Managed Web Design and SEO for Small Businesses
One plan. Your website designed, built, and continuously optimized with AI-powered SEO and GEO — every month, without a separate web designer, SEO agency, or technical team. Lightspace Labs handles it all.
The small business web problem
Most small businesses build a website once and never touch it again. The designer moves on, the SEO agency charges retainers that outprice the value, and the site slowly loses ground as competitors keep improving.
Lightspace Labs takes a different approach: your website is a living asset that gets continuously optimized. Every month (or every week, or every day — your choice), the AI engine runs a full SEO and GEO pipeline on your site — updating meta tags, improving schema markup, tightening keyword targeting, and proposing content improvements — without requiring anything from you.
The result is a website that compounds in search authority over time instead of decaying. And because GEO is included in every plan, your site grows visibility in AI-powered search at the same time as traditional Google search.
Everything included in the managed service
No à la carte pricing. No hidden add-ons.
Learn more about what’s included
Our managed website service page covers the full scope of what we handle. If you want to understand the AI citation side of the service, read about our Generative Engine Optimization service or our AI SEO optimization for small businesses.
Questions about managed web design and SEO
What is managed web design and SEO?
Managed web design and SEO is a service model where a single provider handles both the design and ongoing optimization of your website under one plan. Instead of hiring a web designer separately from an SEO agency — then managing two vendors and two invoices — you get a professionally built, continuously optimized website for one monthly fee. Lightspace Labs builds your site and then runs automated SEO and GEO optimization on it every month, week, or day depending on your plan.
Does Lightspace Labs build websites as well as optimize them?
Yes. Lightspace Labs provides full website design and development for small businesses as part of our managed service. Sites are built with performance, SEO, and GEO in mind from day one — proper schema markup, fast load times, and keyword-optimized structure are built into the initial design, not bolted on later.
What SEO work is included in the managed service?
Every optimization run includes: title tag and meta description optimization for every page, full JSON-LD schema markup (Organization, LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage), keyword targeting analysis, Core Web Vitals monitoring, and content improvement proposals. On Growth and Performance plans, the AI engine also delivers content rewrites via GitHub pull requests on a weekly or daily schedule.
Is GEO included in the managed web design service?
Yes. Every Lightspace Labs plan includes Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) alongside traditional SEO. GEO optimizes your content to be cited by AI-powered search engines — Perplexity AI, ChatGPT Search, Google AI Overviews, and Microsoft Copilot. As AI search continues to grow, GEO is no longer optional for businesses that want to maintain search visibility.
How is this different from hiring a web designer and a separate SEO agency?
Hiring a web designer and a separate SEO agency typically costs $3,000–$10,000+ upfront for the build, then $1,000–$3,000/month ongoing for SEO — with each vendor managing their own scope and timeline. Lightspace Labs combines both under a single plan starting at $249/month, with a one-time setup fee covering the initial build and baseline audit. You have one point of contact, one invoice, and a team that designed the site and understands it inside out.
One plan. Website built and optimized.
Tell us about your business and we’ll review your current site before we talk — no commitment required.