Midlothian
Web developer in Midlothian: Dalkeith, Penicuik and the A7 towns
WebLothian is a web designer and developer building and looking after websites for businesses across Midlothian, from Danderhall on the city bypass to Gorebridge and Penicuik at the edge of the hills. It is run by Ben Harvie from Portobello, five miles from Dalkeith, close enough that the first meeting happens at your premises rather than on a screen.
Towns
Towns in Midlothian the work covers
Nearest first, in straight-line miles from the desk in Portobello. A town with a page of its own is a link.
- Danderhall 3 mi
- Dalkeith 5 mi
- Loanhead 5 mi
- Bonnyrigg 6 mi
- Newtongrange 7 mi
- Roslin 7 mi
- Gorebridge 8 mi
- Penicuik 10 mi
Local
What the work looks like in Midlothian
Midlothian is working towns rather than visitor ones. Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg and Newtongrange have the high street independents, the salons and the trades; Loanhead and the estates along the bypass have the firms that sell to other firms; Roslin has the visitors the chapel brings; Penicuik and Gorebridge have the trades who work across the county and into the Borders. A lot of Midlothian business runs on word of mouth and Facebook, and the website is the thing that proves the business is real when somebody has been given the name and wants to check before phoning.
Services
Every service, across Midlothian
The same six services as everywhere else, each with a page of its own that says what it does, how the cost works and when it is a waste of your money.
Website creation or redesign in Midlothian
A website for a Midlothian business is usually three to five pages that say who you are, what you do, where you work and how to reach you, built to load on a phone and come up when somebody in Bonnyrigg searches for the trade. Fewer pages means a smaller quote, and most Midlothian businesses need fewer than they think.
More about Website creation or redesignBooking and reminder software in Midlothian
Booking and reminder systems for the garages, salons and clinics of Dalkeith and Penicuik, where a missed appointment costs more than the WhatsApp reminder that would have prevented it, and simple tools for staff that replace the spreadsheet somebody on an industrial estate in Loanhead keeps up by hand.
More about Booking and reminder softwareAI for your business in Midlothian
An assistant that answers the questions a Midlothian trade gets by text at all hours, about availability, areas covered and rough timescales, so the owner answers the phone to customers rather than to the same question for the fifth time.
More about AI for your businessSEO and Google Business Profile in Midlothian
For a town the size of Penicuik or Gorebridge the Google Business Profile does more than the website does, and it is free. Local SEO in Midlothian starts there, then makes sure the site says Dalkeith, Bonnyrigg or Newtongrange in sentences a person can read, which is what the search engine reads too.
More about SEO and Google Business ProfileWebsite security in Midlothian
Midlothian firms that sell to other firms often have a site built in 2014 that nobody has updated since, which is the kind of site that gets hijacked to send spam. A security check and a clean-up is the first job, and often the whole one.
More about Website securityManagement and maintenance in Midlothian
Year-round management for Midlothian businesses whose site was built by somebody who has since stopped answering: finding out who owns the web address, then updates, backups and hosting (where your site lives) on one modest monthly fee for the running costs, from a developer fifteen minutes up the A7.
More about Management and maintenance
Questions
Questions people ask
Who builds websites in Midlothian?
WebLothian does, from Portobello, five miles from Dalkeith and ten from Penicuik. It is a web designer and developer in one person, Ben Harvie, so the site is designed and built by the same hands. The cost is kept affordable on purpose and the first conversation is free, in Midlothian or on the phone.
How much does a website cost for a Midlothian business?
Every job is quoted in writing after a free consultation, so the number is known before anything starts, and WebLothian keeps it affordable on purpose. Most Midlothian trades need a small site, and a small site is a small quote; the booking and reminder software is quoted separately and only when it would actually pay for itself.
Do you work with Midlothian trades and garages?
Yes, and for them the reminders often matter more than the website. MOT, service and appointment reminders go out by WhatsApp and text, which is where a customer in Bonnyrigg actually reads them, and the website is the thing that proves the business is real when the reminder arrives.
Which Midlothian towns do you cover?
All of them: Danderhall, Dalkeith, Loanhead, Bonnyrigg, Newtongrange, Roslin, Gorebridge and Penicuik are all inside ten miles of the desk. Dalkeith and Penicuik have pages of their own because people search for them by name, and the rest get the same service without a separate page.
The honest answer
When not to bother
If every customer you have came through one contractor or one Facebook group and you are not chasing new ones, a website will not change your year. Claim the Google Business Profile, which costs nothing, and come back when the work dries up.
Free consultation
Talk to a web developer in Midlothian
The consultation is free and there is no pitch at the end of it, because how the cost works is already explained on this site and every job is quoted in writing.
Midlothian businesses get the local rate, which is heavily discounted because a meeting anywhere in Midlothian is a short drive from the desk rather than a trip to plan.