Web Design & Lead Generation for Irish Businesses
Professional web design, SEO and lead generation for Irish businesses. I build fast, secure websites engineered to rank on Google and bring in customer enquiries, no jargon, no upselling, no lock-in.
Built on Cloudflare's global network · You own everything · Plain pricing
The honest bit most won't tell you
Anyone can build you a good-looking website. The hard part, the part that actually pays your wages, is getting the right people to find it and pick up the phone. That's where I put the work.
The websites I build are engineered around one question: will this bring in more customers? Not just does it look good, but does it rank on Google, load in under a second, and turn a visitor into a call?
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Sites that bring in work A site can look well and still earn nothing. The fix is usually speed, clarity and an obvious next step on every page, not starting again from scratch.
Getting found on Google Most "web designers" hand over a pretty site and disappear. A site nobody can find is just an expensive business card. Ranking is its own job and it starts on day one.
Turning visits into calls Traffic that never picks up the phone is the dearest problem to have, because you are already paying for it. It is nearly always the messaging and the next step, not the looks.
Hosting and ownership You should be able to change your own opening hours. Hosted on Cloudflare, fast and cheap to run, yours to edit and yours to keep. No surprise renewals, no "your site is down" panic.
Measured, not claimed
I run six live Irish sites and check their Search Console data every week. That gives me something most agencies never have: an actual answer to what moves a page up, rather than a theory to sell you.
13,535 words
One page, 4,141 internal links, sits at position 35. A page a sixth its size ranks 11.5. The long one is not winning.
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Across 22 county pages, more content correlated with a worse position, not a better one. Length was actively working against them.
Competition
What actually predicted position was how contested the market was, not anything on the page itself. That is the part nobody wants to sell you.
The only metric that matters
Is the phone ringing?
Every decision I make, design, copy, structure, speed, serves one outcome. More of the right people getting in touch with your business.
Let's talkWeb Design Principles
Most web designers hide behind jargon and padded invoices. Here's what honest web design actually means: transparency, fixed pricing, and your ownership of everything. I build for every sector, too: see web design by industry.
A site that looks great but brings in zero enquiries has failed. Everything I build serves one goal: more of the right people getting in touch with you.
I'll tell you what you actually need, and what you don't. If a one-page site will do the job, I'll say so. I don't pad invoices with features nobody uses.
Speed and search go together. Your site will load almost instantly and be set up to rank, because the best-looking website is worthless if nobody sees it.
You own your site, your domain, and your content. Clear pricing up front. No monthly contract holding your business hostage.
Why Dave Coleman
I'm a full stack developer and SEO specialist based in Dublin. Over 20 years building websites that actually rank, convert, and bring in customers. I work with businesses across Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford, and every county in between.
I also built Ranksy and three live trade platforms, electriciansinireland.ie, plumbersinireland.ie and wallinsulationireland.ie, all ranking and generating leads daily.
How it works
No mystery, no jargon. Here's exactly how a project goes with me, from the first conversation to a site that brings in work. Full process breakdown.
We start with a proper chat about what you do, who your customers are, and where your work comes from. I'll tell you honestly whether a new website is the right move, or whether your money is better spent elsewhere.
Before anything is built you get a plain-English plan and one fixed price. I build a fast, clean site focused on turning visitors into enquiries, set up for local search from day one.
Launch is the start, not the finish. We track where visitors come from and whether enquiries go up, and refine from there. The site was never the goal. More customers was.
Why Website Speed Matters for SEO
Over 50% of visitors abandon slow websites, and Google penalises sites that load slowly. Every site I build runs on Cloudflare for instant global delivery, better Core Web Vitals, higher rankings, and faster customer enquiries.
How SEO & Ranking WorksComplete Web Solutions
A website alone doesn't bring customers. You need fast design, search visibility, and conversion optimisation, and sometimes custom web development like a booking system or a tool that runs part of your business.
Custom code on Cloudflare. No WordPress, no Squarespace, no themes that look like every other site.
Local SEO, structured data, and Core Web Vitals built in before launch, not added later as an afterthought.
Copy written around your customer's intent, clear calls to action, and contact forms that actually get submitted.
Free website audit
Send me your site and I'll review it myself, speed, mobile, and where you rank on Google, then come back with a plain-English breakdown. Free, no obligation, usually the same day.
What your audit covers
Free. No obligation. Usually back to you the same day.
Insights & guides
Core guide Full guide
A dentist, a solicitor and a seaside guesthouse do not need the same website. A straight guide to how good web design changes from one Irish industry to the next, and what stays the same.
Read the guide →
Guide Meath is one of Ireland's fastest-growing counties but most local businesses have no web presence worth speaking of. Here's how to fix that.
Guide Just Eat and Deliveroo take 14–30% of every order. Here's how Irish cafés and takeaways can take online orders on their own site, commission-free, and keep the lot.
Guide How long app development really takes for an Irish business, realistic timelines by complexity, the stages involved, app-store review, and what slows a project down.
Irish businesses, Irish customers
They're searching right now.
Every day, thousands of people across Dublin, Cork, Galway and beyond search Google for exactly what you offer. The question is whether they find you or your competitor.
How local ranking worksCommon questions
Ask me directly
Not on the list? Send it over. I'll give you a straight answer, no sales pitch.
contactus@daveacoleman.com Send a questionIt depends on what actually moves the needle for you, but I'll give you a fixed price up front, not a vague 'it depends'. A simple, fast lead-generating site for a small business typically starts in the low four figures. If a one-page site will do the job, I'll tell you that instead of selling you ten.
Maybe not. If your current site is just slow or out of date, sometimes the fix is small. I'll look at it honestly and tell you whether it's worth rebuilding or whether your money is better spent getting found on Google.
That's the whole point. I build every site to load fast and be found, and I set up local pages for the areas you serve. SEO is a long game, but a clean, fast, well-structured site is the foundation everything else sits on.
Completely. You own the code, the domain and the content. No lock-in, no holding your business hostage with a contract. If we ever part ways, you keep everything.
I work with businesses all over Ireland, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, Waterford and everywhere between. Most of the work is done remotely, which keeps things fast and keeps your costs down. I am based in Dublin 5 so in-person meetings are easy if that suits you.
A focused, well-scoped project takes two to three weeks from first conversation to launch. Larger sites with more pages or custom functionality take longer, but most Irish small business websites do not need to take more than a month. The main variable is how quickly you can supply content, photos, and sign off on designs.
Yes, but no mandatory monthly retainer. You only pay when you actually need work done. Most sites built right need very little maintenance. If you want me to keep the site updated, add new pages, or run regular SEO improvements, we can agree a simple monthly arrangement.
No problem. The city pages are where I focus local SEO, but I work with businesses in every county across Ireland, Wexford, Kerry, Donegal, Clare, anywhere. Get in touch and we will have a chat.
What I do
Custom builds
Insights & guides
Where I work
