★ Website Design & SEO
Websites that
load fast,
rank first, convert always.
Hand-coded custom websites with technical SEO baked in from day one. Astro, Next, WordPress, or Shopify depending on stack fit. Built for speed, ranking, and conversion, not page-builder bloat.
$ npm run build
▸ Built in 1.84s · 0 errors
$ lighthouse https://reliablepr.net
▸ Performance: 98 · A11y: 100 · SEO: 100
$ deploy --production
▸ Live ·
★ The manifesto
"Your website should compound. Every page indexed, every visitor tracked, every load under two seconds. Most websites do not. Ours do."
Chris Harris
Web + SEO Lead · Reliable PR & Marketing
★ Six build layers
From sitemap to launch monitoring.
Every project covers all six. Skip one and the website looks fine but quietly loses to a better-engineered competitor.
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Strategy + sitemap
Before any pixel, we map every page, every funnel, every conversion goal. Sitemap, content brief, keyword strategy, IA. Approved before we open the IDE.
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Custom design system
Brand-aligned design system: typography scale, color tokens, spacing, motion, components. Built in Figma, exported clean to code.
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Hand-coded build
Astro, Next, or WordPress depending on stack fit. Hand-coded, performance-tuned, no bloated page builders. Lighthouse 95+ across the board.
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Technical SEO foundation
Schema markup, sitemap.xml, robots.txt, meta tags, OG images, internal linking architecture. Indexable on day one.
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Content + on-page SEO
Keyword-mapped page copy, headline hierarchy, alt text, image optimization, internal links. Ranking signals built into every page.
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Analytics + monitoring
GA4, Search Console, Microsoft Clarity, Better Stack uptime monitoring. Monthly reports tracking what works and what to fix next.
★ SEO sub-disciplines
SEO is not one thing. It is four overlapping disciplines.
TECHNICAL SEO
Crawl audit, schema markup, sitemap, robots, canonical tags, indexability, Core Web Vitals tuning.
ON-PAGE SEO
Keyword mapping, meta tags, heading hierarchy, internal linking, content optimization.
OFF-PAGE SEO
Link building, digital PR, citations, Google Business Profile, directory listings.
LOCAL SEO
Bakersfield + Kern County local pack, GBP optimization, reviews, location-specific landing pages.
★ Performance is the baseline
Lighthouse 95+ across the board, every project.
Sample audit from this site you are reading. Mobile, real-user metrics. Live numbers from PageSpeed Insights, not the optimistic synthetic version.
Performance
● Excellent
Accessibility
● Excellent
Best Practices
● Excellent
SEO
● Excellent
PageSpeed Insights
pagespeed.web.dev · reliablepr.net · mobile
Live data · July 24, 2026
★ Why this matters
Speed is conversion. Ranking is traffic. Both compound.
1.8s
Avg LCP we ship
Largest Contentful Paint under 2.5s is Google's threshold for 'good.' Our average ship is 1.8 seconds. Slow sites lose buyers.
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Google · Core Web Vitals
53%
Bounce when page > 3s
53 percent of mobile visitors abandon a site that takes longer than 3 seconds to load. Speed is conversion math.
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Google · Mobile Page Speed Industry Benchmarks
75%
Of users never scroll past page 1
Roughly 75 percent of searchers never click past the first page of Google. SEO is the difference between traffic and silence.
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HubSpot · State of Marketing Report
★ The build process
4 weeks to 12 weeks. Predictable.
Sitemap and content brief approved before design. Design approved before code. Code QA'd before launch. Every gate documented so nothing slips through.
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Discovery + sitemap
Audit, audience research, competitive analysis, keyword mapping, sitemap approval. Week 1-2.
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Design + content
Wireframes, design system, page-by-page mockups, copy drafting. Two rounds of revisions. Week 3-5.
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Development + SEO
Hand-coded build, on-page SEO baked in, schema markup, performance tuning. Week 5-8.
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Launch + monitor
Pre-launch QA checklist, DNS migration, analytics install, Search Console submission, post-launch monitoring. Week 8+.
★ Modern web design in 2026
What award-winning websites actually look like.
A reel of 2025 Awwwards-tier sites. Scroll-driven motion, bold typography, 3D and WebGL elements. The aesthetic and engineering bar we build to.
Impressive 2025 Website Design Inspiration
Awwwards-tier · design reel
"A great website is not designed. It is engineered to load, rank, and convert."
· Reliable PR
★ Free site + SEO audit
Send us your URL, get a real audit.
We will run Lighthouse, check Core Web Vitals, scan your Search Console health, audit on-page SEO across your top 5 pages, and send you a 1-page report with the 3 most-impactful fixes. No call required.
- ✓ Lighthouse run on 5 key pages (mobile + desktop)
- ✓ Core Web Vitals + LCP/CLS/INP review
- ✓ On-page SEO + schema markup check
- ✓ Three specific fixes prioritized by impact
$ reliablepr audit yoursite.com
▸ Running Lighthouse...
▸ Crawling top 5 pages...
▸ Checking schema markup...
▸ Done.
· TOP 3 FIXES ·
01 Hero image · 1.4MB · serve WebP (-78%)
02 Missing schema · Organization + LocalBusiness
03 H1 hierarchy · 3 H1s on page · use 1
▸ Full report incoming · 5 business days
★ Frequently asked
Straight answers on web + SEO.
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★ Free web + SEO resources
Two free scorecards. One email unlocks them.
The same playbooks, checklists, and scorecards we run in-house. Drop your email, the PDF downloads on the spot. No drip, no spam.
★ Ready to ship a real site?
Build a website that works for you.
Free 15-minute scoping call. We will look at your current site, sketch a sitemap, and quote you a realistic budget + timeline. No deck, no pitch, just the math.
