# Smart Website Solutions

> Smart Website Solutions is Seth Shoultes's web design and search business in Southern Utah. He builds websites that are easy to find on Google and open fast on a phone, and looks after them afterwards.

## Key facts

- Owner: Seth Shoultes, who has built websites and software for more than 25 years.
- Service area: St. George and Washington County, Utah. A service business with no public storefront.
- Phone: 801-688-8590. Email: seth@smartwebutah.com.
- Every page has a plain-text version: add index.md to its address (the home page is https://smartwebutah.com/index.md).
- This file lists everything. The whole text of every page is in one file: https://smartwebutah.com/llms-full.txt

## Services

- [Websites built for your business, and looked after once they're live](https://smartwebutah.com/website-design-services/): Custom WordPress websites for small businesses in Southern Utah: designed with you, built to work on any phone, and kept up to date after launch. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/website-design-services/index.md
- [How people will find your website](https://smartwebutah.com/website-promotion-seo/): Ways to get your website found, online and off: local search, email, links from other sites, ads, and the simple habits most businesses forget. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/website-promotion-seo/index.md

## About and contact

- [What I can help you with](https://smartwebutah.com/services/): Websites built and looked after, local search and marketing, and logos for small businesses in Southern Utah, all from one person you can call. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/services/index.md
- [About me: Seth Shoultes](https://smartwebutah.com/about/): Seth Shoultes has built websites and software for more than 25 years, co-founded Event Espresso, and runs Smart Website Solutions in Southern Utah. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/about/index.md
- [Get in touch](https://smartwebutah.com/contact/): Have a website question or a project in mind? Call or email Seth at Smart Website Solutions in Southern Utah and talk it through. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/contact/index.md
- [Seth Shoultes, in his own words](https://smartwebutah.com/seth-shoultes-autobiography/): Seth Shoultes tells his own story: the early years, the Air Force, the businesses he built, from Event Espresso to MemberPress, and what he learned. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/seth-shoultes-autobiography/index.md

## Writing

- [Writing](https://smartwebutah.com/blog/): All the articles, grouped by topic. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/blog/index.md
- [The phishing scams aimed at small businesses, and how to stop them](https://smartwebutah.com/phishing-attack-types-explained-from-email-scams-to-advanced-persistent-threats/): The kinds of phishing that reach a small business, from fake invoices to fake support calls, and the simple habits that stop most of them. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/phishing-attack-types-explained-from-email-scams-to-advanced-persistent-threats/index.md
- [Pretty Links or Lasso: which WordPress link tool fits your site](https://smartwebutah.com/prettylinks-vs-getlasso-complete-feature-comparison-for-wordpress-link-management-in-2026/): Pretty Links tidies up every kind of link; Lasso turns affiliate links into product boxes. Here is how to tell which one your site needs. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/prettylinks-vs-getlasso-complete-feature-comparison-for-wordpress-link-management-in-2026/index.md
- [A faster WordPress site, and why Google cares](https://smartwebutah.com/wordpress-site-speed-seo-the-technical-optimization-masterclass/): Why a slow WordPress site costs you visitors and search rankings, and the steps that make it fast, in the order worth doing them. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/wordpress-site-speed-seo-the-technical-optimization-masterclass/index.md
- [Your 2011 iMac still has work in it: here is what to do with it](https://smartwebutah.com/a-new-lease-on-life-a-comprehensive-guide-to-repurposing-your-2011-imac/): Turn a 2011 iMac into a media server, retro game station, smart home hub or Linux learning machine, with the upgrades that make it feel fast again. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/a-new-lease-on-life-a-comprehensive-guide-to-repurposing-your-2011-imac/index.md
- [Running several websites? WordPress Multisite lets you manage them from one place](https://smartwebutah.com/wordpress-multisite-setup-management-guide-for-saint-george-businesses/): What WordPress Multisite is, when a business with several locations or brands should use it, and how to set it up and look after it well. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/wordpress-multisite-setup-management-guide-for-saint-george-businesses/index.md
- [Headless WordPress, in plain words: is it right for your business?](https://smartwebutah.com/wordpress-headless-cms-implementation-guide-for-saint-george-utah/): What headless WordPress means, why it makes a site faster and safer during busy seasons, what it costs you, and how to know if you need it. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/wordpress-headless-cms-implementation-guide-for-saint-george-utah/index.md
- [Should you pay for a custom WordPress theme? What to weigh before you decide](https://smartwebutah.com/custom-wordpress-theme-development-best-practices-in-saint-george-utah/): When a custom WordPress theme is worth the money for a small business, what a good one must include, and what to ask before you hire anyone. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/custom-wordpress-theme-development-best-practices-in-saint-george-utah/index.md
- [If your website broke tonight, could you get it back by morning?](https://smartwebutah.com/wordpress-backup-strategies-for-saint-george-utah-businesses/): How to back up and update your WordPress site so a hack, a bad update or a server failure costs you an hour, not your business's website. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/wordpress-backup-strategies-for-saint-george-utah-businesses/index.md
- [The MemberPress robot dance](https://smartwebutah.com/memberpress-robot-dance/): A short music video I made for the MemberPress WordPress plugin, with the song and the editing done using AI tools. A note on what it was. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/memberpress-robot-dance/index.md
- [How a kid who took electronics apart ended up building software](https://smartwebutah.com/from-tinkerer-to-tech-entrepreneur-how-seth-shoultes-early-life-shaped-his-success/): Seth Shoultes on the early experiences that led to Event Espresso: tinkering, the Air Force, pizza jobs, and a blog the IT department would not build. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/from-tinkerer-to-tech-entrepreneur-how-seth-shoultes-early-life-shaped-his-success/index.md
- [How AI helped a struggling garage door company get found online](https://smartwebutah.com/harnessing-ai-for-local-service-businesses-a-success-story-from-a-garage-door-repair-company/): What I did with AI tools for a garage door repair company in St. George: research, content, local search, and what any service business can borrow. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/harnessing-ai-for-local-service-businesses-a-success-story-from-a-garage-door-repair-company/index.md
- [What Housecall Pro does for a home-service business like a garage door company](https://smartwebutah.com/how-housecall-pro-revolutionizes-scheduling-dispatch-for-garage-door-businesses/): How Housecall Pro handles scheduling, dispatch, estimates, invoices and customer texts for a home-service business, and how to set it up well. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/how-housecall-pro-revolutionizes-scheduling-dispatch-for-garage-door-businesses/index.md
- [How to get ChatGPT to remember what you told it](https://smartwebutah.com/how-to-retain-memory-in-chatgpt/): How ChatGPT remembers within a chat and across chats, and a simple habit that keeps long conversations on track whatever the settings. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/how-to-retain-memory-in-chatgpt/index.md
- [How AI can help you earn links from other websites](https://smartwebutah.com/ais-role-in-link-building-transforming-strategies-for-seo-success/): Why links from other sites still matter for search, and how AI tools help you find good ones, spot bad ones and keep an eye on both. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/ais-role-in-link-building-transforming-strategies-for-seo-success/index.md
- [Selling digital products from your WordPress site with Easy Digital Downloads](https://smartwebutah.com/easy-digital-downloads-explained/): What Easy Digital Downloads does, who it suits, and how it compares with WooCommerce if you sell ebooks, music, software or other downloads. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/easy-digital-downloads-explained/index.md
- [What AI can and can't do to help people find your business](https://smartwebutah.com/the-role-of-ai-in-seo-whats-next-for-2024/): Where AI tools genuinely help with getting found on Google, from keyword ideas to reports, and where you still need your own judgment. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/the-role-of-ai-in-seo-whats-next-for-2024/index.md
- [Want to sell online from your WordPress site? Look at WooCommerce](https://smartwebutah.com/woocommerce-the-ultimate-tool-for-building-online-stores/): What WooCommerce is, what it can sell, what it costs, and why it is a sensible way to turn a WordPress site you already have into an online store. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/woocommerce-the-ultimate-tool-for-building-online-stores/index.md
- [How to run your events from your own WordPress site with Event Espresso](https://smartwebutah.com/maximizing-event-management-with-event-espresso-and-wordpress/): Set up an event calendar, sell tickets, take payments and check people in at the door, all from your own WordPress site with Event Espresso. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/maximizing-event-management-with-event-espresso-and-wordpress/index.md
- [The SEO work that keeps paying off, year after year](https://smartwebutah.com/year-in-review-top-seo-strategies-of-2023/): Fast pages, a site that works on a phone, sensible use of AI, local listings and genuinely useful content: the five SEO habits that outlast trends. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/year-in-review-top-seo-strategies-of-2023/index.md
- [What a good logo does for your business](https://smartwebutah.com/logo-design-crafting-your-business-identity/): Why your logo matters, what makes one work, and how we design one with you, from learning about your business to files ready for every use. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/logo-design-crafting-your-business-identity/index.md
- [What are Core Web Vitals?](https://smartwebutah.com/what-are-core-web-vitals/): Google's three measures of how a page feels to a visitor, in plain words, plus what makes a site work well on the phones most people use. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/what-are-core-web-vitals/index.md
- [Five things that get a small business found in local search](https://smartwebutah.com/5-essential-local-seo-strategies-for-small-business-owners/): Your Google Business Profile, reviews, local pages, local links and a phone-friendly site: what to do on each so nearby customers find you first. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/5-essential-local-seo-strategies-for-small-business-owners/index.md
- [How I find and learn new AI tools](https://smartwebutah.com/how-i-learn-about-new-ai-platforms-and-how-to-use-them/): A simple way to discover which AI tools people actually use for a job, and then learn them straight from the people who make them. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/how-i-learn-about-new-ai-platforms-and-how-to-use-them/index.md
- [How to choose the right website development agency](https://smartwebutah.com/website-development-agency/): Eight things to check before you hire someone to build your website, from their past work to what happens after launch and who owns the site. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/website-development-agency/index.md
- [Mailchimp for beginners: your first email to customers](https://smartwebutah.com/mailchimp-for-beginners/): How to start emailing your customers with Mailchimp: building a list people agreed to join, writing a campaign, sending it, and reading the results. Plain text: https://smartwebutah.com/mailchimp-for-beginners/index.md

## For AI agents

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- Security contact: https://smartwebutah.com/.well-known/security.txt