GBCORP BLOG · IT SERVICES
Website Development Company: Fast, Found and Owned by You
A website has three jobs: load in a second, be found for the right searches, and be changed by the business without calling anyone. A website development company is judged on all three, in that order.
GBCORP builds business websites as static pages served from a global edge: fast on any phone, readable by search engines, secure because there is nothing to hack, and managed through a console for the pages that change. The same team builds the apps, so a business that later wants an app or a shop is not starting again.
Three tests for any website company
| Test | What to check | GBCORP approach |
|---|---|---|
| Speed | Their own site and a client site score at the top on a phone | Static pages, sized images, no render-blocking scripts |
| Search | Every page has structured data, clean addresses, a sitemap | Built in, not a plugin |
| Ownership | Domain, hosting and analytics in the client’s name | Written into the quotation |
Speed is the first feature
Most sites are slow because of what was added to them: themes, plugins, trackers, fonts loaded late. GBCORP ships pages as static HTML with images in the size each screen needs, fonts preloaded, and interactive parts loaded after the content is visible. The result is a page that scores at the top of the speed tests on a phone, which is where most visitors are, and which search engines reward.
Found for the right searches
Every page carries its title, description, structured data and a clean permanent address. A blog on the same domain answers the questions customers ask before they search for the business. A sitemap is submitted and kept current. GBCORP applies to client sites the same method it uses to rank its own.
Changed without a developer
Pages that change, such as news, products, team, offers, are managed in a console and published in seconds. Pages that do not change are built once and stay fast. The business never waits for a developer to fix a typo.
Checklist before choosing
- Test the company’s own site on a phone speed test.
- Ask which pages you will manage yourself and see the console.
- Ask whose name is on the domain, hosting and analytics.
- Ask for a fixed price and what it includes.
- Ask how the site connects to an app or a shop later.
- Ask what the site costs per year to run.
The numbers to expect
A business site live in one to three weeks at a fixed price. Hosting costs near zero on static pages. Content changes in minutes from the console. Customised or more complex functionality is quoted separately before any work starts.
A worked example
A consultancy has a site on a rented builder that loads in five seconds on a phone, ranks for nothing, and needs a freelancer for every change. GBCORP rebuilds it as static pages on the firm’s own domain: a home page with one action, a page per service with structured data, a team page with real photographs, a blog answering client questions, and a console for the pages that change. It launches in two weeks. Load time falls to about a second, the service pages start appearing for their searches within a quarter, and the firm publishes its own news the same afternoon.
What a site costs to run
Static pages cost almost nothing to host and nothing to patch, because there is no server software to attack or update. The domain renews yearly in the business’s name. Analytics run in the business’s own account. An optional support plan covers changes beyond the console and a quarterly look at the search numbers. GBCORP lists these in the quotation so the running cost is known before the build cost is approved.
Enquiries that reach a real mailbox
The contact form posts to GBCORP’s own form service and delivers to a mailbox on the business’s domain, with the sender verified and spam filtered, so an enquiry is a lead rather than noise. Copies are kept in a console the business can search. No third-party marketing service sits between the visitor and the business, and no visitor data is sold on.
Website and app on one foundation
A business that later wants an app, a shop or a customer portal does not start again. The same team builds them on the same engine, the content is managed once, and the domain, analytics and accounts carry over. The website is the search surface; the app is where repeat customers live; both are the business’s own.
A site that sells and a site that informs
Most business sites are informing sites: they explain, reassure and ask for one action, an enquiry, a call or a booking. A selling site adds a catalogue, a cart and payments to the business’s own gateway. GBCORP builds both on the same foundation, so an informing site can add a shop later without a rebuild. The mistake is building a shop’s complexity into a site that only needs to inform, which slows the site and confuses the visitor. The scoping call settles which the business needs today and what it may need next year.
Questions we hear first
Do we need a content management system?
For the pages that change, a console; for the rest, static pages that never break.
Can we keep our current domain?
Yes. The domain is pointed at the new site on launch day and stays in your name.
Is search optimisation extra?
No. Titles, descriptions, structured data and a sitemap are part of every page.
What about multiple languages?
Languages and right-to-left layouts are configured per site.
Where to start
The GBCORP web development hub explains the approach; the GBCORP Web Development product is the priced starting point. For a site that sells, read ecommerce website development explained.
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