Before designing, we analyse your business.
Before designing a single page, the company is studied in depth. Its structure, its offering, its sectors, its competition and its objectives. The result is an architecture document that defines the entire website before a single line of code is written.
What sets this service apart from a conventional web audit.
A conventional web audit analyses the website. This service analyses the business. The difference is fundamental: an audit detects that images are too heavy, that meta descriptions are missing or that there are broken links. Useful information, but insufficient. There is no point in optimising the loading speed of a website whose structure does not reflect what the company truly is, what it actually offers or whom it serves.
The business analysis starts from the opposite premise. The website is the consequence, not the starting point. The first step is to understand the company in depth — and only then define how it should be represented digitally.
Analysis methodology.
The methodology adapts to the nature of each business. An industrial manufacturer with multiple business lines does not require the same approach as a local professional service or a holiday rental. The axes of analysis are common; the depth and weight of each varies according to the case.
Nature and structure of the company
What the company does. How it is organised. Whether it operates as a single entity or several. What relationship exists between them. Where it operates, since when, under what legal form. What its real scale is and how much of that scale is visible to someone searching for it online.
Applicable to any model: a group with several subsidiaries needs the relationship between them to be comprehensible. An independent professional needs their track record and specialisation to be credible. A local business needs its location, its offering and its differentiator to be clear within the first few seconds.
Product or service offering
What the company sells. How its offering is classified internally and how it should be classified for the buyer. What relationships exist between products or services. What technical documentation, datasheets or specifications accompany each one. What level of depth each listing requires depending on the buyer profile.
An industrial manufacturer may have 30 products organised into 8 families with technical datasheets and certifications. A hotel may have 4 room types with associated services. A professional firm may have 6 practice areas with reference cases. The scale changes. The need to structure the offering so that visitors find what they are looking for does not.
Target sectors or client profiles
To whom the company sells. Whether all clients share the same profile or whether distinct segments exist with different needs, language and decision criteria. Whether the current website differentiates those profiles or treats them all equally.
A manufacturer selling to the railway, medical and food sectors speaks three distinct technical languages even though the same website is used. A law firm with private and corporate clients needs two reading entry points. A holiday rental with domestic and international guests needs content that answers different questions depending on the traveller's origin.
Regulatory framework and credentials
What certifications, licences, approvals or accreditations the company holds. Which are mandatory in its sector and which are differentiators against the competition. Whether they are visible, accessible and up to date in the current digital presence.
In industry: ISO, IATF 16949, EN 45545-2, FDA, CE markings and product certifications. In hospitality: tourist licence and official classification. In professional services: professional registrations, qualifications or professional indemnity insurance. In all cases, the presence or absence of these credentials on the website conditions the visitor's perception of the company's reliability.
Capabilities and processes
What the company can do beyond what it sells. What infrastructure, equipment, methodology or human team backs its offering. Whether the current website documents those capabilities or merely lists end results.
A manufacturer needs to showcase its production processes, facilities and equipment. An architecture studio needs to showcase its project methodology. A training centre needs to showcase its coaches, programming and equipment. The logic is the same: the visitor needs to understand not only what is offered, but how it is done and with what backing.
Direct competition
Who appears when a potential client searches for what the company offers. What structure their websites have. What content they have that the company lacks. What positions they control on Google. Where there is a gap that the company can occupy.
This analysis is not limited to listing competitors. It evaluates the perception each one generates in the visitor and what structural or content decisions can position the company above them in the search and browsing experience.
Current digital presence
What the current website says about the company. Whether what it says is accurate, up to date and consistent with reality. What perception it generates in the first 3 seconds. What sections exist and which should exist. Whether there are versions in other languages and whether they are genuine or machine translations. Whether legal pages comply with current regulations. Whether the company appears on Google, in what positions and with which pages. Whether it exists but cannot be found, or whether it simply does not exist.
Objectives of the digital presence
What the website needs to achieve. Each company has a different need. Generating commercial enquiries. Positioning products on search engines. Projecting institutional credibility. Receiving direct bookings without intermediaries. Connecting multiple business lines to generate cross-selling. Existing with coherence when someone searches for the company name. The analysis identifies the real objective — which does not always coincide with what the client believes is needed at the start of the process.
The result: a complete architecture document.
The analysis materialises in a project document that defines the entire website before development begins. It is not a wireframe, not a creative brief nor a feature list. It is a technical-strategic document that includes:
Diagnosis of the current situation
State of the digital presence, identified opportunities and justification for the redesign.
Section structure
Each section of the website with its URL, its purpose, its content and its relationship to the other sections.
Offering organisation
Families, categories, individual listings, relationships between elements, associated documentation.
Audience segmentation
Specific content for each client profile or target sector, with the requirements and language each one expects to find.
Cross-area connection strategy
If the company has multiple business lines, complementary products or related services, how to connect them so that visitors broaden their perception of what the company can solve for them.
Credentials and certifications
Complete map with certifying body, validity and recommended visibility per section.
Cross-cutting elements
Navigation, multilingual system, accessibility, legal compliance, cookie policy, consent management.
Scope summary
Breakdown of the total number of pages to be developed, by section and language.
This document has an independent cost and is the property of the client. However, if the decision is made to execute the architecture with Portocarrero, 100% of the initial investment is deducted from the development project.
What types of companies this applies to.
The methodology is the same. The depth adapts to the case.
Multinational industrial group
14 entities, 7 countries, 3 business pillars, 30 products, 7 application sectors, cross-certifications, cross-selling strategy between independent websites. Document of approximately 70 pages per language.
Technical B2B manufacturer
Catalogue with dozens of products, multiple production processes, sectoral certifications, industry landing pages, technical blog, 4 languages. Architecture that generates positioning and qualified leads.
Family estate or corporate entity
2 companies, 3 generations, discretion and permanence as guiding principles. Definition of what is communicated and what is not. 5 pages with purpose, 2 languages.
Local business with direct competition
Service structure, team, opening hours, pricing. Local SEO to dominate search in the area. 3 languages.
Holiday rental
Direct booking engine to eliminate platform commissions. Destination content. QR strategy to capture repeat visits and referrals. 3 languages.
Architecture document for a European industrial group.
A group with 12 entities in 6 countries, three complementary business pillars, more than 30 product references and a 2017 website that did not reflect the company's real scale. Complete analysis: strategic diagnosis, product family structure, cross-selling strategy between pillars, landing pages by application sector, certification map with validity dates and certifying bodies, content plan and page breakdown by section and language.
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Frequently asked questions.
How long does the analysis take?
It depends on the complexity of the business. A multinational group with multiple entities may require several weeks. A local business with a single location, considerably less. The methodology does not change; the depth adapts.
What level of involvement is required from the client?
The analysis requires direct dialogue with senior management or the strategic decision-makers of the business. The decisions that define a web architecture — what is communicated, to whom and with what priority — cannot be delegated without losing precision. Meetings are few, but they are essential.
What happens if the company already has a website?
The analysis includes an evaluation of the current digital presence. What works is preserved. What does not align with the reality of the business is reconsidered. The document substantiates every decision.
Is the document transferable?
Yes. It is the property of the client. It can be used as a project basis with Portocarrero or handed over to another professional for execution.
What comes after the document.
If the project continues, the architecture document becomes the execution blueprint. Development with proprietary code, free from third-party dependencies. Native multilingual support. SEO built from the architecture, not patched on afterwards. Content prepared for traditional search engines and artificial intelligence platforms. Continuous digital management after launch: positioning, content, monthly reports with results analysis.
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