Is my website actually findable?
Start with a site:yourdomain.com search, then confirm individual pages in Search Console. Search results are a useful spot check, but they are not a complete inventory of indexed pages.
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Written to be useful whether or not you ever hire anyone. Each one answers the question in the first two sentences, then explains it — so you can stop reading as soon as you have what you came for.
Start with a site:yourdomain.com search, then confirm individual pages in Search Console. Search results are a useful spot check, but they are not a complete inventory of indexed pages.
Read itGoogle says local results depend mainly on relevance, distance and prominence. Accurate business details and genuine reviews help customers assess you; Google does not publish fixed percentage weights or guarantee a position.
Read itA city page should answer a real local need with useful, distinct information. Near-duplicate pages can compete for the same intent, and pages made mainly to funnel similar searches can violate Google's doorway-abuse policy.
Read itIn most cases it's images — full-size photos sent to phone screens. It's also usually the cheapest thing on the site to fix, and it's the most common reason a page fails Google's speed thresholds on mobile.
Read itAsk who owns the domain, who owns the site if you stop paying, and what happens if the designer disappears. Those three answers tell you more than any portfolio.
Read itAt Nimbus, a single-page website costs $300. A starter website costs $650 for up to three pages, and a larger business website costs $1,250 for up to five. These are one-time build prices with optional monthly help and separately agreed third-party costs.
Read itA useful contractor website explains the work you do, where you work, shows real project evidence and makes requesting an estimate easy. Check those basics before paying for more pages or advertising.
Read itNine times in ten it is one of six settings rather than anything structural: the site was never published to the real domain, a page is switched to hidden from search, every page shares one title, the sitemap was never submitted, the content only appears once scripts run, or the site is simply too new. All six are checkable in about fifteen minutes.
Read itSquarespace usually gets the basics right, so when a Squarespace site cannot be found the cause is normally different: a site-wide title format that makes every page look alike, automatically generated tag and category pages splitting your content, page weight on mobile, or the whole site still sitting behind a password.
Read itSend over your domain and you'll get back a specific list of what's working and what isn't — including when the honest answer is that nothing needs replacing.