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23 years of code, cupcakes, and community. 💻✨

Happy Birthday to the absolute legend of CMS platforms: WordPress!

Whether you love building complex custom themes from scratch or writing clean backend functions, there’s no denying that WordPress democratized the internet.

Check out this custom birthday graphic from our studio! // Building the web, one website at a time.

If you’re still running your business on a clunky website builder that crashes when you get a spike in traffic, it’s time for an upgrade. Treat your business to a fast, clean, and custom WordPress setup.

Check out our latest portfolio work at ranupatelwebexpert.com.

Daily reminder that having a great service means absolutely nothing if your digital storefront looks like an abandoned building. 🤷‍♂️

A bad logo, a broken website, and hiding from the front page of Google is an expensive way to run a business. If you want people to buy from you, they have to actually know you exist. Check out the graphic for the clear-cut difference between brands that stay stuck and brands that scale.

Find out how to fix your digital footprint: ranupatelwebexpert.com

Quick tip for anyone running a home-based or mobile service business: Hiding your address on your Google Business Profile to keep your privacy is totally fine, but it can absolutely wreck your Local SEO if you don't back it up with the right website strategy.

Google's map algorithm thrives on proximity. No visible address means no easy map pin, which usually results in your business dropping out of the top 3 Map Pack spots.

How to fix it without sharing your front door: 🔹 Build dedicated location pages on your site for the specific cities you serve. 🔹 Clean up your secondary business categories. 🔹 Get your clients to leave reviews that explicitly state the city and the service you provided.

Your online presence should work for you, not against you.

🎯 Need a real plan to get your site ranking and converting? Check out my breakdown here: ranupatelwebexpert.com

The reality check nobody asked for: Your business website can rank at the top of Google, and you can still get completely ghosted by your target market.

Why? Because 60% of Google searches now get exactly ZERO clicks. Google's AI Overviews are taking over the top of the search engine results page. Instead of sending people to your site, the AI reads your content, builds a quick summary, and hands over the answer right then and there. If the AI doesn't trust your data, it leaves your brand completely out of the loop and cites your competitor instead.

The 3 red flags that cause AI to ghost your business: ❌ Data Messes: Your business name, address, or phone number looks slightly different on different directory sites. ❌ Zero Code Context: Your site doesn't use Schema markup, meaning the AI has to guess what your services actually are. ❌ No Street Cred: No authoritative third-party press, local links, or reviews confirming that your business is legitimate.

The Strategy: Match your data everywhere, structure your on-site content like a direct Q&A, and stack up those local citations. Stop chasing old traffic metrics and start building entity trust.

So… AI search is a thing now, and your website might be entirely invisible to it. 💀

Here is the quick breakdown: Google indexing used to be the only thing that mattered. Now, AI models (like Gemini, ChatGPT, Perplexity) are scraping the web to answer user prompts directly.

If they can’t parse your site quickly, they just leave you out of the answer.

Enter the llms.txt file. It's basically a simple cheat sheet written in Markdown that sits in your website root folder. It tells the AI exactly who you are, what your business info is, and why you're an expert without making them dig through complex web code.

Think of it as building a VIP door for AI agents. 🚪✨

If you're running a brand or freelance business, don't sleep on this. Check the graphic above to see the new architecture of LLM SEO.

The Search Bar is the New Confessional: Why Your Coaching Leads are Hiding in Plain Sight Stop shouting into the social media void. The highest-quality coaching leads aren't scrolling—they're searching. When someone types a question into Google at 2 AM, they aren't looking for "vibes." They’re looking for a bridge out of their current crisis.

At Ranu Patel Web Expert, we’ve cracked the code on why some coaches stay booked out while others struggle for "likes." It’s not the algorithm; it’s the Intent.

Every client who finds me through search asks one of these 5 specific questions:

1. The "Method" Search: "How to get consulting clients from Google." (They want your blueprint.)

2. The "Skeptic" Search: "Executive coaching ROI for startup founders." (They have the money; they just need a reason to spend it.)

3. The "Niche" Search: "Career coach for software engineers." (Specialization = immediate authority.)

4. The "Ready-to-Buy" Search: "Best business coach for entrepreneurs." (This is the home stretch. They are ready to hire.)

The secret to ranking your law firm in Austin? 🤫 It’s not just about the money you throw at ads. It's about how you set up your "Category Precision" and "Review Velocity."

Friendly reminder: You don't need to be a "blogging machine" to rank on page 1. Quality > Quantity every single time. If you’re a coach wondering why your site is a ghost town, swipe through these myths.

Wanna see what's actually broken? DM for a free 5-minute SEO check. No strings, just data. 📊