Blog · Redman Studio, Watford: Written down, so you can check it.
Notes on web design, search and AI from one studio in Watford. Each post is something I have built or measured, with the checks you can run on your own site before you take my word for it.
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Ask ChatGPT who to hire. What does it say about you?
More people now ask an AI assistant for a recommendation before they search. Here is what the assistant can actually see on a typical business site, the one-minute check you can run on your own, and what I did to mine so an assistant can quote my real prices.
What £95 a month actually buys, and what it should never cost you
Website care plans are the least transparent thing in this industry. Here is exactly what sits behind each of mine, what is deliberately not in them, and the two questions to ask anyone else quoting you a monthly fee.
A restaurant site the family changes themselves, without ringing me
Olive Hill went live this week. The menu, the photos and whole pages are edited by the family that runs the restaurant, in their own studio, with a live preview. Here is how that is set up and why it beats a page builder.
“Best dentist near me.” How the map decides, and what your website has to do with it
Most local buying decisions start at the map, not the website. Here is how the local pack chooses who to show, the seven places your Google profile and your site usually disagree, the order to fix them in, and how to tell whether any of it worked.
Switch JavaScript off. Does your website still exist?
A test that takes ten seconds and tells you whether search engines and AI assistants can read your site at all. Most page-builder sites fail it. Here is why I build every site to pass, and what it costs you when it does not.