Websites for small businesses in Kern County
Specializing in hand-coded websites optimized for all devices with superior results. We also support website builders, eCommerce, Google Ads and SEO services.
You have a website. You still don't have customers.
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Google can't find you
Someone in Bakersfield searches for exactly what you sell. You don't show up. They call the guy on page one instead. That's a customer you already lost and never even knew about.
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It looks outdated
Most people checking you out are on their phone, standing in line or sitting in their car. If your site loads slow or looks clunky, they're gone in three seconds, before you ever get to make your case. An old-feeling website makes people wonder what else about your business is behind the times.
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You've been burned before
Maybe a freelancer took your deposit and vanished. Maybe you're still paying someone $50 every time you need one sentence changed, because you don't even have your own login. You lost more than money. You stopped trusting that the next person would actually show up.
None of that gets fixed with a nicer template. It gets fixed with a site built right, by someone local who answers the phone and sticks around after the invoice clears. That's what we do.
Three Things That Actually Get You Customers
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Hand-Coded, Built For Speed
No templates, no drag-and-drop builders. Every site is coded from scratch for your business. That's what makes it load fast and look right on every screen, from a phone in a parking lot to a desktop in an office. We don't call a site done until it scores well on Google's PageSpeed test. Looking done and being done aren't the same thing.
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Set Up To Get Found
A fast site doesn't help if nobody sees it. We build in the groundwork: the right pages, the right local details, the right technical setup, so when someone nearby searches for what you do, you've actually got a shot at showing up. No guarantees on where you'll land. Just a site built the right way instead of ignored after launch.
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Ads You Can Actually Make Sense Of
If you're running Google Ads, you should be able to see where the money's going and what it's bringing back, not just watch the balance drop. We set your campaigns up so you can see what's working, cut what isn't, and stop guessing. That's the whole approach. No account managers, no relay team. Just one person, local to Kern County, who builds it and answers when you call about it.
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A simple process, no surprises
You're talking directly to the person building your site at every step. No account managers, no relay team, no wondering where things stand.
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Onboarding & Discovery
We start with a call to talk through your goals, your customers, and your budget, and make sure we're the right fit. From there, you get a proposal with clear scope, pricing, and timeline. Once the deposit's in, a kickoff call locks in milestones, how we'll stay in touch, and what we need from you and by when.
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Design & Develop
We map out your site's structure and navigation, then build simple wireframes that lay out content and flow before any visual design starts. At the same time, we collect your brand assets and copy, and figure out what each page needs to get a visitor to do.
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Launch & Offboarding
Before anything goes live, we test it. Mobile responsiveness, load speed, working forms, basic SEO. Then we point the domain, deploy, and double check everything works the way it should. You get a walkthrough on how to use your site, the project wraps up, and if you want ongoing help, we'll talk about maintenance or a retainer.
Your questions, answered
How much does a website cost?
It depends on scope. A five-page site and a twelve-page site with online booking aren't the same job, so pricing is never one-size-fits-all. After a quick discovery call, you'll get a straightforward proposal with real numbers, not a vague "starting at" price that balloons once you're locked in.
How long does it take to build my website?
Most small business sites take about 4 to 6 weeks from kickoff to launch, depending on how quickly we get your content and feedback back and forth. You'll get a real timeline in your proposal, and if anything's going to slow things down, you'll hear about it early, not after the deadline's already blown.
Will I own my website, or am I locked into using you for every change?
You'll own it. Once your project is paid off, the site and the code behind it are yours, login included. No holding your site hostage, no charging you every time you need one sentence changed. If you want to make small edits yourself, we'll show you how at launch.
What happens after my site goes live? Is there ongoing support?
We don't disappear after launch. Every project wraps with a walkthrough of how your site works, and if you want help beyond that, updates, backups, SEO upkeep, we offer maintenance plans so you're not left to figure it out alone.
Will my website actually show up on Google?
We build every site with local SEO fundamentals from the start: fast load times, mobile-friendly design, and the technical groundwork search engines look for. That gives you a real shot at showing up when someone nearby searches for what you do. What we won't do is promise a specific ranking or guaranteed traffic. Nobody honest can, since that depends on things no one fully controls, like competition and algorithm changes.
Real software engineering experience
Emty Works builds websites for small businesses in Kern County and across the US. We hand-code every line, no templates or website builders. Your website will load fast and rank well on Google. More people will find your business and more revenue will come through the door.
Get StartedI built my first website in 2016, for my dad's construction company and designed the logo. Ten years later, it's still in use today. Word got around after that, and friends and family started asking me to build sites for their businesses. The work kept coming from there. Around the same time, I started noticing the same problems on business websites in Bakersfield. Slow load times. No mobile version. Design that hadn't been touched in a decade. Sites that never showed up when someone searched for exactly what that business sold. Owners couldn't figure out why the phone wasn't ringing.
That's what I fix. I build your site for speed and search from the start. When something needs updating after launch, I handle it, you're not left digging through a CMS trying to figure it out yourself. And I'm not chasing one project and moving on. I want to still be building for you five years from now, as your business grows.
Kern County's trusted web designer
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Ed F.
Bakersfield, CA
Get StartedEmty Works did an amazing job on our website! They were professional, responsive, and delivered a high-quality product that exceeded our expectations. We highly recommend their services to anyone looking for a reliable web design partner.