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Websites for home service companies in Austell, GA.
Austell is in Cobb County, and part of the city is in Douglas County. This fall we tested 5 home service websites there on a phone: 3 tree service, 1 HVAC, and 1 other trades. Here's what we found, and what it means for a home service company that wants more calls.
What we found in Austell
5 home service websites, tested on a phone.
About 40% of the sites we tested here took longer than 5 seconds to show their main content. The median was 4.7 seconds, faster than the 7.3 seconds across all 328 Atlanta-area home service websites we tested.
On the first screen of a phone, 60% didn't show a phone number, and every one had a button to tap and call.
80% didn't tell Google, in the page's code, that they're a local business with an address and phone number. That code is called structured data, and it's one of the easier fixes.
The median business we looked at here had 328 Google reviews. Google counts reviews as part of how well known a business is when it ranks the map.
We tested 5 sites here, so treat these numbers as a small sample.
| What we checked | Austell | All 328 tested |
|---|---|---|
| Sites tested | 5 | 328 |
| Median seconds until the main content shows | 4.7 | 7.3 |
| Took more than 5 seconds | 40% | 66% |
| No phone number on the first screen | 60% | 52% |
| No tap-to-call button on the first screen | 0% | 25% |
| No local business markup | 80% | 45% |
How we tested: Lighthouse's mobile settings (a mid-range Android phone, slow 4G, empty cache), September 28, 2026 to October 13, 2026. "Main content" is the biggest thing on the first screen. We don't name the businesses we tested.
The search
How customers in Austell find you.
When the AC quits in Austell, people search for something like "AC repair Austell" or "HVAC company near me". After a storm it's "tree removal Austell GA". Google usually answers with a map of three businesses, then the regular results. To show up in either, a business needs a page for that service, a clear tie to Austell, and a site that works on a phone.
Other Cobb County towns we've tested: Marietta, Acworth, Kennesaw, Powder Springs.
What we'd build
What a business in Austell needs.
- Your phone number on the first screen, and tappable
- A page for each service you offer
- A Austell page, if you really work here
- A quote form with four or five fields
- Images sized for phones, so the first screen shows fast
- A Google Business Profile that matches the site
Salandria, a Toronto demolition company, cut its quote form from 12 fields to 5, and mobile quote requests tripled within 30 days of launch. We haven't published a home service case study yet, so that's the closest problem we've solved. Read the case study.
Websites are one fixed price: $5,500 for up to 8 pages, or $9,500 for up to 25. See what's in each.
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