Wakefield · WF1–WF4
Website redesign in Wakefield
Most Wakefield businesses asking me about a rebuild do not actually need one, and I will say so. A dated site that loads quickly, works on a phone and delivers its enquiries is costing you far less than it feels like it is.
When a rebuild genuinely is right — an abandoned platform, a site that cannot be made responsive, a business that has changed — the thing that matters most is not the design. It is the redirect map.
The Wakefield picture
I have seen Wakefield businesses lose years of accumulated local ranking to a redesign where nobody mapped the old URLs to the new ones. The content survives; the position does not.
Signs you need this
- The platform or theme is no longer maintained or updated
- It cannot sensibly be made to work on phones
- You avoid updating it because the system fights you
- The business has changed and the site describes the old one
- The list of faults is long enough that fixing costs more than replacing
- It was built by someone you can no longer reach
What’s included
Designed and built from scratch
Not a template with your logo dropped in. Built around what your customers actually need to do.
Fast and accessible from day one
Green Core Web Vitals and WCAG AA as a starting condition, not an afterthought.
A proper redirect map
Every old address pointed at its new equivalent, so years of accumulated ranking survives the move. This is the step that gets skipped and it is the one that destroys sites.
Set up so you can edit it
You should not have to pay someone to change your opening hours.
30 days of aftercare
A month of free fixes after launch, when real use finds the things testing did not.
Questions from Wakefield businesses
- Will a new website hurt my Wakefield search ranking?
- Only if the redirects are skipped, which is unfortunately common. Every old address must point at its new equivalent so the accumulated authority carries across. Ask any designer you are considering how they will handle that — a vague answer tells you a lot.
- Will I lose my Google rankings in a redesign?
- Not if the redirects are done properly, which is a required step rather than an optional one. Every old URL points at its new equivalent so the accumulated authority carries across. A rebuild without this is how sites lose years of progress overnight.
- How long does a website rebuild take?
- Typically two to three weeks of build time once the content is settled. Content is almost always the bottleneck — writing and photographs take longer than building.
Other work I do in Wakefield
Website repair in Wakefield
Something broken, diagnosed and fixed — usually within two working days.
Speed optimisation in Wakefield
Core Web Vitals into the green, with before-and-after proof.
Local SEO in Wakefield
Getting found by people nearby who are ready to buy.
Background reading
Redesign or repair? · Choosing a web designer · Navigation & structure
Wakefield business? Send me the address.
I’ll go through the site properly and write back within 24 hours with what’s broken, what’s slow and what it would cost to put right. No call, no obligation, nothing to pay unless you decide to go ahead.