Web design in Stockton, built for a city that moves freight.
WebDevCity is a Turlock web design studio that builds and maintains websites for Stockton businesses and nonprofits. San Joaquin County names transportation and logistics as its fastest growing industry, and a freight company's website has little in common with a clinic's. We plan each one around who is searching.
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Logistics first, then health care and farms
San Joaquin County's economic development site lists five industries: transportation and logistics, health care, technology, agriculture and industrial construction. It calls transportation and logistics the fastest growing industry in the county, and describes the county's agriculture as world-renowned.
The Port of Stockton is the clearest sign of that. It describes itself as a unique inland port on the Delta of the San Joaquin River, with more than 400 acres approved for new development and Foreign Trade Zone 231. Companies that move goods through or near the port, or that serve those who do, are a natural part of Stockton's business world.
Health care matters as well, and it is on the county's list. Clinics, practices and service providers need patients to find hours, locations and ways to call before they arrive, often on a phone and often in a hurry.
California State University, Stanislaus also has a campus in Stockton. The Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce and the San Joaquin Partnership, a private non-profit economic development corporation, are two local organizations focused on business.
What Stockton websites need to do
Four kinds of Stockton business, and what each one's site is for.
Freight, warehousing and logistics
Buyers want to know what you haul or store, where you serve and how to ask for a rate. We build a page for each service, a quote request form that gathers what dispatch needs, and a separate path for drivers who want to apply.
Companies tied to the port
If you work with companies that use the port or the Foreign Trade Zone, say so in the words they would search. A short page on how you work with them does more than a long page of general claims.
Clinics, practices and care providers
Patients need locations, hours, how to book and who to call. Forms that collect health details need care, so we talk through what belongs on a website and what stays on your practice's own system.
Builders, tech firms and farm suppliers
Contractors, technology companies and agricultural suppliers get their business through referrals and bids. The site should show what you do, the kinds of work you take on and how to reach a person.
Stockton local-SEO checklist
Stockton owners often serve a wide area, so the checklist starts with how Google sees your location.
- Choose how your Google Business Profile shows you
If customers visit, show the address and Stockton as the city. If you work from a yard, depot or warehouse that is closed to the public, set up a service area instead and hide the address.
- Give each location its own profile and page
Two offices or clinics are two profiles and two pages, each with its own hours and phone number. One page for both makes both harder to find.
- List with the Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce
Ask what the chamber offers members, whether a website link is included and how it shows your business.
- Write for the words buyers use
Freight buyers, patients and contractors each search differently. Use their words in your headings, and name Stockton and San Joaquin County where it is true.
- Put your jobs on the site
If you hire drivers, techs or front desk staff, a clear careers page that works on a phone brings in applicants and gives search engines fresh text.
- Talk to the San Joaquin SBDC
It advertises free, confidential one-on-one advising. A business plan and a website should agree on who you serve.
Working with us in Stockton
Stockton is farther up Highway 99 than Modesto, so we plan meetings a little differently.
- Meeting
- We usually start by phone or video, then drive up when a visit helps, such as a walk through your yard, office or clinic.
- Phone
- 209-535-2200, Monday to Saturday, 8:00am to 5:00pm. Sunday closed.
- Multiple locations
- Tell us at the start if you have more than one site or crew. It changes how we plan pages and listings.
- The quote
- Free and written, listing the pages and features before any work starts.
Looking at nearby options? We also build for Modesto, Merced and our home town, Turlock.
Stockton resources worth knowing
Local and county organizations that can help a Stockton owner get started or grow.
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Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce
The local chamber, also linked from the county's doing-business page.
stocktonchamber.org (opens in a new tab) -
San Joaquin County economic development
The county's business pages, including its list of target industries.
sjgov.org/business/industries (opens in a new tab) -
Port of Stockton
The inland port on the Delta of the San Joaquin River.
portofstockton.com (opens in a new tab) -
San Joaquin SBDC
Free, confidential one-on-one advising for small businesses.
sanjoaquinsbdc.org (opens in a new tab) -
San Joaquin Partnership
A private non-profit economic development corporation.
sanjoaquinpartnership.com (opens in a new tab) -
California State University, Stanislaus
Home campus in Turlock, with a Stockton campus too.
csustan.edu/about (opens in a new tab)
WebDevCity has no affiliation with and is not endorsed by these organizations. They are here because they are useful in Stockton.
See what we have built
We do not show client logos we cannot back up. What we can show is three live sites: Automotive Collision Repair, PLT Limos and Repair and Maintenance Co. The our work page has screenshots, and services explains what is included.
Stockton questions, answered
Something else on your mind? Call 209-535-2200.
Do you build sites for trucking and logistics companies in Stockton?
Yes. We plan around what a shipper or broker wants to see: services, areas covered and a quote request form. We also build a separate way for drivers to apply, so hiring does not clutter the sales pages.
Do you drive to Stockton?
Yes, when a visit helps, for example to see a yard or a clinic. We usually start by phone or video, since Stockton is farther up Highway 99 than Modesto.
Can you build a site with a separate page for each of our locations?
Yes. Each location gets its own page with its own hours, phone number and directions, and we advise on a matching Google profile for each.
Can the site take job applications?
Yes. We build a careers page with a simple application form, and it can send what it collects to the email address you choose.
Can a health care practice work with you?
Yes, for the public side of a practice: locations, hours, services and contact details. We will talk through what should stay on your own system rather than a website form.
Planning a Stockton website?
Tell us what your business does and who needs to find you. We will reply with questions and a free, written quote.
Get a free quote
- 209-535-2200
- info@webdevcity.com
- Mon–Sat 8:00am–5:00pm · Sunday closed