Eddie Hall

Content Writer

Eddie Hall

Eddie Hall is a professional content writer and copywriter for CreateTheWeb. Eddie writes most of the articles on this site.

Articles by Eddie

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Google Ads logo beside a silver settings cog and three stacks of coins, representing PPC management costs.
Pay Per Click
18 Sept 20269 min read

How Much Does PPC Management Cost? (UK Agency Fees)

What UK agencies actually charge to run your Google Ads, across percentage, flat fee and hybrid models, and why the management fee sits on top of your ad spend rather than inside it.

By Eddie Hall
Frosted-glass Google AI Overview card with answer lines and a Sources button, lit in soft rose and pearl tones.
SEOArtificial Intelligence
13 Sept 202610 min read

How to Rank in AI Overviews (What AEO Actually Means)

AI Overviews answer the query before anyone clicks. Here is what AEO actually means, the structure answer engines lift, and why your reporting will not show it.

By Eddie Hall
Freestanding silver code symbol beside an analogue clock, representing the time needed to build a website.
Web Design
12 Sept 20267 min read

How Long Does It Take to Build a Website?

Most websites take four to sixteen weeks. Here is a realistic timeline by project size, what each stage involves, and the one thing that delays nearly every build.

By Eddie Hall
Glowing glass search bar displaying “SEO agency near me,” with a Google logo and search icon, against a dark background with soft lavender and sage lighting.
SEO
11 Sept 20269 min read

How to Choose an SEO Agency (UK Guide)

Every SEO agency promises rankings. Here is how to tell them apart: what they actually do, the five questions to ask before you sign, and the red flags worth walking away from.

By Eddie Hall
A Google search bar with the query PPC agency near me typed in, ready to search.
Pay Per Click
22 Aug 20268 min read

How to Choose a PPC Agency (UK Guide)

Every PPC agency promises results. Here is how to tell them apart: the signs of a good one, the questions to ask, and the red flags worth walking away from.

By Eddie Hall
A green ad icon and a search magnifier icon side by side with VS between them, representing PPC against SEO.
SEOPay Per Click
21 Aug 20269 min read

SEO vs PPC: Which Is Right for Your Business?

SEO and PPC suit different situations. Here is what each channel actually does, when to pick one over the other, and when running both beats choosing at all.

By Eddie Hall
How to Choose a Web Design Agency (and What to Expect)
Web Design
8 Aug 202611 min read

How to Choose a Web Design Agency (and What to Expect)

Thousands of UK agencies make the same promises. Here is how to tell them apart: what to look for, what to ask, and the red flags worth walking away from.

By Eddie Hall
Google Ads logo beside rising stacks of gold coins
Pay Per Click
3 Aug 202611 min read

How Much Do Google Ads Cost?

What Google Ads cost in the UK: real CPC ranges by sector, cost per conversion and ROAS benchmarks, plus how much to budget.

By Eddie Hall
WordPress block outweighed by a lighter React and Next.js block on a seesaw
Web Design
26 Jun 20266 min read

Why React & Next.js Are Better Than WordPress

WordPress powers much of the web, but it isn't always the right choice. Here's why we build faster, safer, more scalable websites with React and Next.js instead.

By Eddie Hall
A Bristol high street at dusk, lined with independent shops, bars and restaurants
Marketing
25 Jun 20267 min read

How Affordable Marketing Can Save Bristol's Independent Businesses

Many of Bristol's independent businesses are missing out, held back by the myth that digital marketing is too expensive. Here is why affordable marketing works, and how to make it pay.

By Eddie Hall
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Social Media
24 Jun 20269 min read

Why Followers on Social Media Aren't Important

Followers on social media are not the metric that matters. Here is why engagement, community and trust are the real drivers of success, and how to build them.

By Eddie Hall
Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
Marketing
22 Jun 20268 min read

Digital Marketing in Bristol

We started small in Bristol, helping local businesses grow with affordable, high-converting websites and digital marketing. Here is how we helped local Bristol businesses gain the awareness they deserve.

By Eddie Hall
Person checking a smartwatch with a laptop on their lap
Pay Per Click
21 Jun 20265 min read

Why Your Google Ads Need Time to Deliver Results

New Google Ads campaign not converting yet? That is the learning phase, and it is normal. Here is how it works, why patience pays, and how to support it without resetting your progress.

By Eddie Hall
Woman at a computer with her head in her hands, looking frustrated
Pay Per Click
20 Jun 202610 min read

Why Your Google PPC Campaign Fails

Investing in Google PPC but seeing minimal results? From confusing copy and poor landing pages to tracking gaps and quality score, here is what quietly kills a PPC campaign, and how to fix it.

By Eddie Hall
Laptop showing a cognitive behavioural therapy and hypnotherapy landing page
Pay Per Click
20 Jun 20266 min read

Landing Page Requirements for PPC

Invested in PPC but not seeing results? Your landing page could be the problem. Here are the five landing page requirements that turn paid clicks into paying customers.

By Eddie Hall
Website Design Costs
Web Design
1 Jan 202614 min read

Website Design Costs

Discover how much a website costs - from DIY builders to high-end bespoke sites - and why the right investment can deliver a serious return for your business.

By Eddie Hall
View of the city of Bath
Marketing
11 Oct 20257 min read

Digital Marketing in Bath

We started small in Bath, helping local businesses grow with affordable, results-driven websites and digital marketing. Here is the story of how we helped local Bath businesses kickstart their online presence.

By Eddie Hall
Using AI Content on My Website
SEOArtificial Intelligence
16 Jul 202510 min read

Using AI Content on My Website

AI content sounds like a budget dream, but relying solely on AI-generated content could cause your business to sink in the long run. Here is why it can cost you in quality, SEO rankings, credibility and revenue.

By Eddie Hall
Google Ads summary: 1.34k impressions, £160 cost, 91 conversions and a 19% conversion rate
Pay Per Click
9 Jul 20259 min read

PPC for Small Businesses

Is PPC suitable for small businesses? Absolutely. With the right keywords and even a small budget, pay per click can win new customers fast and deliver a strong return on investment.

By Eddie Hall
Google logo beside rising stacks of gold coins
SEO
14 Jan 202510 min read

Google SEO Costs

Wondering how much SEO costs in the UK? With prices ranging from around £50 to £10,000+, our SEO experts break down SEO pricing models, what your investment achieves, and which SEO service suits your business.

By Eddie Hall
Google logo beside a glowing line chart of rankings dropping sharply
SEO
1 Jan 20254 min read

Google's E-E-A-T SEO Update

After Google's latest algorithm update, many businesses have seen their rankings and traffic drop. Here's why quality content and E-E-A-T are now the key to SEO success.

By Eddie Hall

Case Studies by Eddie

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VMES
Web Design

VMES

A ventilation hygiene firm leaving WordPress behind. We rebuilt the site on Next.js and Directus so their operations manager runs it himself, and it loads in 0.3 seconds.

0.3sLoad Time
100%Lighthouse Best Practices
Next.js
React
Hope Park workspaces front of building
SEOWeb DesignSocial Media

Hope Park

The numbers from the SEO campaign are among the strongest we have seen for a local commercial search brief at this budget level.

39 → 400Keywords
+300%Visibility
Semrush
React
Ultimate Warriors
Pay Per Click

Ultimate Warriors

A rebrand left customers searching for a name that no longer existed. Two parallel Google Ads strands recaptured that demand at £1 to £3 per sale.

£1.30Cost Per Sale
20%Conversion Rate
Google Ads
Science Fitness
Web Design

Science Fitness

A UK supplement brand outgrowing WooCommerce. We rebuilt the store on Shopify with a custom theme written from scratch, cutting the homepage from 36 JavaScript files to 2.

6s → 0.2sLoad Time
-40%HTML Page Weight
Shopify
The Luxury Travel Society
Web DesignPay Per ClickSocial Media

The Luxury Travel Society

A luxury travel brand with 300+ hotels. We rebuilt their website and run the PPC and social campaigns that keep it full of booking-ready leads.

1% → 5%Conversion Rate
40–100Leads / Month
WordPress
Google Ads
Tradesman in a hard hat drilling into a concrete wall with a Milwaukee cordless drill
Pay Per Click

Toolmix

Under £1,600 of Google Shopping spend, over £20,000 in tracked revenue, a 13:1 return and cost per sale down more than 80% in a single month.

13:1ROAS
+50K%Sales Increase
Google Shopping
Google Ads
2N Roadside Recovery
Pay Per Click

2N Roadside Recovery

An independent recovery firm competing against the AA and RAC. We run the Google Ads campaign delivering 312 conversions a month at £18.92 each.

312Leads Per Month
£18.92Cost Per Conversion
Google Ads
The Gentle Mind
Pay Per Click

The Gentle Mind

The Gentle Mind now gets 75% of its business through Google Ads managed by CreateTheWeb. Learn more about how we've been so successful.

£18Per Enquiry
0 → 30Leads Per Mo
Google Ads
WordPress
Falcon Technology
SEOWeb DesignSocial Media

Falcon Technology

A WooCommerce rebuild plus seven SEO content clusters took Falcon from 0.26% Google visibility to position 1 for their biggest commercial search terms.

1,051%Sales Growth
0.2% → 16%Google Visibility
Semrush
WordPress
Multi Channel Fulfilment
SEOWeb Design

Multi Channel Fulfilment

A fulfilment operation built for serious brands. Read about MCF's SEO success and new React website with a headless CMS.

99 → 2Google Rank
+4 minSession Duration
Semrush
React
Voltmetric
Web Design

Voltmetric

How Voltmetric's website matched their online presence with their commercial reality. Voltmetric needed a complete rebuild to address the positioning, messaging, structure, and technical foundation.

8s → 1sLoad Time
100%More Targeted
React
Next.js
Clear Skin Radstock
Web Design

Clear Skin Radstock

A specialist cryotherapy and aesthetics clinic in Somerset. We designed and built a bespoke, fully editable website on a fast, modern headless stack.

100%Client-Editable
<1sLoad Time
React
Next.js
Otis Wilkinson
Luke Jeffrey
Excellent·Trustpilot

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