Category: Deep Dives

Web Design Studios

ChatGPT Atlas Wants to Be the New Browser — Is Your Website Ready?

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways ChatGPT Atlas is a browser — not a chat app inside a browser. That flips the funnel: the assistant sees your site before the human does. Small business pages get summarized, not visited. Your homepage may be quoted; your booking page may be triggered;…
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Web Design Studios

Your INP Score Is the New Bounce Rate

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways INP (Interaction to Next Paint) is the Core Web Vitals metric that measures how snappy your site feels when users tap, click, or type. An INP score above 200ms is now a primary ranking risk. Google quietly raised this from a “consideration” to a…
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HaglerDesign

Shopify vs WooCommerce for an East Texas Small Store

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Shopify is faster to launch and easier to run. WooCommerce is cheaper long-term and gives you full ownership. If you already have a WordPress site, WooCommerce is usually the right move. If you’re starting fresh and don’t want to think about tech, Shopify wins.…
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Website Dreamwork

AI Overviews Ate Your Blog Traffic. Now What?

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways AI Overviews now appear on roughly 60% of searches, and on those queries, clicks to websites dropped about 58%. Informational queries got crushed hardest. “How long does an oil change take” no longer needs a website visit. Local “near me” and transactional queries are…
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Website Dreamwork

Why Most Small Business Websites Fail (and What the Winners Do)

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Most small-business sites fail on fundamentals, not design taste. The big five failures: unclear message, slow speed, no mobile focus, no SEO, no clear action. The sites that win are simple, fast, and focused. Failure is usually fixable without a huge budget. Walk through…
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