Areas New Hampshire Portsmouth
Web design & local SEO in Portsmouth, NH
I build websites for businesses in Portsmouth and the towns around it, from Newington to Rye. Every site starts with the local market: what your customers search, who you're up against and the towns you serve.
Portsmouth is New Hampshire's seacoast city, across the Piscataqua River from Maine.
Websites for Portsmouth businesses
The local businesses I build for, ranked by how many there are in Rockingham County.
Counts are businesses with employees in Rockingham County. Don't see yours? All industries
When Portsmouth's homes were built
59% of homes in Portsmouth were built before 1970, which keeps foundation, roofing, electrical, plumbing and heating companies busy all year. Older homes, newer homes and the neighborhoods in between all search for different work, and your pages should match.
Local SEO in Portsmouth
- Show up on the mapYour Google Business Profile set up and filled out, so you can appear in the map results when someone in Portsmouth searches for what you do.
- A page for every townNewington, New Castle, Greenland and every other town you serve get their own page, so you show up beyond Portsmouth itself.
- A page for every serviceSearches like "restaurants in Portsmouth" and "kitchen remodel Portsmouth" each need a page that matches, not one page that lists everything.
- The technical sidePage titles, descriptions and structured data that tell Google exactly what you do and which towns around Portsmouth you serve.
- restaurants in Portsmouth
- landscaper Portsmouth
- plumber Portsmouth
- kitchen remodel Portsmouth
- electrician Portsmouth
- barber Portsmouth
What customers in Portsmouth type into Google. Each one is a separate search, and each needs a page that matches.
Example from a real client: BG Foundation Repair
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town pages, each one built for that town
This is what local SEO looks like when it's done properly. Every town BG serves has its own page, built from that town's real data. A business in Portsmouth gets the same treatment for every town it serves.
Towns around Portsmouth
If you serve these towns, each one gets its own page, built with that town's own information.
- Newington 3 mi
- New Castle 3 mi
- Greenland 4 mi
- Rye 4 mi
- Eliot, ME 6 mi
- North Hampton 6 mi
- Stratham 7 mi
- Durham 8 mi
- Newmarket 8 mi
- Hampton 9 mi
Nearby areas
What it costs
- Homepage mockup & audit
- Free
- Website & local SEO, everything includedIntroductory rate
- $800
- Monthly subscription
- $0
- Updates later
- Hourly, only if you ask
Includes the custom design, every page you need, Google Business Profile setup and the technical SEO. How pricing works
Questions from Portsmouth businesses
Do you build websites for businesses in Portsmouth?
Yes. I build for businesses in Portsmouth and across Rockingham County, from restaurants and cafés to landscaping and tree service companies and plumbing, heating and AC contractors.
Do you understand the Portsmouth market?
Every site starts with research on your local market: what customers in Portsmouth search for, which competitors show up and which towns you serve. You get that research free with your homepage mockup.
Can you help us show up in the towns around Portsmouth?
Yes. Every town you serve gets its own page with real information about that town, so you can show up in places like Newington, New Castle and Greenland.
How long until we show up in Portsmouth searches?
Searches for a specific job in a specific town usually move first, often within a few months. Broad searches like "restaurants in Portsmouth" take longer, especially for a new site.
What does it cost?
$800, one time, for the full build: design, every service page, every town page, Google Business Profile setup and the technical SEO. No monthly fee.
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates; U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2022 (businesses with employees); U.S. Census Bureau 2023 gazetteer for town locations.