Free checklist
The 10-minute website check
Ten quick checks you can do on your own website and Google listing today. No jargon, no sign-up: tick them off as you go (a free account saves your progress), or print this page.
The checks
Grab your phone and go.
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Most people looking for a local business are on their phone, often in a hurry.
How to check: Open your site on your phone. Can you read it without zooming in, and tap every button easily?
People give up on slow pages before they ever see your phone number.
How to check: Run your address through the free Time trial on this site, or Google's PageSpeed Insights.
Visitors decide in a few seconds whether they're in the right place.
How to check: Show your homepage to a friend for five seconds. Can they tell you what you do and which area you cover?
If it isn't obvious how to get in touch, people leave instead.
How to check: On each page, look for one obvious button: call, book or ask for a quote.
On a phone, one tap to ring you beats copying a number.
How to check: Tap your number on your phone. It should start a call straight away.
Broken forms are common, and you'd never know a customer tried.
How to check: Send yourself a test message through your own form and check it reaches your inbox (and spam folder).
It's often the first thing people see when they search for you or your trade nearby.
How to check: Search your business name on Google Maps. Check your hours, services, photos and website link are all right.
Recent reviews, and how you answer them, help people trust you before they call.
How to check: Look at your newest review. Is it from the last few months, and have you replied to it?
A page called just "Home" tells Google and searchers nothing about what you do.
How to check: Google site:yourwebsite.co.uk and read the blue titles. Each should say what that page is about and where.
Browsers warn people about sites without the padlock, and forms that collect details need a privacy policy.
How to check: Check your address starts with https:// (the padlock), and that your footer links to a privacy policy.
Ticked fewer than seven? That’s normal, and most are quick fixes. Get a free quote or book a free 15-minute call and I’ll tell you which to fix first.