The SEO blind spot: what happens after the click
09/03/2026
Getting found is the easy part. What happens after the click decides whether traffic becomes customers, and where most local funnels quietly die.
Practical notes on the things that decide whether a website earns its keep — hosting and speed, getting found in search, and what happens after somebody clicks. Written for business owners who need the phone to ring, not for other web designers. No listicles and no rewritten press releases.
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