nothing at all96 of 290
Page titles that never say “York”84 of 290
Sites with no structured data70 of 290
Sites letting Google write their description56 of 290
Sites dating themselves in the footer48 of 290
What you get
A site built for how
York 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. 11 York listings do not even publish opening hours. The median business here has 57 reviews — we will tell you honestly where you stand.
Maintained
Someone still looking after it
20 sites in York 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 York?
Yes. We work across the entire Greater Toronto Area, including York, where we surveyed 347 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 York have no website?
46 of the 347 listings we checked have no website attached to their Google profile at all, and another 51 link to one that does not load, is blank or has been parked. On top of that, 46 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.