Insights
Written to be useful before anyone is asked for anything.
Guides for owners deciding what to build, what it should cost, and what the web can now read about them. Added when there is something worth saying, not on a schedule.
Guides
Guides for business owners.
How to decide whether a defined focused website launch is the honest next step or an existing business needs a full redesign instead.
Buyer's guide · September 202602What should a small business prepare before asking for a website proposal?A practical checklist for turning a vague website request into a comparable scope statement before asking any provider for a proposal.
Buyer's guide · September 202603Website vs brand work: what should happen first?How to distinguish a website problem from a brand problem, when each should lead, and when a connected Branded Web engagement is the honest answer.
Buyer's guide · September 202604Website redesign: what must be protected before launch?The five things an existing site can lose in a redesign — URLs, search visibility, analytics, data and live customer operations — what protects each one, and what a redesign is genuinely allowed to replace.
Buyer's guide · September 202605What is included in a $5,000–$10,000 custom business website?The seven things the middle planning band buys, the five it deliberately does not, and why two proposals at the same number can describe different jobs.
Buyer's guide · September 202606Your customers are asking an assistant. Can it read your site?Buyers increasingly hand the shortlisting to an AI. What makes a business legible to one, in four checkable properties — and what happens in the gaps you leave.
For business owners · August 202607What does a custom business website cost in 2026?Realistic scope bands, the six questions that move the price more than page count, and what to confirm before comparing two proposals.
Buyer's guide · August 2026Research
Research we ran ourselves.
We read 6,284 small business websites across ten industries and checked what each one publishes for AI agents. Every business is named, the dataset is downloadable, and one column has been publicly withdrawn.
Study · 6,284 businesses · August 202602Of 32 Birmingham professional firms, one scored above 50.Law, tax, financial advice, insurance and estate agency, checked for what an AI assistant can read about them. Method, distribution, and the firms doing it best.
Readiness study · Birmingham, Alabama