Small business website builder

Attracting visitors to your small business website should be one of your first goals. An easy way to get started is to fill out the company profile on your website. It contains important data such as your company’s address and email address. This not only keeps your customers up to date, but it's also really important for search engines. Keeping your contact info updated and consistent on your website can help improve your rankings.

If you want to improve your reach even further, list your businesses in popular directories with [local business listings]( "local business listings"). You can verify your company profile on Google Maps, Yelp, or other directories. This way you'll be found both online and off.

You can create a website for your small and medium business in just a few steps — even if you don’t have any knowledge of programming languages like HTML or CSS. First, choose the right plan and create an account with IONOS. After you pick a custom domain, you can choose a website template. Then all you have to do is fill it with great content! The IONOS website builder makes it all simple and intuitive.

You can also be creative and design the website yourself with our small business website builder. Search engine optimization (SEO) is definitely something you should think about, especially if you want more people to find your site. In Search Engine Optimization from A to Z, you'll find some great explanations for the most common SEO terms.

All IONOS websites include an SSL certificate. By encrypting any information visitors transfer to your site, an SSL certificate reliably protects your visitor's data. However, there are also other rules your small business website has to follow. A few US states have enacted data protection legislation. We recommend checking if any of these apply to you.

• Companies that do business in California need to follow the California Consumer Privacy Act. This legislation gives people residing in the state control over how their personal data is used. Because of California's size, this act is likely to set the national standard for data protection.

• In Virginia, the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) is set to take effect on January 1, 2023. After that date, the CDPA will be the second consumer data privacy law in the United States.

• Two states — Washington and New York — both have bills currently under debate. If passed, the Washington Privacy Act (WPA) and the New York Privacy Act (NYPA) could soon come into force.

Don’t live in CA, VA, WA or NY? Try any one of these privacy measures to make your website more transparent:

• Privacy policy: There is no US federal law that requires a privacy policy. But if you collect personal information from users, it makes sense to include a privacy policy on your site that explains how you handle visitor's data.

• Links to social media: When linking to social media platforms, make sure that your visitors can decide for themselves whether they want their data transferred.

• Comment section: If your small business website allows visitors to leave comments, you should let them know that you are saving their data.

Although the GDPR is a European Union (EU) initiative, if your website handles any data from visitors who live there, then your website has to comply with the EU's GDPR.