If you don’t have a website for your business yet, you might be eager to know how long it will take to get one. Building a website from scratch takes time. However, the rewards you get from a bespoke site are fantastic. A huge benefit of building your business website from the ground up is that it’s designed with your company goals in mind. This is something which you simply can’t achieve with a basic service.
Narrowing down what your goals are is the first step. Do you want your website to generate leads? Get users to sign up to a service? Sell products? The answer to this question will form the foundation of everything, from your basic web design, to the content, to the user experience.
What Makes A Good Website?
First of all, we want to make clear that when we discuss how long it takes to create a website, we’re talking about high quality, bespoke sites. Let’s explore what makes a good website before we continue.
A good website will have a clear goal. As previously mentioned, the goal of your website is the foundation of all the hard work that goes into making it. If you don’t know this, you risk having a website that confuses users.
When you have a clear goal, the user journey and experience will fall into place naturally. This journey will inform the written content and visual design of your website.
From a technical standpoint, it’s essential that everything is fully mobile responsive with robust security.
How Long Should It Take To Make A Website?
At Search4Local, we aim to put new websites live within around 5 weeks. However, it can take a lot longer. There are almost limitless variables that will affect the turnaround time, including:
- The amount of pages
- The amount of written content required
- Widgets or plugins required
- Images
- Assets required from you (information, original pictures, approvals)
This is not an exhaustive list, and you may notice that some of these require input from the web development team, and other things require input from you. Website builds are frequently delayed by extended waiting times for content, images and approvals.
How Long Will It Take My Website To Show Up On Google?
Once a website is made live, it’s not going to appear in the search results immediately. To speed up the process, indexing can be requested using Analytics and Google Search Console. Without this step, it could take months for your website to be indexed.
Although it’s never a guarantee that your website will appear, requesting indexing through Search Console tends to result in your site being noticed more quickly. Expect to wait for up to two weeks for this to happen.
Keep in mind that there are many factors that affect indexing. If your website is of a low standard, poses a security risk or has dangerous content, it could never be indexed. To have the best chance of appearing, make sure your site has high quality content and watertight security.
Get Started With Building Your Website Today
Search4Local build bespoke, high quality websites for a range of SME’s in varying industries. We have the expertise, passion and knowledge to create a marketing campaign that works for you. Contact us today to start your journey with Search4Local and get your brand noticed online.
