If you're a small business owner and you need a new website, that’s easy to find on search engines and effective at generating enquiries, then get in touch with FreshWebz! 

We offer a full service including domain name registration, web hosting, email accounts, website design, website maintenance and search engine optimisation.

Our aim is to offer affordable web design to small businesses, so whether you require a simple static business site, a dynamic/interactive website, an e-commerce site for selling products online, content management, a membership site, online booking, or something we haven't thought of yet(!), we work to the same high standards of design and customer satisfaction. 

We create attractive, affordable, targeted websites for anyone but specialise in small - medium sized businesses.

Our emphasis is on sites with clear and attractive design and a user-friendly layout, designed specifically to suit your business’ needs.

We are a web design company specialising in working with small to medium-sized businesses.

We offer high quality website design, as well as a range of other online web services, for any individual, sole trader, small business, SME or UK company.

Our services are geared to both new and established business owners requiring a professional, affordable website design solution with local on-going Colchester based support.

We want to make sure that you get a high quality website which is easy to use, relevant and good value for money.

We like to speak plain English and won't try to confuse you with jargon!  We are a small and friendly company that gives personal attention to all our clients.

We're based in Colchester, Essex, so if you need a web designer in Colchester, Essex, or anywhere in the UK, then get in touch with us.  We can build a website from scratch, create a site from your own designs, or give your existing website a makeover.

We work with you to make sure that your website will achieve your aims at a competitive price, whether it's a single page web advert, a full featured company website, or an e-commerce solution.

Responsive websites respond to the needs of the user and the device they’re using, by changing the layout based on the size and capabilities of the device.

For example, a desktop/laptop might show 4 columns, or a full screen display, whereas a tablet might show the same content laid out in two columns and smartphone users would see the content shown in a single column view. 

More consumers than ever before are looking for services and researching firms on the Internet.

However, users rarely go past the first page of their chosen search engine.

So, you might have the most attractive and informative website in the world, but if no one sees it, what’s the point? In order for people to find and visit your website, you need to be highly visible on search engine result pages! 

Once keywords have been researched and chosen, there are two main components of the SEO service – on-site and off-site optimisation.

On-site optimisation involves analysing a number of different features of your site and adjusting your page to make it more SEO friendly, paving the way for success in the search engines.

Off-site optimisation forms the bulk of any campaign and involves building links to your site from many different sources, increasing the authority of your page in the process.

We know that there’s no one-size-fits-all solution to SEO, which is why we take the time to find out exactly what your business needs, who you want to target and how we can help your website generate more leads.

We do this with keyword research and competitive analysis, which allows us to see what your competition is doing and where you need to be focusing your attention.

Accordingly the navigation adjusts to suit the device and all images are scaled to fit the screen they are being viewed on.

The site you're reading now is a responsive design - try viewing it on a different device and see how it changes!  

According to the Office for National Statistics, access to the Internet using a mobile phone more than doubled between 2010 and 2014, from 24% to 58%! Almost 9 in 10 (87%) adults aged 16 to 24 use their phone to access the Internet, but they aren't the only group on the rise, with more than 6 in 10 (62%) of those aged 45 to 54, also using a phone to browse the net!

Usage of portable computers (laptop or tablet) has also shown an increased uptake from 32% of all adults in 2013 to 43% in 2014, with an increased usage of portable computers across all age groups. 

With these numbers only likely to go one way, it's vital that your new site is responsive, and changes its layout to suit the device it is being shown on. 

Mobile devices are often constrained by display size and require a different approach to how content is laid out on screen. 

Google also now adds considerable importance to websites being mobile friendly, so we focus on creating responsive websites, perfect for viewing on a smartphone or tablet!

A responsive web design changes its layout based on the size of the screen the website is displayed on. Responsive websites can be designed to make the text on the page larger and easier to read on smaller screens.

They can also be configured to make the menu/navigation on the phone’s screen easier to press. 

Google is the biggest search engine in Europe and in the UK, approximately 90% of searches are carried out on it.

Unfortunately for business owners, those searchers rarely look beyond the first page of results, so if your website isn't appearing there for its searched for key phrases, then you're missing out on a lot of potential business. 

If you aren't ranking highly for relevant search terms, then your business is missing out on lots of potential customers, but there is good news! Our SEO services can help you get the most from your website!

When we build you a responsive, mobile-friendly responsive website, we test it to ensure it runs smoothly on all major internet browsers (including mobile), so that all of your visitors get a quality experience when visiting your site. 

The Google algorithm is reported to contain over 200 elements which make up your position in their search results and this is constantly changing, in an attempt to remove spammy websites.

If fact, it's believed that Google makes around 500 algorithmic changes each year, although you might only be familiar with the major ones such as Penguin and Panda!

The algorithms behind search engines such as Google and Bing determine which websites rank well and they’re looking for certain elements of a page, as they crawl the web searching for information.

Generally they are looking for well-written unique content, well structured pages and high quality inbound links.

The SEMrush Sensor shows how volatile the SERPS currently are... how much movement there currently is in search positions. 

SEO ensures that your website is compliant with these rules and preferences, as well as making sure its content is relevant and easy to read.

Google actually wants pages that are easy to navigate and readable by humans rather than machines, so part of a search engine optimisation campaign is to make sure that your page doesn’t lose its human appeal in the process! 

Good SEO considers how each search engine works, what people are searching for, editing a website's content and its coding to both increase its relevance to specific keywords and to remove barriers to the indexing activities of search engines and promoting the website to increase the number of back links, or inbound links.

Contact us for an informal chat, to see how we can improve your business' web presence!