Web design · Miami
Check live work, languages, ownership and a plan to keep your rankings. A practical checklist with the questions to ask before you sign.
Test live sites on your phone
Plan English and Spanish pages properly
Own your domain and website
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To choose a web design company in Miami, judge them on five things: real work for businesses like yours that loads fast on a phone, a plan for English and Spanish if your customers use both, a written process with dates, a clear answer on who owns the site and domain when you leave, and a plan to keep your Google rankings during the switch. A pretty portfolio is not enough. Ask to see live sites, ask who will actually do the work, and get the scope in writing before you sign.
Below is a practical checklist, the questions to ask on the first call, red flags to watch for, and how to compare proposals side by side.
Before you talk to anyone, write down three things. Agencies give better proposals, and you can compare them fairly.
Miami-Dade is one of the most multilingual markets in the country. According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s QuickFacts, 75.3% of residents age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (2020-2024 estimates), compared with 22.3% nationally. For many businesses, a Spanish version of key pages is not a nice extra. It is part of being found and understood.
If you need more than one language, ask each company how they handle it:
If most of your customers are English speakers, start with English and add Spanish pages for your highest-value services. You don’t have to translate everything on day one.
Ask for links to five live sites they built in the last two years, ideally in your industry or a similar one. Then test them yourself:
Templates that look the same across every client, or sites that look great in a slideshow but crawl on a phone, tell you more than any sales pitch.
The U.S. Department of Justice says the ADA’s requirements for businesses open to the public apply to their websites, and it points to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) as helpful technical guidance. WCAG 2.2 is the current version from the W3C. Ask how the company handles accessibility: color contrast, text alternatives for images, forms that work with a keyboard and screen readers, captions on video. A company that says “we add a plugin” is not giving you a real answer. This is general information, not legal advice.
This is where small businesses get hurt most often. Get clear, written answers to these:
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Words and photos sell more than layout. Many projects stall because the business is asked to write every page at the last minute. Ask whether the company writes or edits page content, whether that includes Spanish, and whether they will use your own job and team photos instead of stock images. Real photos of your location, staff and work build trust faster than anything else on the page, especially for service businesses that compete with dozens of similar companies across Miami-Dade.
A new site can wipe out years of search traffic if old page addresses disappear. Ask every company how they handle it. A good answer includes a list of your current pages and which ones bring visitors, a redirect from each old address to the matching new page, checks in Search Console after launch, and keeping titles and content that already rank well. If a company doesn’t bring this up, that is a warning sign.
A professional company can describe its process in plain steps with dates. A typical custom site moves through discovery, sitemap and content plan, design of key pages, build, your review, testing and launch. Ask:
Put the proposals side by side and check that each covers the same items, so you are comparing the same thing:
Number of pages and templates, languages, forms, booking or store features, integrations with your CRM or other tools.
Redirect plan, page titles and descriptions, analytics and Search Console setup, structured data.
Hosting, security monitoring, updates, training, and who you call when something breaks.
The cheapest proposal often leaves out content, redirects or hosting, which you pay for later. The most expensive isn’t automatically better. Choose the company that answers your questions clearly and shows you real results.
JLB USA started in Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton more than 15 years ago and has completed more than 1,000 projects for over 500 clients. We build custom WordPress sites, and most launch in 6 to 10 weeks. You can edit your own site, and you keep it if you leave. We redirect old pages so rankings carry over, and our hosting includes constant automated monitoring and malware cleanup. See web design for Miami businesses, our website design service, or before and after examples. Call 954-539-5678.
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Often, yes. Census estimates show 75.3% of Miami-Dade residents age 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. Start with Spanish pages for your most important services if a full translation isn’t practical.
It depends on scope and how quickly content is ready. At JLB USA, most custom WordPress sites launch in 6 to 10 weeks.
Your business. Register the domain in your name, and make sure you can move the site and keep analytics and Search Console if you change companies.
It can if old page addresses disappear. Ask for a redirect plan that maps every old page to a new one, plus checks in Search Console after launch.
The Department of Justice says the ADA applies to websites of businesses open to the public and points to WCAG as guidance. This is general information; confirm specifics with your attorney.
