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Case Study

Racine Tire & Auto

A complete website rebuild that turned a slow, outdated WordPress site into a performance-gated, AI-ready lead generation engine.

100/100
PageSpeed Score

Perfect mobile & desktop scores

3x
Organic Traffic

Year-over-year increase

<1s
Load Time

Instant interactions

#1
Local Pack

Ranking for key services

The Challenge

Slow, Invisible, and
Losing Leads.

Racine Tire & Auto had a WordPress site built on a generic, heavy theme loaded with page builders. Load times exceeded 8 seconds on mobile, causing high bounce rates.

More critically, the site structure was confusing to search engines. Without proper service pages or local schema markup, they were virtually invisible in the "Local Pack" map results, losing high-intent customers to competitors with inferior service but better online presence.

  • 8+ second mobile load times
  • Poor local SEO and missing schema data
  • Outdated, non-responsive design
Old Racine Tire Website
The Old Site
The Solution

Custom Engineering for Maximum Visibility

We abandoned the heavy page builders entirely. Instead, we rebuilt the site on our custom Crest foundation—a performance-optimized, lightweight WordPress architecture.

Old Design
New Custom Build
New Custom Build
Old Design
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Speed First

By removing bloatware and optimizing assets at the server level, we achieved sub-second load times, keeping users engaged and satisfying Google's Core Web Vitals.

Local SEO Architecture

We mapped out a logical site hierarchy, creating dedicated service pages injected with precise LocalBusiness Schema markup to dominate the local map pack.

Conversion UI

We designed clear, accessible contact points and sticky "Request Appointment" calls-to-action that look beautiful and function flawlessly on any mobile device.

Client Success

"Very fast and efficient with a great design. Andrew delivered an outstanding websitefor our shop with great pricing that fits our local business perfectly."

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Nathaniel M.

Owner, Racine Tire & Auto

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