$ whoami
zero one qc
Local design for local business. Custom websites for Quad Cities small businesses, built around your idea.
$ ls work/
- drwxr-xr-x
uplifted-energies/
A wellness center in downtown Davenport offering Reiki, sound healing, yoga, massage, breathwork, and movement.
upliftedenergies.com - drwxr-xr-x
$ cat seo-geo.txt
A good-looking site only helps if people can find it. Every site I build is set up for both:
- seo
- Search engine optimization. Making your site easy for Google to understand, so you show up when people nearby search for what you offer.
- geo
- Generative engine optimization. The same idea for AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Google's AI answers. More people now ask AI for recommendations, and it can only recommend businesses it can find and understand.
In practice: fast pages, clear structure, and accurate business details (name, location, hours, services) written so search engines and AI can read them.
$ cat about.txt
Hey, I'm Nick, born and raised in the Quad Cities. I've spent 25 years in IT, working in networking, systems, and cybersecurity, fields where small mistakes cause big problems. That's made me careful by habit. I check the details most people never see, like secure hosting, a properly set up domain and email, backups you hopefully never need, and whether your site still loads fast on a weak signal. My goal is simple: help local businesses get websites that work, built with the care I'd want for my own.
$ cat contact.txt
- nicholasskiles@
protonmail.com - phone
- 563-508-9250
$ systemctl status socials