Stage 2 — GBP Pack

# Your Hosting Is Either Helping Your Rankings or Quietly Hurting Them

Most local businesses in Southwestern Ontario don't think about hosting until something breaks. But Google thinks about your hosting every time it crawls your site — measuring load speed, server response time, and uptime. We host every website on infrastructure built for local SEO performance, not just keeping the lights on.

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target page load time — Google's threshold for strong Core Web Vitals
99.9%
uptime target — every hour of downtime is an hour of lost leads
$0
separate hosting bill — fully included in your monthly fee
Hosting Performance Dashboard
Core Web Vitals — Your Site
LCP (load speed)
1.4s
FID (interactivity)
12ms
CLS (visual stability)
0.02
Uptime this month
99.9%
All systems operational — GoHighLevel
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SSL
HTTPS included, auto-renewed
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Daily
Automated backups
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Canadian server proximity
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24/7
Uptime monitoring

Why It Matters

## Google Scores Your Website on Speed and Reliability — Every Single Crawl

Most business owners think of website hosting the way they think of electricity — it either works or it doesn't. But for local search, hosting is an active SEO variable. Google measures your page load speed, server response time, and Core Web Vitals as direct ranking inputs — and a website hosted on a slow, overloaded server is paying a ranking penalty every day, invisibly.

Server location matters too. A website hosted on servers in the US will physically load more slowly for customers in London, Windsor, or Kitchener than one hosted with Canadian infrastructure. That speed difference — sometimes just a few hundred milliseconds — is enough to affect both user experience and Google's performance scores.

And then there's downtime. A website that's offline for even a few hours during a peak search period isn't just losing visitors — it's signalling to Google's crawler that the site may be unreliable, which can suppress rankings even after the site comes back up. With continuous uptime monitoring, we catch outages immediately instead of finding out three days later when you notice fewer calls.

Because we host everything on GoHighLevel, your website, landing pages, booking calendar, and automation workflows all share the same infrastructure. There's no separate hosting provider to manage, no renewal dates to track, and no additional bills. It's all one system, included in your monthly fee.

53%
of mobile visitors abandon a page that takes more than 3 seconds to load
7%
reduction in conversions for every one-second delay in page load time
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faster server response time is enough to improve Google's Core Web Vitals score meaningfully
100%
of websites we host include SSL — a confirmed Google ranking signal that many local sites still lack

The Difference

## GoHighLevel Hosting vs. Budget Shared Hosting — What You're Actually Getting

Not all hosting is the same. Here's what separates hosting built for local SEO performance from the cheap shared hosting most local business websites are sitting on right now.

✓ GoHighLevel Hosting (Included)
✅Fast, modern infrastructure with Canadian server proximity
✅SSL certificate included and auto-renewed — always HTTPS
✅Daily automated backups with one-click restore
✅24/7 uptime monitoring with immediate alerts
✅Website, booking, CRM & automation in one platform
✅Core Web Vitals optimized out of the box
✅No renewal dates, no control panels, no tech management
✅Included in monthly fee — zero separate hosting bill
✗ Typical Budget Shared Hosting
❌Shared servers, often US-based, slow response times
❌SSL sold separately or expires without warning
❌Backups manual or sold as a paid add-on
❌No monitoring — you find out when visitors tell you
❌Disconnected from booking, leads, and automations
❌Poor Core Web Vitals scores without extra optimization
❌Annual renewals, control panel logins, manual updates
❌Separate monthly bill on top of everything else

What's Included

## Everything in SEO & Geo-Friendly Hosting

Hosting that works for your local SEO — not just keeps your site online. Every element below is managed for you, included in your monthly fee, with no separate bills or technical management required.

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Fast GoHighLevel Infrastructure

All sites are hosted on GoHighLevel's infrastructure — built for performance, with fast server response times and Canadian delivery optimized for SW Ontario visitors. No slow shared hosting environments where your site competes for resources with hundreds of other sites on the same server.

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SSL Certificate (HTTPS)

Every site is served over HTTPS with a full SSL certificate, included and automatically renewed. Google uses HTTPS as a ranking signal and flags non-SSL sites as "Not Secure" in browsers — a trust-destroying warning that kills conversions before a visitor reads your first line of copy.

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Daily Automated Backups

Your site is backed up automatically every day. If anything is accidentally deleted, a plugin update breaks a page, or any other issue arises, we can restore a clean version of your site within minutes. You never have to think about backups — they happen invisibly in the background.

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24/7 Uptime Monitoring

We monitor your site continuously. If it goes down — even for a few minutes at 3am — we receive an immediate alert and work to restore it. You'll never find out about downtime from a customer before we do. Every minute online matters for both customer trust and Google's crawl reliability signals.

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Canadian Server Proximity

Server location affects load speed for local visitors. Hosting optimized for Canadian traffic means faster response times for customers in London, Windsor, Kitchener, and across SW Ontario — which improves both user experience and Google's Core Web Vitals scores for your geographic market.

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Core Web Vitals Compliance

Google's Core Web Vitals — Largest Contentful Paint, First Input Delay, and Cumulative Layout Shift — are direct ranking signals. We monitor your scores monthly and maintain the hosting configuration and site performance needed to stay within Google's "Good" thresholds across all three metrics.

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Unified GoHighLevel Platform

Because your site is hosted on GoHighLevel, it shares the same platform as your booking calendar, CRM, lead pipeline, and automation workflows. A visitor who books through your site triggers automations immediately — no data transfer delays, no integration failures, no disconnected systems.

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Security & Maintenance

Platform updates, security patches, and technical maintenance are all handled on your behalf. You never log into a hosting control panel or receive a notification asking you to update something. The technical infrastructure stays current and secure without any effort required from you.

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All-Inclusive Pricing

Hosting, SSL, backups, monitoring, and maintenance are all included in your Stage 2 monthly fee — no itemized add-ons, no renewal invoices, no surprises. One flat monthly fee covers your entire web infrastructure. For SW Ontario businesses managing tight budgets, predictable costs matter.

How It Works

## Migrating or Launching — Here's How We Get Your Site Onto Proper Hosting

Whether you're launching a new site or moving an existing one, the process is smooth and handled entirely by us.

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Current Hosting Audit

We start by assessing your current hosting environment — server location, load speed, SSL status, Core Web Vitals scores, and uptime history. Most SW Ontario businesses we work with are on budget shared hosting with US-based servers, no uptime monitoring, and SSL certificates that expired months ago. The audit shows exactly what you're working with and what the performance gap looks like.

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GoHighLevel Environment Setup

We provision your GoHighLevel hosting environment, configure your custom domain, set up SSL, connect your booking calendar and automation workflows, and establish daily backup schedules and uptime monitoring before anything goes live. The infrastructure is fully configured and tested before your site moves to it.

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Migration or Launch

For existing sites, we handle the full migration — transferring files, database, and content to the new environment with zero downtime using a staged cutover process. For new sites being built as part of Stage 2, the site launches directly into the GoHighLevel environment. Either way, your site goes live on fast, SEO-optimized hosting without any disruption to your Google rankings or customer experience.

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Ongoing Monitoring & Maintenance

From launch, uptime monitoring runs continuously and Core Web Vitals are checked monthly. Any performance regressions — a slow page load introduced by a content update, a backup failure, or a brief outage — are caught and resolved before they affect your rankings or customer experience. Your hosting infrastructure runs silently in the background, requiring nothing from you.

Built for SW Ontario

## Speed Matters More for Local Search Than Most Business Owners Realise

When a homeowner in Sarnia searches "furnace repair near me" on their phone on a cold January morning, they are not patient. They tap the first result, and if it takes more than two or three seconds to load, they're back on Google before your homepage has finished rendering. That's a lost lead — and if it happens enough times, it's also a ranking signal telling Google that visitors don't find your site useful.

Fast, reliable hosting is the foundation that everything else rests on. Your GBP optimization, your schema markup, your conversion-focused landing pages — all of it is undermined if the site that visitors land on is slow or unreliable. Hosting isn't a background detail. It's the performance layer that makes everything else work.

For SW Ontario businesses serving multiple cities and communities, consistent performance across all pages — service area pages for Woodstock, Tillsonburg, Ingersoll, or wherever you operate — matters. GoHighLevel's infrastructure delivers that consistency without requiring you to manage anything.

📍 London 📍 Windsor 📍 Kitchener 📍 Cambridge 📍 Guelph 📍 Waterloo 📍 Brantford 📍 Sarnia 📍 Chatham-Kent 📍 Woodstock 📍 Stratford 📍 St. Thomas 📍 Owen Sound 📍 Tillsonburg 📍 Simcoe 📍 Leamington 📍 Amherstburg 📍 LaSalle 📍 Lakeshore 📍 Tecumseh 📍 Ingersoll 📍 Aylmer 📍 Strathroy 📍 Exeter 📍 Clinton 📍 Seaforth 📍 Goderich 📍 Wingham 📍 Listowel 📍 Mitchell 📍 St. Marys 📍 Palmerston 📍 Hanover 📍 Kincardine 📍 Walkerton 📍 Meaford 📍 Collingwood 📍 Orangeville 📍 Fergus 📍 Elora 📍 Shelburne 📍 Grand Bend 📍 Forest 📍 Petrolia 📍 Wallaceburg 📍 Blenheim 📍 Ridgetown 📍 Dresden 📍 Bothwell 📍 St. Catharines 📍 Niagara Falls 📍 Welland 📍 Port Colborne 📍 Thorold 📍 Grimsby 📍 Lincoln 📍 Pelham 📍 Fort Erie
How hosting performance affects local business outcomes
Visitor bounce rate impact
53%
Conversion rate drop (per sec delay)
7%
Pages crawled per day (fast vs slow)
+80%
SSL impact on visitor trust
84%
Downtime causing ranking drop
40%
% of businesses or visitors affected by each factor
Zero extra cost
All of the above is included in your Stage 2 monthly fee. No separate hosting invoice, no add-ons, no surprises.

Common Questions

## Frequently Asked Questions

This service is part of the Stage 2 GBP Growth Pack at $150/month which includes GBP setup or resetup, review management, citation cleanup and maintenance, 4 GBP posts written and uploaded per month, and a monthly performance report. There is a one-time $100 citation setup fee. No contracts.
Most SW Ontario businesses see meaningful improvement in Google rankings and inbound calls within 30 to 60 days. The full compounding effect of consistent GBP activity typically shows clearly by 90 days.
No. The GBP Growth Pack works entirely through your Google Business Profile. If you want a website, the Stage 1 Website Package at DMWDHosting.ca starts at $200 one-time plus $40/month Canadian hosting.
No contracts on any service — all month-to-month. The only upfront cost is the one-time $100 citation setup fee on the GBP Growth Pack.
Always. No account managers, no handoffs. You deal directly with Dave from day one — direct contact, regular reports, and honest advice about what's actually working for your business.

Free — No Obligation

## Find Out If Your Current Hosting Is Slowing Down Your Google Rankings

In 20 minutes, Dave will run a live speed and performance check on your current website, show you your Core Web Vitals scores, check your SSL status, and explain exactly what faster, SEO-optimized hosting on our automation platform would do for your visibility in Southwestern Ontario.

Live Core Web Vitals check on the call
SSL & uptime status review
No credit card required
SW Ontario businesses only
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