Beautiful and affordable WEBSITES for small businesses

A website is an ‘always on’ sales tool and an online shop window that should always add value to your business. It also provides several other advantages, including: -

Providing credibility & trust – people tend to trust a business more if they have a professional website.

Helping to generate more sales – provides the possibility of more people finding about your business by finding your website on Google.

Brand building – helps establish a brand and create recognition and authority.

Providing key information – this can include opening times, FAQs, customer reviews and locations covered.

This really does depend on the size, design and functionality of the website.

Generally speaking, a smaller website should take around a week to complete, with larger websites taking longer. If you have a go live in mind, we will do our very best to complete the website within this time frame.

We do not currently offer a pay monthly service for our websites as we don't believe a website should be leased. Once you have paid in full for the website you own it and can therefore transfer it elsewhere should you want to do this.

We do, however, offer flexible payment terms should this be required. This can include paying for the website over several months to help spread the cost and make it more affordable.

A domain name represents the address used to access a website. It normally starts with 'www' and will be shown in the top browser bar when viewing a website. 

A domain name must be registered by a domain name registrar, which is essentially a company that provides domain name registrations and maps these to appropriate hosting services.

Domains are generally registered on a yearly or two-yearly cycle and will typically cost between £20.00 and £35.00 for registration per annum. 

In simple terms, website hosting is a type of Internet hosting service that provides the services required to host a website and make this available online. 

Website hosting will normally be managed by a specialised website hosting company who will charge a monthly or annual fee in return for the services they provide. As part of the hosting service, email accounts, SSL certificates and support will normally be provided as standard. 

A hosting contract will normally be renewed on a yearly basis and written notice to transfer the hosting will need to be given prior to being able to transfer it. 

MK Web use a highly reputable company called ICUK as our website hosting provider. This company are based in Croydon and offer a highly reliable and fast hosting service. 

Our website hosting renews on an annual basis.

A professional email address, using your business domain name, is crucial for building trust in your business and improving email deliverability. It conveys a more professional image for your business and helps in brand recognition and recall. 

It can take many weeks for a new website to start to show on the Google search results. That said, it can take only a matter of days. The truth is, there's no way of really knowing how long Google will take to index a new website as it varies for each site. Their algorithm indexes your site when it decides to index your site.

There are things that can be done to speed up the amount of time it takes, including getting a site visible across the various Google services provided, such as Google Business Profile, Google Analytics and Google Search Console. Acquiring some good quality back-links can also help as can providing high quality content.

We primarily offer web design and SEO services in Lincolnshire, including Bourne and Stamford, however, we also have clients all across the UK and are happy to work with clients remotely wherever you are based.

As with any business, some web agencies may provide a better service than others and may be able to assist better with large scale projects. However, there's no reason to think that you won't receive a great service from a freelancer or smaller agency. In fact, you will often find that a website freelancer's services will cost less due to having lower overheads. Their reputation and repeat business is often of upmost importance as they don't have the marketing budgets available by the larger agencies so rely on good reviews and building up a good reputation locally. 

We build our all our websites to be content manageable, meaning our clients can make changes to the content as and when they require using a secure administration area.

We offer a website maintenance & support contract that covers website plugin updates, speed optimisation, bug & security monitoring, regular backups, technical support and any website updates required. This can provide our clients with complete peace-of-mind as the responsibility to keep the site running effectively and make any updates lies with us. 

We can also fix any issues with existing website, such as WordPress errors (including the dreaded critical error screen!). 

Unfortunately not! Search engines work using complex algorithms to calculate how well a website should be ranked in relation to the search phrases being used. They will take into account many factors, including content, authority, web core vitals (speed, usability, etc) and back-links. Getting to that elusive top position is extremely hard, particularly if you are targeting more competitive key phrases. The problem is that every other website offering the same products and services as you will also be competing for that top position on Google.

It can take a great deal of time, expertise and patience to optimise a website successfully. The position of a website ranking can also change over time due to changes in Google's algorithms and competitors investing more time and energy into their sites. In this respect, it can be a constant battle to maintain a good ranking.

We don't make fake promises that we can get you to the number one spot in Google. Instead, we carry out the tasks that we know work in terms of getting a website more highly ranked, which should then see the position of a website moving up in the rankings over time. We always stress that this will not happen overnight and it can take several months before any change is visible. 

You certainly do - a website will be owned by you once you have paid for it in full. This means you can host the website wherever you choose (within the terms of the hosting contract) and should be provided with a full copy of all the website files and any database, if this is requested. 

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) that makes it possible to create a highly customised website that can be easily managed by the client. Launched in 2003, it has since grown into the most popular CMS, powering over 40% of all websites on the internet.

Website hosting is the storage of website data, including all of the website files on a secure server that ensures the website is available at any time to the public. Website maintenance services are tactics to help keep a website updated and functioning properly, including performance optimisation, scanning for security threats/bugs, plugin/theme and WordPress updates, accessibility testing, regular backups and website updates. 

Absolutely! We are experts in WordPress and WooCommerce so are happy to assist with building a WooCommerce store or support with an existing WooCommerce website. We can help resolve issues such as a broken checkout, slow loading website or payment gateway issues.

We are very happy to assist in fixing any website issues you might be encountering. We are experts in WordPress and Shopify so it's very likely we have come across your issue before, meaning we can resolve this quickly and with minimum cost to you.

Whether it's broken forms, layout issues, poor website performance, errors or glitches, we’ve got you covered!