BeaconSites website designer

Website Design & Maintenance

AEO-engineered WordPress websites for Irish SMEs — built to be found by Google AND by AI search engines.
BeaconSites website design and maintenance

Many Dublin web designers still build websites for 2018's search environment — optimised for Google rankings, with SEO bolted on at the end. That worked when Google was the only place customers went to find a business.

In 2026, that's no longer enough. A growing share of search traffic now happens inside AI search engines — ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Microsoft Copilot. If your website isn't engineered to be cited and quoted by these systems, you're invisible to that traffic. It doesn't matter how good your Google ranking is.

BeaconSites builds WordPress websites that are findable in both worlds — traditional search AND AI search. Every site includes the structural elements AI engines look for: schema markup, citation-friendly content, FAQPage markup, llms.txt, content chunked for AI extraction, and Author / Organisation E-E-A-T signals. This isn't an add-on. It's how we build.

Who is this for?

This service is built for Irish SMEs — particularly in trades, professional services, local retail, and B2B service businesses — where the website needs to genuinely generate leads, not just exist for credibility.

If your current website is more than three years old, it almost certainly isn't AEO-ready. If it ranks well on Google but prospects aren't mentioning finding you via ChatGPT or Perplexity yet, you're inside the closing window before that traffic share fully materialises.

We work with businesses ready to invest in the website as a primary commercial asset, not a marketing brochure. Most clients land between the small business build (€1,299 – €2,499) and the custom WordPress build with AEO engineering (€6,999 – €9,999) tiers.

What's included
  • WordPress build on a brand-adapted design — fully mobile-responsive, fast-loading, secure.
  • AEO engineering — schema markup (LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage, Article, Person), llms.txt declaration, citation-friendly content structure.
  • AI workflow automation built into every build — your website connects directly to your CRM, email, calendars, payments, and AI APIs from launch day. Lead routing, follow-up sequences, appointment confirmations, content publishing — automated end-to-end so the website does the operational work, not just the marketing.
  • Google Business Profile setup and optimisation for local search visibility.
  • Lead-generating contact forms wired to your CRM, calendar, or email system of choice.
  • SEO foundations — keyword research, on-page optimisation, internal linking, image alt text, sitemap submission.
  • Domain, hosting, and SSL setup. Full WordPress admin access — you own everything from day one.
  • Training on how to update content yourself, plus written documentation. Optional managed maintenance from €49/month.
  • Launch-day AI citation signal — every BeaconSites build ships with at least one expert-quality article produced in 8 formats and syndicated across 300+ high-traffic sites including Business Insider, AP News, and Apple News. AI engines see your brand cited across multiple independent sources from day one. This is consensus signal at launch — a pattern most Dublin agencies cannot deliver.

What makes us different?

Three things separate a BeaconSites build from what every other Dublin agency offers in 2026:

1. Launch-day consensus signal. Every BeaconSites build ships with an expert article produced in 8 formats and syndicated across 300+ high-traffic sites including Business Insider, AP News, and Apple News. Most agencies leave you to "build your own authority" over months or years of slow content marketing. We generate the citation signal AI engines look for from week one.

2. AI-native architecture: AEO and automation engineered in. Many agencies still build for 2018's search environment, then sell SEO and integration services as upsells. BeaconSites builds websites that are findable in AI search engines from launch day (schema markup, FAQPage structure, llms.txt, citation-friendly content chunking) AND wired into your business systems from day one — your CRM, email, calendars, payments, and AI APIs connect directly into your WordPress install. Automation runs through the veins of every BeaconSites build, not as an upsell or afterthought.

3. Founder-led delivery. You work directly with Lee Graham — the founder, the architect, the person making decisions about your project — not a junior account manager passing requirements to subcontractors. Specialists join the project where their expertise is needed; the relationship runs through Lee.

This combination doesn't exist at any other Dublin agency we know of. It exists at BeaconSites because we were rebuilt around AI search in 2025 rather than treating it as a 2026 add-on to a 2018 service catalogue.

Pricing

Brochure site (1–5 pages): €699 – €1,999 — sole traders, small local businesses, single-service operators.

Small business website (6–12 pages): €1,299 – €2,499 — established Irish SMEs with multiple services or locations.

Custom WordPress build (AEO-ready): €6,999 – €9,999 — bespoke design, CRM/email integrations, full AI search visibility engineering.

Premium / enterprise: €9,999 – €29,999 — multilingual, complex custom development, advanced AEO infrastructure.

Ongoing maintenance: from €49/month (Managed WordPress basic — backups, updates, security) or €299/month (full plan adding content production, SEO maintenance, GBP management).

Our Process

Discovery call

A 30-minute call to understand your business, who you're trying to reach, and what the website needs to do. Often produces a concrete quote on the call itself.

Scope and proposal

Written proposal — pages, integrations, timeline, fixed price. No vague "starting from" figures. You see exactly what's included.

Design and content

Brand-adapted design produced as a clickable preview. Content drafted (with input from you) or you supply your own — we work either way.

Build and AEO engineering

WordPress build, schema markup, llms.txt, FAQPage structures, GBP setup. Quality-checked across devices and against the AEO readiness checklist.

Launch and handover

Site goes live. You receive WordPress admin access, training, and documentation. Managed maintenance starts the same week if you've chosen a managed plan.

Launch syndication

Within two weeks of launch, we produce an expert article about your business and syndicate it across 300+ high-traffic publishing sites in 8 formats — articles, videos, podcasts, infographics, news releases. AI search engines and Google start seeing your brand cited across multiple independent sources from week one, not month six.

Common questions

Real BeaconSites pricing ranges from €699 (brochure site) to €29,999 (premium multilingual build), with most SMEs landing between €1,299 and €9,999. The full pricing breakdown sits in our dedicated cost guide.

AEO stands for Answer Engine Optimisation — the engineering work that makes websites findable, citable, and quotable by AI search engines including ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Microsoft Copilot. A 2026 EMGI study found that 81% of brands ChatGPT recommends don't rank in Google's top 10. Without AEO, your business is invisible to that growing traffic share.

Yes — fully. WordPress, your domain, your hosting account, your content. You can take everything to any provider at any time. No proprietary platforms, no vendor lock-in.

A brochure site can be live in 5–10 working days. A small business site typically takes 2–3 weeks. E-commerce and custom WordPress builds run 3–6 weeks. Premium and multilingual projects can be 8–12 weeks.

Most clients choose a managed WordPress plan — €49/month basic (backups, updates, security, uptime monitoring) or €299/month full (basic plus monthly content production, schema updates, GBP management). Some clients prefer to manage the site themselves with our training; either approach works.

Yes — typically on WordPress + SureCart for catalogues up to around 50 products (€2,999 – €9,999 tier). Larger catalogues, complex inventory, and multilingual e-commerce sit in the Premium tier.
The bottom line

Every business website in 2026 has the same job — generate leads, sales, or credibility. The economics, the competition, and the search environment have all shifted around that job in ways many agencies haven't caught up with yet.

A BeaconSites website is engineered for where customers actually search now, including the AI engines most websites are completely invisible inside. If your current site is more than three years old, or you're not sure it's doing the job it should be doing, that's worth a 30-minute conversation.

Lee Graham

Lee Graham

Lee Graham is the founder of BeaconSites, a Dublin-based digital agency building AI-search-ready websites for Irish SMEs. He built Carvium, BeaconSites' 16-agent autonomous content pipeline, and MediaCastHub, an 8-format content distribution system.

Based at 77 Camden Street Lower, St. Kevins, Dublin D02 XE80, Ireland.

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