# The Internet, by Josh Withers

> Static website builder specialising in fast, SEO-optimised, AI-readable websites for small businesses and agencies. Based in Hobart, Tasmania (Huon Valley), serving clients across Australia, Canada, and the USA. Building websites since 1996, WordPress since 2003, static sites with Astro since 2024.

The Internet, by Josh Withers, builds static websites designed for three audiences: the humans using them, the businesses paying for them, and the computers deciding whether to recommend them.

Every build targets 100/100/100/100 on Google PageSpeed Insights (Performance, Accessibility, Best Practices, SEO). Every site includes comprehensive schema markup (JSON-LD), XML sitemaps, robots.txt, llms.txt, semantic HTML, and structured data for AI readability.

Static websites load in under a second, cost $0–$5/month to host (Cloudflare Pages, Netlify, or Vercel), have no security vulnerabilities (no database, no CMS, no plugins), and scale infinitely at no additional cost.

Josh Withers has been in small business full-time since 2013 and understands the needs, budgets, and priorities of small business owners. He works directly with businesses and as a build partner for SEO and marketing agencies (white-label available).

- Contact: josh@withers.co
- Phone: +61 485 866 606 (0485 866 606)
- Address: 121 North Huon Road, Ranelagh, Tasmania 7109, Australia
- Location: Huon Valley, near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
- ABN: 37 709 073 991

## Pages

- [Home](https://theinternet.com.au/): Overview of services, recent builds, pricing, and FAQ
- [Services](https://theinternet.com.au/services/): Website offers, digital foundations, and ongoing support for small businesses
- [Portfolio](https://theinternet.com.au/portfolio/): Current static builds and clearly labelled historical platform projects
- [About](https://theinternet.com.au/about/): Josh's background — building websites since 1996, WordPress since 2003, Astro since 2024, small business owner since 2013
- [Blog](https://theinternet.com.au/blog/): Link blog — curated articles about static websites, SEO, GEO, page speed, and AI readability
- [Contact](https://theinternet.com.au/contact/): Contact form and details for direct clients and agency partners
- [Offers and Pricing](https://theinternet.com.au/pricing/): Typical website builds start around A$3,000–A$4,000, with the actual work quoted to scope

## Website Offers

- [Static Website Rescue or Migration](https://theinternet.com.au/services/website-rescue-migration/): Review an ageing or platform-bound site, preserve what is useful, and rebuild the agreed scope on the current static stack
- [Complete Small-Business Website](https://theinternet.com.au/services/websites/): A custom static website with responsive design, performance work, discovery foundations, and launch support
- [Wedding-Industry Website](https://theinternet.com.au/wedding-websites/): A specialist website offer for celebrants, photographers, filmmakers, planners, venues, and other wedding professionals
- [Ongoing Support](https://theinternet.com.au/services/support/): Enquiry-based support covering agreed site changes, technical monitoring, listings, search visibility, and reporting

Projects begin after a written scope and quote are accepted and a 50% deposit is paid. Historical Squarespace work in the portfolio is labelled as historical and is not represented as using the current static stack.

## Optional

- [Privacy Policy](https://theinternet.com.au/legal/privacy/): Privacy policy
- [Terms](https://theinternet.com.au/legal/terms/): Terms of service