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Independent since 2016
PC MAW

Services

Diagnostics, development, audits and media placements — delivered by the editorial team, at fees published up front.

Five services

Three technical, two editorial — all run by the same people

We only sell work we would do for ourselves. If a job is outside our competence we will say so and, where we can, point you at somebody better.

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PC Repair & Performance Tune-Up

From $89 per machine · diagnostics free

Diagnostics, component-level repair and a measured performance rebuild for desktops and laptops — remote or on-site.

We start with a full hardware health report: SMART data, thermal logs under sustained load, power delivery, memory integrity and a storage endurance estimate. Only then do we recommend work. Roughly a third of the machines we look at need a clean, a paste change and a driver rebuild rather than new parts, and we will tell you when that is the case.

  • 48-point hardware and thermal diagnostic report
  • Component-level repair: storage, memory, cooling, PSU
  • Clean OS rebuild with your data and licences preserved
  • Before/after benchmark pack so you can see what changed
  • 90-day workmanship warranty on every repair
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WordPress Development & Maintenance

Projects from $1,900 · care plans from $120/mo

Custom themes and blocks, plugin surgery, migrations, and a maintenance plan that stops your site from quietly rotting.

We build WordPress the boring way: version-controlled themes, no page-builder lock-in, a staging environment that mirrors production, and updates applied on a schedule with visual regression checks. If you inherited a site held together with forty plugins, our first deliverable is usually a plan to remove thirty of them.

  • Custom block themes built on version-controlled code
  • Plugin audit & consolidation with a removal roadmap
  • Zero-downtime migrations between hosts or domains
  • Weekly updates on staging with visual regression checks
  • Daily off-site backups with quarterly restore drills
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Technical SEO & Core Web Vitals Audit

Fixed fee $1,450 · 10 working days

A crawl-to-field-data audit that ends with a prioritised backlog your developers can actually work from.

Most audits hand you a 90-page PDF and a shrug. Ours ends with a ranked backlog: each issue carries an estimated traffic impact, an effort estimate in developer hours, and a reproducible test so you know when it is fixed. We work from field data first — real users on real connections — and use lab tooling only to isolate causes.

  • Full crawl with log-file analysis and index coverage review
  • Field CrUX data segmented by device, country and template
  • LCP / INP / CLS root-cause traces, not just scores
  • Structured data, canonical and internationalisation review
  • Prioritised backlog with effort estimates and retest scripts
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Display Advertising & Newsletter Placement

Display from $14 CPM · newsletter $640 per send

Two in-article slots, one sidebar unit and a single sponsor block in The Monday Byte. No pop-ups, ever.

We run a deliberately small ad inventory because page speed is part of the product. Creative is served from our own origin — no third-party tag soup, no behavioural tracking, no interstitials. You get a share-of-voice placement rather than an auction race to the bottom, plus a plain report of impressions, viewable impressions and clicks.

  • Self-hosted creative — no third-party trackers or pop-ups
  • Share-of-voice buying instead of open-auction bidding
  • Newsletter sponsor block: ~9,400 opted-in subscribers
  • Geo and category targeting across six content verticals
  • Monthly report: impressions, viewability, clicks, no dark patterns
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Engagement process

Five steps, no surprises

The same sequence whether you are booking a $89 laptop diagnostic or a $1,450 technical audit. The scoping pass is free and carries no obligation.

Start the conversation

Tell us what hurts

A short form or a twenty-minute call. We would rather hear the symptom than the diagnosis you have already made.

Free scoping pass

We look at the machine, the site or the account and come back within two working days with what we found and what it would cost.

Fixed written scope

Deliverables, dates and a fixed fee in writing before anyone starts. Change requests are quoted separately, never absorbed silently.

Work & evidence

You get progress notes, and every claim we make at the end is backed by a measurement you can reproduce yourself.

Handover & warranty

Documentation, credentials and a 90-day warranty on workmanship. We answer questions after the invoice is paid.

Comparison

Which service fits your problem?

Typical turnaround measured from the day a written scope is signed.
ServiceBest forTypical turnaroundStarting fee
PC Repair & Tune-UpA machine that is slow, loud, unstable or dead2–5 working days$89
WordPress DevelopmentBuilding, rescuing or maintaining a WordPress site3–8 weeks (projects)$1,900
Technical SEO AuditTraffic that has plateaued or vitals that fail10 working days$1,450
Sponsored Posts & ReviewsGetting a product in front of a technical audience2–4 weeks$850
Display & Newsletter AdsSustained brand presence without trackingNext available slot$14 CPM

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