AI web designin California.
I design, build and rank websites for California businesses, from Los Angeles to the smaller markets around it. One specialist, fixed price per project.
Right now someone in California is searching for what you sell.
Same market, same service. One business gets the call and the other never finds out there was one. The difference is rarely the offer. It is what the search engine can read, how fast the page opens on a phone and whether the page makes the next step obvious.
- A site that looks fine on a laptop and takes four seconds to open on a phone
- Pages Google has crawled but not indexed, and nobody has asked why
- Leads bought through ads or directories, paid again every month
- A designer, a developer and an SEO who have never been in the same call
- No mention when a customer asks ChatGPT or Perplexity who to hire
- Pages that load fast on mobile and pass Core Web Vitals with real users
- Every page that matters indexed, with schema that says what the business does and where
- Organic and map visibility that keeps working when the ad budget stops
- One person who answers for design, build and rankings
- Facts about your business stated clearly enough for an AI assistant to quote
The markets inside California
California has 39,355,309 residents, −0.4% since 2020. Los Angeles is the largest market in California with 3,869,089 people. The fastest growing city on this list is Bakersfield, up 4.2% since 2020. Large markets mean more competitors for every search. Growing ones mean searches nobody has claimed yet.
| City | Population 2025 | Since 2020 | County | Business establishments in county |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 3,869,089 | −0.7% | Los Angeles County | 304,988 |
| San Diego | 1,406,106 | +1.7% | San Diego County | 93,407 |
| San Jose | 989,814 | −2.0% | Santa Clara County | 49,154 |
| San Francisco | 826,079 | −5.6% | San Francisco County | 33,378 |
| Fresno | 555,549 | +2.4% | Fresno County | 19,144 |
| Sacramento | 536,449 | +2.1% | Sacramento County | 34,280 |
| Long Beach | 450,469 | −3.2% | Los Angeles County | 304,988 |
| Oakland | 440,838 | −0.1% | Alameda County | 42,318 |
| Bakersfield | 422,165 | +4.2% | Kern County | 14,352 |
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 Population Estimates and County Business Patterns 2023.
What I do for California businesses
AI web design & build
AI-assisted research, drafts and quality checks, with every decision made by one specialist. Strategy, Figma design and development in one hand: Webflow, WordPress, Shopify or Framer. Conversion focused, mobile first, and search friendly from the first wireframe.
- Figma to live site in about fourteen days
- Analytics and conversion tracking from day one
- You own the domain, the CMS and every account
Technical SEO
Crawl and index diagnostics, Core Web Vitals, architecture and schema. Every finding evidenced with live data, never automated warnings.
- Technical audits and traffic recovery
- JavaScript SEO and rendering
- A prioritized fix list your developer can act on
Local search
Most searches with buying intent in California end in the map results. Profile, reviews, local schema and pages have to tell the same story in every city you serve.
- Google Business Profile and local schema
- Service and location pages with something real to say
- Name, address and phone consistent everywhere
AI search (GEO)
Assistants quote pages they can parse and verify: clear answers, marked-up facts, and sources that agree with each other. Same foundation as Google SEO, reported separately.
- Visibility checks in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude
- Entity and schema work
- Content structured to be quoted
Case files
A 30-page site, planning to implementation
An extensive build taken from planning to full implementation: structure, design, development, launch.
Mobile PageSpeed, 61 to 96
Render path, images and third-party scripts rebuilt so the mobile experience stopped costing conversions.
From 53 to 100 performance score
Core Web Vitals treated as engineering work, not a plugin: a store taken from 53 to a 100 score.
“Marcos delivered a thorough, well-evidenced technical audit of a Cloudflare/SEO issue affecting our site's Google traffic - every finding was backed with screenshots from live data, not just claims.”
Contracts and reviews are public on my Upwork profile.
Fixed prices, the same in California as anywhere
Audit
$350USD · one-offTechnical and AI-search audit with a prioritized, developer-ready fix list.
- Crawl, index and Core Web Vitals
- Search Console and GA4 analysis
- Every finding evidenced with live data
Landing page
$600USD · one-offOne conversion-focused page in Webflow or Framer, live in about five days.
- Conversion-focused structure and UX
- Mobile first and fast by default
- Analytics and conversion tracking
Website
$2,200USD · one-offFull design and development, Figma to live site, in about fourteen days.
- Strategy, Figma design, then build
- Webflow, WordPress, Shopify or Framer
- Technical SEO built in, not bolted on
Ongoing SEO
$1,200USD · per monthTechnical SEO, content and AI-search work after launch, with a monthly report and a call.
- Month to month
- No setup fee
- You own every account
Prices in USD, fixed per project and confirmed once we have looked at the site together. Redesign with the SEO program: from $2,500. Hourly work is $55.
Cities in California
Each city page carries its own market data: population, growth, business count and the sectors that dominate locally. Calls with California clients are scheduled in Pacific Time.
Questions
How much does a website cost for a business in California?
$2,200 for a full design and build, Figma to live site, in about fourteen days. $2,500 with the SEO program on top, $600 for a single landing page, $350 for a technical and AI-search audit. Fixed price, confirmed after we look at the project together.
Do you work with businesses anywhere in California?
Yes. The work is remote, so it makes no difference whether you are in Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose or a town that is not on this list. Calls are scheduled in Pacific Time.
How long does SEO take in California?
It depends on the market more than on the state. A competitive term in Los Angeles takes longer than the same term in a smaller city. Technical fixes are visible in Search Console within weeks. Competitive rankings take months, and the audit tells you roughly how many.
We have several locations in California. Do we need a page for each one?
One page per real location, each with its own address, hours, staff and reviews, connected to its own Google Business Profile. Pages for places where you have no presence and nothing specific to say are not worth building.
Do you do the design and the SEO?
Both, which is the point. Strategy, Figma, build, launch and technical SEO run in one hand, so design decisions do not quietly break crawling, speed or rankings three months later.
Do I sign a contract?
Projects are fixed price and milestone based. Retainers are month to month. You own every account and every deliverable, and if you stop, the work stays yours.
