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How long does it take to build a website?
A brochure website of up to five pages can be ready in three or four weeks. What drags it out is not the design or the code but waiting for the text and photos. If an existing site has to be replaced, add a few days for the domain.
Where the weeks go
- Talking, understanding the business and agreeing what the site needs: a few days.
- Designing and building it, showing the progress: two or three weeks.
- Reviewing the text, testing it on a phone and publishing it: a few days.
What drags it out most
- The text: writing about yourself is hard, and it is what runs late most often.
- The photos, if they have to be commissioned.
- Feedback that arrives late or in pieces.
- Anything that depends on others: bookings, payments or a shop.
How to shorten it
- Have the text before starting, even as a draft.
- Let one person decide.
- Start with the minimum and add later: a published site is worth more than a perfect half-finished one.
And then, Google
Once published, Google takes from a few days to a few weeks to show the site. Sending the sitemap to Search Console speeds it up, and a linked Google Maps listing helps you appear in local searches.
How long it takes me
Three to four weeks for a site of up to five pages. We start with the text, which is what usually runs late, and I give you a date together with the price.
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