Website Design Across The Whole Of Thanet
Thanet is one district with three very different towns. Margate has its galleries and creative crowd, Broadstairs trades on its bays and heritage, and Ramsgate is built around its harbour. Around them sit Birchington, Westgate-on-Sea, Minster and the shops at Westwood Cross. For web design in Thanet, that matters, because your customers move between all of these places every week. ORB is based in Ramsgate, at the Marlowe Innovation Centre, so this is our home patch rather than a name on a map.
A plumber in Minster will happily take a job in Cliftonville. A café in Westgate might draw customers from Birchington and Margate. Good website design in Thanet shows the whole area you cover without pretending to have a base in every town. We plan that structure with you, then build it by hand. Website builds start from £250, and every page is written and coded by our team, not a template generator or an AI tool.
If you want a site focused on one town, we have separate pages for Margate web design, for Broadstairs businesses and for our home town of Ramsgate. This page is for firms that work across the isle as a whole, whether you run a trade, a holiday let, a shop or a professional service that covers every corner of the district.
Seasons, Visitors And Local Search
Thanet's year has a rhythm. Summer and school holidays bring day trippers down the high-speed line from London, while the quieter months depend on residents. A site that works here should be easy to update when hours, prices and menus change. Our maintenance plans start from £29 a month and include those minor changes, along with updates, backups and uptime monitoring. Our article on seasonal marketing for Kent tourism has more ideas for the busy and quiet months.
Search results across the district shift depending on where someone is standing. A person in Broadstairs typing in a trade might see Margate firms first. Local SEO from £125 a month helps you appear for the towns you actually serve, through location content, citations and a well kept Google Business Profile. It is steady work that grows over months, and we are honest about that from the very first call.
Customers in Thanet cross between Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate without a second thought, so your website should show the full area you serve.
Thanet SEO For Isle-Wide Businesses
Thanet SEO has a naming puzzle at its heart. Some people search for the district as a whole, typing things like skip hire Thanet or Thanet electrician. Others only ever use their own town, whether that is Cliftonville, Westgate-on-Sea or Birchington. A business that serves the whole isle needs to appear for both kinds of search without filling its site with repeated pages. Visitors add another layer, as people heading to Turner Contemporary, Dreamland or Viking Bay search for food, parking and places to stay nearby, often from their phone on the day.
Our SEO packages start from £125 a month and cover the local work most Thanet firms need. Businesses competing across all three main towns, or reaching visitors from London, often suit custom SEO from £300 a month. Both are set out on our SEO page. Reviews carry a lot of weight in a close-knit area, so our guide to getting more Google reviews is a sensible place to start. SEO grows over time, and because we are based in Ramsgate, you can sit down with us to go through your progress.
Digital Marketing Across Thanet's Towns
Digital marketing in Thanet often has to speak to two audiences at once: residents who need you all year and visitors who arrive on the high-speed line in the warmer months. A guest house in Broadstairs might run Instagram posts and Google Ads ahead of the summer, then shift to local offers in winter. A trades firm in Minster might rely on SEO and reviews. Your website ties it all together, and social media keeps you visible from Margate to Ramsgate. We plan the calendar around the isle's seasons rather than a fixed template.
Our full digital marketing plan starts from £500 a month and covers your website, maintenance, hosting, emails, SEO and social media in one place. Our team works from the Marlowe Innovation Centre in Ramsgate, so Thanet clients can book a time to meet us in person, Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. If most of your customers are in one town, our Margate web design page looks at that town on its own.
Frequently Asked Questions
Questions we hear from businesses that work across the whole of Thanet rather than one town.
Where are you based in Thanet?
We work from the Marlowe Innovation Centre on Marlowe Way, Ramsgate, CT12 6FA. Thanet clients can arrange to meet there by appointment, Monday to Friday between 9am and 5pm. We are also happy to talk by phone or video call if that fits more easily around your working day.
Should I have one page for each Thanet town?
Only if you have something genuinely useful to say about each one. Thin pages that swap one town name for another tend to do little for search and read poorly. For most businesses, one clear service area section plus a few well written location pages works better. We will suggest what suits you.
Do you work with holiday lets and guest houses?
Yes. Accommodation is a big part of Thanet life, and those sites need good photos, clear room details, directions from the station and an easy way to enquire or book. We can link to your booking system or build a simple enquiry form, depending on how you take reservations.
Can you help with Google reviews for my Thanet business?
We can advise on how to ask for reviews fairly, add review links to your site and emails, and keep your Google Business Profile accurate. We never write or buy reviews. Genuine feedback from local customers carries far more weight with people deciding between businesses in Thanet.
Do visitors to Thanet search differently from residents?
They often do. Visitors tend to search on their phone, on the day, for things like breakfast near the beach or parking in Margate. Residents search for trades and services they will use again. Good local SEO covers both, with clear opening times, location details and pages built around the questions each group asks.
Can you run social media for a business that serves the whole of Thanet?
Yes. We plan posts that reflect where your customers actually are, whether that is Margate, Broadstairs, Ramsgate or the villages. Social media management starts from £350 a month on its own, or it can sit inside a full digital marketing plan alongside your website and SEO.
