The blog · Central Kentucky Straight answers, in plain English.

Every article here comes out of work I've actually done — a site I built, a listing I fixed, a count I ran myself in Clark County. None of it is AI churn or a rewrite of somebody else's post, and where I'm quoting a number, I'll tell you where I got it.

11 articles · written and published by Jeff Becraft

Google Business Profile

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Why doesn't my business show up on Google?

The five real reasons a local business is invisible on Google, in plain English. Most are free to fix — and only one of them is “you need a website.” From Winchester, KY.

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What it costs

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Who actually owns your domain name?

Two Clark County restaurants' old web addresses now run somebody else's ads. How domains get lost, how to check yours in two minutes, and why every domain I set up is registered in the client's name.

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Google Business Profile

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What is a Google Business Profile?

The free Google listing with your map, hours and reviews — what it is, why it often gets seen more than your website, how to claim it, and the phone scam to hang up on.

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The Web Census

3 min read

The Clark County Web Census: restaurants

I checked 38 locally-run restaurants in Winchester and Clark County by hand. Half have no working website. The real numbers, how I counted, and what to do if this might be you.

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Google Business Profile

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How do I fix my business hours on Google?

Step by step, free, from your phone: claim your Google Business Profile, fix your hours, set holiday hours, and stop the listings you never made from contradicting you.

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Web design

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Your phone number should be a button

A two-minute fix a lot of local websites still get wrong, and it costs real phone calls. Here's how to check yours and how to fix it.

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Web design

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Why your website has about three seconds

Most customers find you on a phone with a bad signal. Here's what that means for your website, and a free way to check yours in two minutes.

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Web design

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What belongs at the top of your homepage

Three things, and most local business websites are missing at least one. The five-second test I run on every site somebody sends me.

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Web design

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Stock photos are quietly costing you

In a town this size people recognize a fake instantly. What to photograph on your phone instead — a twenty-minute shot list for local businesses.

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What it costs

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How much does a website cost in Kentucky?

Real 2026 numbers from a Winchester web designer: $850 for a single-page site, $2,600 for a five-page business site — plus why quotes swing so wildly and the 6% KY sales tax nobody mentions.

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What it costs

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Does my business actually need an app?

Almost always no — and here's what people actually mean when they ask for one, plus the cheaper thing that does the same job.

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The Blueprint Session

Let's spend thirty minutes on your business.

No pitch, no charge. I'll look at your site, your Google listing and what your competitors are doing, and tell you plainly what I'd fix first. If you can do it yourself, I'll show you how — and if you don't need me yet, I'll say so.

Not ready to talk to anybody? Fair. Text me your business name — (859) 749-9717 — and I'll text back one thing about how you show up online that's worth fixing. Free, no appointment, and I won't blow up your phone after.

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