Blacksburg
Online
— local web
& SEO

Founder · 2023 → End-to-end websites and digital presence for local businesses in the New River Valley. Build, local SEO, and ongoing operational support for non-technical owners — clarity over complexity.

Role
Founder — design + build + SEO
Focus
Web builds · Local SEO · Ops
Stack
HTML/CSS · JS · CMS · Analytics
Clients
New River Valley businesses
Hero image — collage of client sites / lighthouse scores

Overview

Many capable local businesses have a site that is slow, hard to update, or invisible in local search. Blacksburg Online fixes that with a small, repeatable system: a fast static build, clear information architecture, and the few SEO moves that actually move local rankings.

The emphasis is on ongoing support — owners don't want a handoff document, they want someone to keep the listing, the site, and the phone ringing aligned.

Inline image — sitemap / IA sketch for a client

What we deliver

Each engagement starts from a short audit — speed, mobile, business profile, citations, and the top three searches that should drive calls. Then a focused build or rework that owners can actually maintain.

Service blocks — same table language as your Engineering inspo

01 — Build

Fast static site, clean IA, contact-forward — no heavy CMS unless needed.

02 — Local SEO

Profile, categories, citations, on-page for the 3–5 terms that matter.

03 — Content

Photography direction, short copy, and update workflow the owner will use.

04 — Ongoing

Monthly checks: speed, index, reviews, and calls — with a one-page report.

Process

Week 1 — Audit. Crawl, speed test, profile check, and a 1-page finding sheet.

Week 2 — Build. IA, build, content, and QA on real devices.

Week 3 — Launch & listings. Deploy, wire analytics, sync Business Profile and citations.

Ongoing — 30-minute monthly review: what changed, what to post, what to fix. Owners get a single log, not a dashboard.

Inline image — before/after wireframe strip

Builds — images & artifacts

Replace placeholders with real builds. Two formats are ready: a side-by-side before/after and a 2-up gallery for detail shots.

Before
Site screenshot — before
After
Site screenshot — after

Export screenshots at ~1600×1000, keep the mono caption style, and swap each .ph / .ba-body for an <img>.

Results

Add 2–3 short, concrete outcomes when you have them — e.g., “from page 2 to top-3 for ‘[term]’ in 6 weeks,” or “form fills +40% after IA change.” Keep it one line per outcome; the table does the rest.