We are Squarespace website designers and we also provide a specialist SEO improvement service.

Here are some basic tips if you prefer to work on your website yourself.

We are Squarespace specialists and as designers we include all of the SEO required in our design packages.

Most poor performing websites don’t get served up as a search result because Google either don’t understand them, they load too slowly or the haven’t been indexed by Google at all.

SEO and high-quality content are deeply linked because good content is the foundation for effective SEO, while SEO makes that content discoverable.

Terms and conditions are important on a website because they provide a legal framework for user interaction, define the rights and responsibilities of both the website owner and users, protect intellectual property, and limit liability.

There is no specific number of blogs guaranteed to improve your Squarespace website’s Google ranking. Instead, focus on quality, consistency, and relevance to your audience.

Image sizes are important. If your image is too large your page will load slowly. Google doesn’t like slow loading websites. No matter how amazing your website is Google will rank you lower than your competitor with a faster loading website.

Squarespace Circle members are professional web designers and developers specialising exclusively in Squarespace. We benefit from priority support directly from Squarespace, ensuring any issues with your site are addressed swiftly and efficiently.

Here’s a clear, practical way to set up Acuity Scheduling (now Squarespace Scheduling) and connect it so clients pay when booking an appointment on your Squarespace site.

Blogs play a surprisingly big role in Squarespace SEO not because Squarespace is special, but because blogs naturally align with how search engines like Google rank content. Here’s why they matter so much:

Limiting custom code on a Squarespace site isn’t about being restrictive—it’s about protecting performance, stability, and maintainability. Squarespace is designed as a managed platform, so the more you push it with code, the more you fight against what it’s optimised to do.

The Home page of a Squarespace website is the most important page because it acts as the front door to your entire online presence. Whether you're running a business, portfolio, blog, or online store, it shapes first impressions and guides visitors toward taking action.

Improving SEO on a Squarespace website involves a combination of on-page optimisation, technical adjustments, and content strategy. Here’s how to enhance your Squarespace site’s SEO effectively:

The speed at which your website loads for a user is very important as Google will not rank your website as highly as it should be if your website loads too slowly. To check the loading speed of a Squarespace website, follow these steps:

As part of our ‘Squarespace website expert series’ one subject occasionally comes up and needs fixing. On a desktop banners will show full width but on a mobile the banner will be cropped to fit into the portrait shape. A bit of CSS code will fix that.

UK businesses are far better off talking to a Squarespace expert based in the UK. The way UK businesses works is a little different to the way a European or a US based business operates. We have a certain sophistication in the way our websites look and function, we also speak a language that is slightly different and nuanced. It’s important for a UK business to speak to a Squarespace expert that’s based in the UK.

The members area on a Squarespace website allows you to create exclusive content or sections accessible only to registered members. To set it up, you first enable the Members Area feature in your site’s settings.

You can have the most beautifully designed website and great functionality but unless your potential customers see it you won’t get any calls. In order for your potential users to see your content and understand how great you are

However you promote your Squarespace website you need your Home page to be the best page of your website. Whether it’s your landing page from an advert you have running or the page you have on your business card it’s the first thing a potential customer will see. If the Home page works well your engagement figures on your subsequent pages will probably also be good. If your Home page is a turkey you visitors probably won’t go any further into your website.

We value our clients and we pride ourselves in offering a great quality service. Many of our new projects come by way of referral so it’s important to impress everyone we have contact with.

An anchor link is a link that takes visitors to a specific section within the same webpage. It’s useful for long pages where you want to provide easy navigation to different parts of the content. Great on mobile too so your user doesn’t have to scroll down the page too much.