Custom Website Design
A design drawn from your brand, your customers and the competition in your county. Every page is hand-coded, so nothing loads that your visitors do not need.
Our Services
Website Design, SEO and AI Search Services for the A1A Coast
Ten services, one designer and one set of standards. Hire us for a complete new website, or for the single piece your current site is missing.
- Hand-coded, no page builders
- WCAG 2.2 AA target on every build
- Written quote before any work
Websites
Websites Designed Around Your Business
A1A Web Design offers ten services for businesses on Florida's Atlantic coast: custom website design, three industry-specific website types, web development, local SEO, answer engine optimization, generative engine optimization, ADA accessibility, and speed and code quality work. New websites include the search, accessibility and speed groundwork; existing sites can hire any service on its own.
Real Estate Websites
Sites for agents, brokers and property managers with community guides, property showcases and inquiry forms built to reach serious buyers and sellers.
Restaurant Websites
A menu that is real text instead of a blurry PDF, hours that match your Google listing, and one tap to call, reserve or order.
Tourism & Hospitality Websites
For hotels, vacation rentals, charters and attractions: pages that answer a traveler's questions before they book, and that change easily with the seasons.
Development, Search and Compliance
Code, Visibility and Accessibility Services
These are built into every new site we make. Each one is also available on its own if your current website needs help in one specific area.
Web Development
Custom PHP and JavaScript, contact forms with layered spam protection, integrations, and the optional SimpleCMS editor for owners who want to make their own changes.
Local SEO
Technical fixes, service and location pages, and a Google Business Profile that agrees with your website, so nearby searchers can find you.
Answer Engine Optimization
Pages written around the questions your customers actually ask, with FAQ structure and schema that answer boxes and voice assistants can quote.
Generative Engine Optimization
Consistent facts about your business across your site and the web, plus clear entity data and llms.txt, so AI tools describe you correctly.
ADA Website Accessibility
New builds and audits of existing sites against WCAG 2.2 AA, with problems fixed in the code itself rather than covered by an overlay widget.
Website Speed & Code Quality
Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals tuning, compressed WebP images, W3C-valid markup and security headers for sites that feel slow or fragile.
How Design, SEO, AEO, GEO and Accessibility Fit Together
It helps to picture a website as a stack of layers, where each one depends on the layer underneath it. When a lower layer is weak, the work above it never performs the way it should.
- Code and speed are the foundation. Valid HTML, compressed images and a server that answers quickly. If a page is slow to load on a phone, visitors leave before your design or your words get a chance. That is the job of our speed and code quality work.
- Accessibility lives in the same code. Real headings, labeled forms, text alternatives for images and controls that work with a keyboard. The structure that lets a screen reader understand a page also helps search engines and AI tools understand it, which is one reason accessibility work is never wasted.
- Design is what people see and do. A clear message in the first few seconds, an obvious next step and pages that feel like your business. Good design turns the visitors that search brings you into calls and bookings.
- Local SEO connects you to nearby searches. Service and location pages, technical health, and a Google Business Profile whose name, address and phone details agree with your site.
- AEO and GEO sit on top. They shape your content so answer boxes, voice assistants and AI tools can quote it and describe you accurately. Google's own guidance says there are no extra requirements or special optimizations needed to appear in its AI features (Google Search Central (opens in a new tab)), which is exactly why we build AEO and GEO on sound SEO instead of selling them as tricks.
That is why we rarely sell one layer by itself on a brand-new site. On a site you already have, though, any one of these layers can be the right place to start, and fixing the weakest one first usually gives you the biggest return for the money.
Who Each Service Is For
| Service | Best fit | A sign you need it |
|---|---|---|
| Custom Website Design | Any business that needs a new site or a full redesign | You hesitate before giving customers your web address |
| Real Estate Websites | Agents, brokers, teams and property managers | Your site looks like every other agent's template |
| Restaurant Websites | Restaurants, cafes, bakeries, bars and food trucks | Your menu is a PDF or your hours differ from Google's |
| Tourism & Hospitality | Hotels, vacation rentals, charters, tours and attractions | Guests call to ask questions your site should answer |
| Web Development | Businesses that need forms, tools, integrations or self-editing | You need a feature no off-the-shelf plugin does well |
| Local SEO | Service businesses that depend on nearby customers | Competitors show up for searches in your town and you do not |
| AEO | Businesses whose customers ask lots of questions before buying | You answer the same questions on the phone every week |
| GEO | Businesses that want AI tools to describe them correctly | ChatGPT or an AI summary gets your details wrong |
| ADA Accessibility | Any business open to the public, and anyone who received a demand letter | Your site fails a keyboard test or relies on an overlay |
| Speed & Code Quality | Owners of slow, heavy or error-prone sites | Pages take several seconds to appear on a phone |
Where to Start: A Quick Guide
Find the situation that sounds most like yours. Each one points to the service that usually makes the biggest difference first.
You have no website, or one you avoid sharing
Start with custom website design, or go straight to the restaurant, real estate or hospitality page if one describes you. The search and accessibility groundwork comes with the build.
Your site looks fine, but the phone is quiet
Begin with a local SEO review to see whether people can find you at all, then add AEO content around the questions customers ask.
Your site feels slow or breaks on phones
Ask for a speed and code quality audit. If the site is old enough, we will tell you whether a rebuild costs less than repairs.
You are worried about an accessibility complaint
Start with an ADA accessibility audit. We find and fix the barriers in the code. For legal questions about a demand letter, talk to an attorney; we are web developers, not lawyers.
AI tools describe your business wrongly, or not at all
Look at generative engine optimization, usually paired with answer engine optimization, so the facts about you are clear and consistent wherever AI tools look.
You need something custom
Booking flows, calculators, client areas or a site you can edit yourself fall under web development.
Plain-English tip: Not sure which situation fits? Send us your current web address. We will check it with our own scanner plus Lighthouse, axe and the W3C validator, and tell you which layer needs attention first.
What Every New Website Includes
- A written quote and timeline
- Hand-coded pages, no page builder
- Mobile-first layouts
- WCAG 2.2 AA testing by hand
- Per-page titles, descriptions and schema
- XML sitemap, robots.txt and llms.txt
- Google Search Console setup
- SPF, DKIM and DMARC for your email
- Spam-resistant forms without CAPTCHAs
- Your domain, content and code, owned by you
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I have to buy these services together?
No. Each service can be hired on its own for a website you already have. When we build a new site, the groundwork for SEO, accessibility and speed is part of the build, so you are not paying twice for the same work.
What is the difference between local SEO, AEO and GEO?
Local SEO helps your site and your Google Business Profile show up when people nearby search for what you sell. AEO shapes your pages so search features and voice assistants can quote a direct answer from them. GEO helps AI tools such as ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews describe and recommend your business accurately. All three rest on the same technical foundation.
Which service should a brand-new business start with?
Start with a website that has the SEO, accessibility and speed foundations built in, and make sure your Google Business Profile matches it. AEO and GEO work pays off more once you have a few months of real customer questions to write about.
Can you improve a website another company built?
Usually, yes. We can audit and improve speed, accessibility and search visibility on most existing sites. If the platform makes those fixes impractical, or more expensive than a rebuild, we will tell you plainly before you spend anything.
How do you price these services?
Price depends on the number of pages, the features and the integrations involved, so we quote each project in writing once we understand it. You see exactly what is included before you agree to anything, and the first consultation costs nothing.
Sources and Further Reading
Where We Provide These Services
Not Sure Which Service You Need?
Describe the problem in your own words. We will point you to the right starting place, even if that turns out to be a smaller job than you expected.