What is Wheat Ridge Appliance Repair?

Wheat Ridge Appliance Repair is a local website focused on appliance repair resources for residents and businesses in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Who should use this appliance repair site?

The site helps homeowners looking for appliance repair support and appliance technician professionals who want stronger local visibility in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

Wheat Ridge Appliance Repair

Assisting the citizens and appliance repair technicians of Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Why did I make this?

A friend of mine mentioned rising advertising costs and was going through a lull in business. This got me thinking about the possibility of learning about micro sites and SEO while providing a possible service to people in my area. So I decided to build this website for appliance repair technicians and citizens in Wheat Ridge, Colorado.

What Does It Do?

Wheat Ridge Appliance Repair is a micro site that acts as a directory for appliance repair technicians in the Wheat Ridge, Colorado area. It also provides local information for citizens of Wheat Ridge and anyone interested in the area. Its goal is to provide another place for appliance technicians to get the word out about their services and to provide the citizens of Wheat Ridge a place to find local and trusted technicians.

What Did I Learn?

Building this website taught me so much about SEO, micro sites, and how to measure traffic. SEO has evolved significantly since the last time I really worked with it and it was good to have a good reason to learn about it again. Whether it was learning about Google Search Console, JSON-LD data, or just how to write proper content that ranks well and is useful, It was and is a great project.

Technology used

Nginx

Nginx is a great tool for serving static assets while also being able to customize headers, routes, etc. It's blazing fast, easy to configure, and the documentation on it is amazing.

Astro

Astro is an awesome library for someone like me who excels at static assets and configuration and just needs to be able to plug them into a framework that can handle everything else. Allows for easy expandability as the site grows and new needs arise.

Markdown

Markdown is suddenly everywhere. It was always a great templating language but with AI it has become even more important. Using it for content on the site allowed me to practice writing it faster which will also assist me in working with AI down the road.