Astoria is a busier, more competitive market than the rest of the coast — breweries, boutiques, restaurants, lodging, and contractors all working to stand out. With more businesses comes more competition in local search, which means showing up isn't automatic. We work out of the Long Beach Peninsula, across the Astoria-Megler Bridge, and we help Astoria businesses look as good online as they do downtown and earn the local-search visibility that brings customers through the door.
Built for a competitive local market
When several businesses offer something similar, the ones that win local search are the ones with a clean, fast site, an accurate and active Google profile, strong reviews, and clear pages for what they do. We focus on those signals — and on making the next step (book, reserve, visit, quote) effortless — so you don't lose customers who were ready to choose you.
A city with a bridge to the Peninsula
- The Astoria-Megler Bridge carries US 101 about four miles across the Columbia between Astoria and the Washington shore near Megler. It opened in 1966, and it makes Astoria and the Peninsula one market: customers and crews cross it both ways.
- The Astoria Column on Coxcomb Hill, built in 1926, the Columbia River Maritime Museum, and the Riverwalk along the downtown waterfront, with its seasonal trolley, are where many visitors start their day, and where they search for lunch, a brewery, or a shop that's open.
- The Sunday Market fills 12th Street downtown on Sundays from Mother's Day into October, which is when a vendor's or a nearby shop's hours get searched most.
- A working waterfront. Seafood processors still work the piers, and Astoria is the Clatsop County seat, so the city has year-round trade and offices alongside the visitors.
- More competition, closer together. Downtown packs many similar businesses into a few blocks, so the difference between being picked and being passed over is often your Google profile's photos, reviews, and hours.
What it looks like for your kind of business
- Restaurants, breweries, and cafés. Visitors coming off the Riverwalk choose in about ten seconds from a phone. The menu as real text, today's hours matched on Google, and a reserve or order button decide it. Most start with the Restaurant & Local Visibility package, which adds review requests and Google profile upkeep.
- Hotels, inns, and vacation rentals. Guests compare you with the listing sites before they book. A page for each room or property, rates stated plainly, and a Book button that opens your real calendar win the direct booking. See vacation rentals and inns.
- Shops and boutiques. A visitor who bought something downtown in August can reorder in December if you have an online store and their email. See shops, markets, and makers.
- Contractors and trades. Astoria trades often quote jobs on both sides of the river. License and insurance up front, finished jobs captioned by town, and an estimate form that catches the request while you're on a roof. See contractors and trades and the Tidewater Builders demo.
What we help Astoria businesses do
- Stand out in local search — Google Business Profile cleanup and upkeep, local keywords, reviews, and clear service pages so you rank against the competition.
- Look the part — design that holds its own against Astoria's well-branded breweries, boutiques, and restaurants.
- Convert the visit — clean booking, reservation, and quote paths, plus missed-call text-back so you capture customers who are ready to act. (See our guide to plugging lead leaks.)
- Save time with practical AI — simple tools that answer the same repeat questions about hours, availability, parking, and services.
- Run the work behind the counter — a focused tool for the job that lives in spreadsheets and text threads, like wholesale orders, event bookings, or a crew's job board. (When that makes sense: our guide to custom software.)
No sales tax on the Oregon side
Our prices are before sales tax. Washington's is added only for businesses that receive the service in Washington, and Oregon has no general sales tax, so for an Astoria business the price on the page is the price you pay. The same goes for Warrenton, just across Youngs Bay.
Where to start in Astoria
Pick the package that matches your business below, or start with the Website Plan on its own at $99 a month. If you'd rather see where you stand first, the free check-up reviews your website, Google profile, and how a customer reaches you, then names the top things to fix. Riley is happy to come over the bridge and meet at your business before you commit to anything.