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Web Design in Orange County, CA
Web design · Orange County, CA
The Clay Media designs and builds websites for Orange County businesses, and has since we were founded here in 2009. Every site is built to bring in calls and quote requests, with SEO set up at launch rather than added later, and one team stays with you after it goes live.
Founded2009, Orange County
ServingAll of Orange County
ServicesDesign, SEO, Google Ads, management
Start withA free homepage design
You searched for a web designer in Orange County and got a page of directories, lists and agencies that all promise the same thing. Here is what we do, how a project runs and where to find the pricing, so you can decide in a few minutes. Before you pay for anything, we design your new homepage for free so you can see the work first.
See your new homepage before you pay us anything.
Design my homepage freeWhat an Orange County website has to do
Orange County buyers compare. Someone looking for a contractor, a clinic, an attorney or a software vendor opens three or four sites before they call anyone. The site that loads quickly on a phone, says what you do in one line and makes the next step obvious gets the call. The one with the best animation does not.
Not a brochure. A site that gets the phone to ring.
So we build around four things:
Speed on a phone
Most local searches start on one. If the page is slow there, the visit is over.
Local search from day one
Service pages, location signals, schema and a Google Business Profile that matches the site.
A form that works
We test every form before launch. A site that does not deliver leads is a brochure.
What we build
New website
Custom design and build on WordPress, mobile-first, with SEO set up at launch.
Redesign
A rebuild of a site that looks dated or is not producing leads, with the pages that already rank protected.
Local SEO
Service and location pages, Google Business Profile, citations and schema. See our SEO services and SEO in Orange County.
Google Ads
Campaigns that send traffic to pages built to convert it. See paid advertising.
Website management
Updates, backups, security and speed, monthly. See website management services.
AI search visibility
Structure and content so ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google’s AI answers can cite you. See agentic websites.
Where we work in Orange County
We work with businesses across the county, including Irvine, Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Laguna Beach and Fullerton. We are not tied to one city, and rankings and leads depend on how the site is built and what it says, not on where the designer sits.
If you are in Newport Beach specifically, we have a page for that: web design in Newport Beach.
Our work is also not limited to local brochure sites. We built a customer quote portal for Patton’s Corp that replaced a spreadsheet-and-email quoting process. Read the case studies for the full account, or browse the portfolio.
How a project runs
Free homepage design
Short call and written scope
Build and test, forms included
Launch with SEO set up
Monthly management if you want it
You see the work before you commit to it. After a short call you get a written quote with the scope itemized. We check which pages already earn traffic before touching a live site, keep their URLs, and redirect anything that has to move.
What it costs
Price depends on page count, custom functionality and whether you need e-commerce or booking. We publish our reasoning rather than hide it: read what a website costs in 2026 and what it costs in Orange County. Ongoing care is covered in website management cost.
Questions Orange County owners ask
Why is the homepage design free?
So you can judge the work before you spend anything. There is no obligation either way, and you keep the design.
Can you redesign my site without losing my Google rankings?
Yes. We identify the pages that already earn traffic first, keep their URLs, and redirect anything that must move.
Do you also handle SEO and ads?
Yes. Design, SEO, Google Ads and ongoing management come from the same team, so nobody is passing blame between vendors.
How long have you been doing this?
The Clay Media was founded in Orange County in 2009 and has built and managed business websites ever since.
See your new homepage before you pay us anything
Send us your site address. We will design your new homepage and walk you through it, free, no obligation.
If we do not think we can improve what you have, we will tell you that too.
No contract, no card. Prefer to talk? Call 949-444-2001.The Clay Media has built websites and custom systems for Southern California businesses since 2009. See our case studies. Trades and contractors: website design for electricians.