Web Designer · Eureka, California
Web Designer in Eureka, California.
Custom-coded websites built to rank, no templates, no plugins.
Custom-coded websites for Eureka, California businesses, hand-coded static sites with deep schema markup, engineered to rank for Old Town restaurants, hospitality, professional services, healthcare, and contractors.
Web Designer · Eureka
Web Designer in Eureka. What it actually looks like.
Eureka is the largest market for the web practice, most clients to date are Old Town restaurants, downtown professional services, and trade contractors that outgrew their template sites and needed something engineered to rank in the Eureka local market. Custom-coded sites get the schema depth, semantic structure, and Core Web Vitals scores that template builders physically cannot match.
Watch It Build
From code to live site.
Every site we ship is hand-coded line by line, here's what that looks like in fast-forward.
The Receipts
This site scores 100 across the board.
The page you're reading right now hits a perfect score on every metric Google uses to rank websites. Not "close to 100." Not "usually 100." Audited on Google Lighthouse, the same engine that powers Chrome DevTools and PageSpeed Insights. Run it yourself, the test is public.
Performance
100
How fast pages load and become interactive. Drives Core Web Vitals. Google's official ranking signal since 2021.
Accessibility
100
Can people with disabilities use the site. WCAG 2.1 AA criteria, screen-reader labels, color contrast, semantic HTML, keyboard navigation.
Best Practices
100
Modern code quality. HTTPS everywhere, current image formats, no security vulnerabilities, no console errors, valid HTML.
SEO
100
Search-engine readiness. Meta tags, structured data, mobile responsiveness, crawlable URLs, hand-written descriptions.
Why it matters
Google rewards "Good" Core Web Vitals with ranking boosts. Most local-business sites don't qualify.
A site that loads in 1.5 seconds outranks a site that loads in 8, even if the slower site has more backlinks. The ranking boost compounds with content depth and time. Build it right once, and you're collecting that boost on every page, every search, forever.
For context
Audited against the top 10 web design agencies in San Francisco and Los Angeles. First in every category.
Pentagram, one of the most famous design firms in the world, scored 67 mobile Performance with a 35-second load time on their own site. Active Theory, who builds for LEGO and Spotify, scored 39. The site you're on right now beats every one of them on the same audit, run on the same hardware.
"Every site I build is built to this standard. Same engineering, same Core Web Vitals, same Lighthouse scores. The site you'd hire me to build for your business is the site you're reading right now."
Tex Kelly
Built for Eureka
One site, one market.
Every build starts from the Eureka local search market it has to win in, not a generic template repurposed for the fiftieth small business in the same vertical.
- 4–8 weeks Kickoff to launch
- 100% hand-coded No templates, no builders
- 1:1 schema Markup on every page
- Green vitals Core Web Vitals at launch
Business Examples
Business examples I can build sites for in Eureka.
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Old Town Restaurants + Retail
Hand-coded sites with restaurant-industry schema markup.
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Professional Services
Law firms, real estate, healthcare. LocalBusiness + Service schema.
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Trade Contractors
Plumbers, electricians, landscape contractors. Service-area schema.
What's Included
What's included with web design in Eureka.
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Custom Hand-Coded Build
No drag-and-drop builders, no off-the-shelf themes. Every page is hand-coded for speed, ranking, and longevity, built to outperform any template-based site in its market.
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Schema-First SEO Architecture
Structured data on every page (Organization, LocalBusiness, Service, Review, FAQ, and more), the depth that wins rankings.
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Hand-Written Meta + Copy
Every page gets unique title, meta description, and on-page copy written in your brand voice. No templated boilerplate.
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Custom Design System
Brand-aligned typography, color palette, and component library. Editorial polish without sacrificing usability.
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Modern Hosting + Auto-SSL
Hosted on a global edge CDN with automatic SSL and continuous deployment.
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Performance Engineering
Core Web Vitals in the green. Image optimization, lazy loading, asset minification, the technical SEO most templates ignore.
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Local Search Integration
Schema linkage to your local-business profile, sitemap submission to major search engines, and analytics setup.
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Recurring Retainer Support
Monthly retainer for ongoing updates, new pages, content refreshes, and SEO maintenance, or pay hourly as needed.
How It Works
How it works in Eureka.
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Free Audit Call
Send your existing URL (or your idea if you don't have one yet). I do a 30-minute audit and identify what's working, what's not, and what ranking gaps exist.
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Proposal + Strategy
Written proposal with sitemap, content plan, design direction, timeline, and pricing. SEO keyword research included.
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Design + Build
Custom design and component library, then full hand-coded build. Typical timeline: 4–8 weeks for a standard small-business site.
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Content + Schema
Hand-written copy, schema markup on every page, image optimization, and meta uniqueness audit.
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Launch + Migrate
URL redirect mapping (so existing SEO equity transfers), search-engine indexing, analytics setup, and live launch.
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Ongoing Support
Optional monthly retainer or hourly support for updates, new pages, and ongoing SEO maintenance.
Investment
Custom-coded small-business sites start in the low five figures. Larger multi-page architectures (full service catalogs, programmatic SEO) priced per scope. Send your current site (or idea) for a free audit.
Web Designer in Eureka. FAQs
Frequently asked questions.
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How long does an Eureka small-business website take to build?
4–8 weeks from kickoff to launch for a standard small-business site (8–15 pages, full schema markup, hand-written copy, modern edge deploy). Larger multi-page architectures (full service catalogs, programmatic SEO) take longer; a written timeline with milestones is included in every proposal. -
Will my Eureka business outrank competitors with a custom-coded site?
In most Eureka local-search categories, yes, most local competitors are still on template builders that cap at a certain ranking ceiling. Custom-coded sites with proper schema markup, semantic HTML, and Core Web Vitals scores routinely outrank template sites in the local pack. -
What kind of websites do you build?
Custom-coded sites for service businesses on the North Coast, landscape contractors, fence companies, restaurants, clinics, professional services. Every site is hand-coded from scratch, no drag-and-drop builders, no off-the-shelf themes, with deep SEO architecture and schema markup so it ranks. -
Why custom-coded over a template?
Templates and drag-and-drop builders cap at a certain ranking ceiling, they generate the same code as every other site using the same template, which search engines deprioritize. A custom-coded site lets us build schema markup, semantic structure, internal linking, and performance to a level that templates physically cannot reach. The result: higher rankings, faster sites, and more inquiries. -
How long does a typical build take?
A standard small-business site takes 4–8 weeks from kickoff to launch. Larger multi-page sites (full service catalogs, programmatic SEO architectures) take longer. Tex shares a clear timeline with milestones in the proposal. -
Do you handle hosting and ongoing updates?
Yes. Sites ship to a modern edge CDN with automatic SSL, fast and secure by default. Ongoing updates, content changes, new pages, photo refreshes, are available on a recurring retainer or hourly basis. SEO maintenance and analytics review are part of the retainer. -
Can you redesign an existing site?
Yes. Many clients come from drag-and-drop builders or aging template installs that aren't ranking. The redesign process includes content migration, URL redirect mapping (so existing SEO equity transfers cleanly), and a careful relaunch. Send your current URL with your inquiry and Tex will audit it as part of the quote.
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