Your business does well where Google can see it. Your Google rating is a perfect 5.0.
The people who don’t know your name yet are the problem. For every search we checked, your website is not in the first two pages.
Rankings, measured today
Where you show up on Google, searched from Chester, MD.
- Paynes Construction & Design Llc Chester MDyour nameOn page one instead: Nextdoor, BuildZoom, MapQuest, Yelp, Facebook, LinkedIn, payneconstructiongroup.com and ShowMeLocal. Almost every one is a directory.
- remodeling contractor chester mdOn page one instead: Yelp, generalcontractorstevensville.com, Facebook, Houzz, sundancekbe.com, findapro.kohler.com, servpro.com and network.procore.com. Top of the map: L&J CONTRACTOR LLC (101 reviews), Signature Dream Homes (14 reviews) and Weese Remodeling, LLC (11 reviews).
- bathroom remodeling kent islandOn page one instead: Facebook, sundancekbe.com, Yelp, Milestone Builders, kboutfitters.net, bohancontracting.com, the BBB and Yelp. Top of the map: Riptide Remodeling (68 reviews), ROI Contracting LLC / Wye River Kitchens (8 reviews) and Signature Dream Homes (14 reviews).
- general contractor kent island mdOn page one instead: Yelp, Kent Island Mechanical: Home, Facebook, Custom Home Builder in Maryland, the BBB, generalcontractorstevensville.com, sundancekbe.com and BuildZoom. Top of the map: L&J CONTRACTOR LLC (101 reviews), Signature Dream Homes (14 reviews) and Riptide Remodeling (68 reviews).
- home remodeling stevensville mdOn page one instead: sundancekbe.com, Facebook, Yelp, Thompson Creek, the BBB, callthreeguys.com, apexremodelingmaryland.com and guildquality.com. Top of the map: Signature Dream Homes (14 reviews), Riptide Remodeling (68 reviews) and Lundberg Builders, Inc (11 reviews).
- contractor chester mdOn page one instead: Facebook, generalcontractorstevensville.com, Yelp, local.yahoo.com, pjfitz.com, Nextdoor, diricksoncreekconstruction.com and Birdeye. Top of the map: L&J CONTRACTOR LLC (101 reviews), Mallard Construction Group, Inc. (3 reviews) and Koval Construction, Inc. (1 review).
Most people choose from the map and the first page of results. Page two is close to invisible, and that is where your website sits for every one of these searches.
Your Google listing, measured today
Two listings for one business.
- Two reviews on Google.Your rating is 5.0, which is excellent. L&J CONTRACTOR LLC has 101, Riptide Remodeling has 68 and Signature Dream Homes has 14. Google ranks the map on how close, how relevant and how well reviewed a business is.
- You have two Google listings with the same phone number.“Payne’s Construction & Design LLC” holds your 2 reviews. A second one, “Paynes Construction & Design Llc,” has none and no website. A customer who opens the empty one sees no reviews at all, and Google splits what it knows about you between the two.
- What’s already working.A 5.0 rating, your website linked from the listing and your hours listed.
What Google reads on your site
We checked every page in your sitemap. There are six.
- There is no form.There is no way to send you a message or a photo of the job from the website. The only way to reach you is to call or email.
- Your home page title is “PaynesConstruction&DesignLlc”.That is the blue link people see in Google. It has no business name, no town and nothing that says “remodeling contractor”.
- Chester is on the site, but not in a single page title or headline.Titles and headlines are what Google weighs most on a page. Right now the town only shows up in the body text or the footer.
- Nobody can tap to call from your home page.Your phone number is on the page as plain text. On a phone, people cannot tap it to call you.
- No page has a description.All six pages are missing the short summary Google shows under the blue link, so Google writes its own from whatever text it finds.
- The business record Google reads is missing your address, phone and hours.Your site has the behind-the-scenes business card Google reads, but it is incomplete.
- Your Our Services page is empty.It has the menu and the footer and nothing in between. The page Google would show for remodeling in Chester has no words on it.
- Your About Us page is still the template’s sample text.It reads “Discover our collection of creative work and visual projects” and “Don’t miss out on the chance to save.” None of it is about you or your work.
- What’s already working.The secure padlock address, a page that fits a phone screen and a sitemap for Google.
Speed on a phone, measured today
On a phone, your pages are slow.
| Page | Score (of 100) | Main content appears |
|---|---|---|
| Home | 88 | 3.8 seconds |
| Our Services | 93 | 3.0 seconds |
| Our Projects | 81 | 4.9 seconds |
Google PageSpeed Insights, mobile test. Google’s pass mark for the main content is 2.5 seconds. A visitor on a phone waits 3.8 seconds to see the main picture on your home page, and many leave before it loads.
Showing up in AI answers
What ChatGPT and Google’s AI answers look for.
AI assistants recommend businesses they can read about and trust, and they tend to lean on the same signals Google does: pages that say plainly what you do and where, real details of past jobs, answers to common questions, and a steady stream of reviews.
Your site lets AI tools read it. What holds it back is the same list above: there is no form, and your home page title is “PaynesConstruction&DesignLlc”.
What we would fix, in order
- Say the job and the town on every pageTitles and headlines like “Home remodeling in Chester, MD”, with a description on every page.
- Make it fast on a phoneMain content in under 2.5 seconds on every page, so people see your work before they give up.
- A form on every page that texts youTap to call everywhere, and a form that sends you a text the minute someone fills it in, so the person ready to hire today reaches you today.
- Fix what Google readsA complete business record with your name, address, phone and hours, and the secure address on every page.
- One listing, complete and consistentMerge the duplicate listing so every review counts in one place. Hours, website button and details filled in, and the same name and phone everywhere you are listed.
- Turn on review requestsA text after every finished job with your Google review link. Reviews are what carry you up the map.
- Report every monthYour position for every search in this report, plus calls, messages and review count, on one page. You will see exactly what moved.
Builders we work with
Builders and contractors on the Shore we’ve gotten results for.
Every number here was measured, by Google or by us. Open any of them on your phone.