Pineville, NC 28134 · Folio 01
Pineville Web Studio builds websites, handles local search and coaches owners through their Google listings. The work is written and coded by hand for the shops, trades, clinics and service companies between Main Street and the I-485 interchanges.
Opening entries
Start with the one that matters most this month and add the rest when it makes sense. The same person handles every line.
The Pineville account
Pineville covers under seven square miles, yet the land by its two I-485 interchanges grew into what Wikipedia calls the largest shopping district in North Carolina. That's good for foot traffic and hard on anyone trying to be found.
Working for you
Working against you
| Year | Residents | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 7,479 | · |
| 2020 | 10,602 | +3,123 |
| Ten-year growth | about 42% | |
From the town journal
Buying and selling is older than the name. A few dated entries from Pineville's own books.
Early days
Two Native American trading paths cross here. The open meadows let traders turn their animals out to graze, and the stop becomes known for mule trading, stagecoaches and later the Charlotte & Columbia Railroad.
c. 1852
The settlement takes the name of the tall stands of pine around it.
1873
Pineville becomes a town. Younts General Store dates to about the same year.
1890s
Dover Yarn Mills opens a cotton mill. It later runs as Cone Mills until November 1991.
c. 1910
The Pineville Loan and Savings Bank building goes up in the row that is now the historic district.
1937
Pineville Electric begins serving homes and businesses, a public utility the town still runs.
1991
The mall opens at NC 51 and I-485, on land once bought as the planned site of SouthPark.
2011
Fifteen downtown buildings join the National Register as the Pineville Commercial Historic District.
2023
The town marks its 150th anniversary and seals a time capsule to open in 2074.
Posting sequence
Step 1
A phone call first. We cover what you sell, who buys it and which parts of town and the county you serve. Roger will already have looked at your current site and listing.
Step 2
He lays out the page list against the searches Pineville customers actually make, and decides where your reviews, photos and credentials should sit.
Step 3
Writing, design and code, all done here. Each form is sent for real on the live server before you see the first draft.
Step 4
You go through it, ask for changes, and approve. The site launches, and later edits are an email or a text away.
Work on file
No Pineville client appears here yet, and we won't pretend otherwise. Each project carries the place its owner actually does business. More detail is on the work page.
Filed under: Mount Gilead, NC
A family breeder whose old site buried the waitlist. The rebuild puts puppy families' own words up front, gives every upcoming litter a request form and keeps the phone number in reach on every page.
Filed under: Nationwide
A reference site that turns the Defense Department's CMMC cybersecurity rules into readable English, with free self-checks so a small contractor can size up the gaps before paying anyone.
Filed under: Lake Norman, NC
Ongoing search work for a lake-area agent, built around the waterfront neighborhoods his buyers type into Google by name.
Remarks column
Copied from Google exactly as written. The full set is on the reviews page.
R-1
Roger was very helpful and knowledgeable about website design.
R-2
Roger is a first class businessman. He consistently delivers value to me and my business. His knowledge is deep and wide which is quite rare in today's world. He is obsessed with delivering value to his clients. I would recommend him to anyone I know.
R-3
Very detail oriented. Walked me through every step of the process. We have improved tremendously since we began. Money well spent. We are seeing the return immediately
Open queries
No. Roger works out of Mooresville, which is about 44 miles north, a little under an hour without traffic. Most projects run on phone calls, email and screen share, and he makes the drive down when sitting at the same table helps.
You do. The domain, the words, the photos and the code belong to your business. We host it so it stays fast and secure, but nothing is held back if you ever want to move it.
Neither. Every page is written by hand as plain, lightweight code. There is no admin panel to break into and no page builder slowing it down on a phone.
It depends on how many pages you need, the features, who writes the words and your deadline. You get a fixed quote in writing before anything starts. The pricing page explains how that number is put together.
Next entry
Send the address, or say there isn't one yet. Roger opens it on his phone, tries the searches your customers try, and replies with the one change he'd make before any other.
