Be known.

I'm Tom, a web developer in Wallingford. I work with local businesses on their websites and take care of the hosting and maintenance side of things.

Hosting and upkeep

$20 a month

or $200 a year. You see your new site before you decide anything.

Six businesses. Six looks.

None of these started from a template. Circle one to see it up close. They're demos for made-up businesses; the real ones go up here as owners say yes.

Fennimore Bread Co.Under the loupe · demo

Demo photos are AI-generated for these made-up businesses. Real sites use the owner's own photos.

How it works

No forms to fill in, no calls to sit through. You see the finished thing first.

  1. 01 · REBUILD

    I rebuild your site from what you already have.

    Your words, your photos, your menu, your hours. Nothing generic, nothing made up.

  2. 02 · PREVIEW

    You see it first.

    A private preview at yourname.known.xyz, and a report on how Google and AI assistants read your site now compared with the new one.

  3. 03 · KEEP

    I host it and look after it.

    $20 a month or $200 a year. When your hours, prices or menu change, tell me.

Can Google and ChatGPT read your site?

Every preview comes with a report: the same checks run on your current site and on the new one, side by side, plus what else would help.

  • Menus, prices and hours as text, not pictures of text
  • Business details search engines read directly: address, phone, hours
  • A summary written for AI assistants
  • Fast on a phone, with nothing to pinch or zoom
A local deli, same checks on both sites
Their site today71
The redesign100

Scored out of 100 on 27 checks, from menus you can search to how fast the page loads on a phone.

Your own page. Not a rented profile.

Known started as an idea for a cleaner place for businesses on the internet, without the noise of the social feeds.

The idea stuck. Your website is still the one place that's entirely yours: your name, your hours, your menu, on your own address, the way you want it.

Try the website checklist to see how yours is doing.

Get a free preview

Tell me your business and your current website. I'll send back a link to a preview of the new one, and the report.