Riverton, UT

Upward Engine

Reach 6.7PageRanker 68

Upward Engine is a web design company based in Riverton, UT, in business since 2013. Its own home page scored 88 for mobile speed and 94 for access in our lab test on October 25, 2026, faster than 391 of the 450 firm sites we tested. Its websbz Score is 58.5 out of 100. Its Reach, a separate score, is 6.7.

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Home page of Upward Engine at upwardengine.com

Our Read

Upward Engine is a digital marketing agency in Riverton, Utah that started in 2013 as SEO Werkz. It builds WordPress and Shopify sites and also runs SEO and paid ads for small businesses. It says it has built more than 600 websites.

What sets them apart. It began as SEO Werkz in 2013 and says it has built over 600 websites.

Best for. Small businesses wanting web plus SEO.

Services

Custom website design and developmentWebsite hosting and maintenanceSEOLocal SEOGoogle AdsSocial media adsGraphic designBrandingPublic relations

Industries

Small businessNonprofits

Our Lab Test of upwardengine.com

Mobile emulation, tested October 25, 2026. One run from our desk. Field data from real visitors can differ.

88Performance

94Accessibility

81Best Practices

100SEO Basics

Largest paint: 2.7 seconds
First paint: 2.2 seconds
Blocking time: 257 ms
Layout shift: 0.054
Page weight: 0.6 MB
Requests: 52

Proof of Work

Awards They List

Inc 5000 honoree seven years in a row

Work

No verified client sites yet. Firms can submit their sites. We show and count only the ones whose live footer names the firm. Send your sites.

Signed Work

signed client sites found so far

We have not yet found a live client site with a Upward Engine footer credit in our crawl of local business sites. Studios that sign their work, like Website by Upward Engine, can claim this profile and send us the sites to count.

Search Authority

PageRanker Score, link authority from 0 to 100

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websbz 2025 Look Back

Rank 198 with a Look Back score of 9.2 out of 100. Scored in October 2026 from 2025 archived copies of each firm’s site. It is a separate list and does not change the 2026 websbz Score.

Proof 2 of 30, openness 4 of 20, tenure 0 of 15, scaled to 100. Home page copy saved August 3, 2025. See the 2025 copy. Read the Look Back.

Reviews

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websbz Score

58.5websbz Score

Own Site QualityOur lab test of the firm’s own home page. Speed counts most, then access, then build and search basics.31.7/35
Proof of WorkNamed projects, named clients and awards the firm lists, plus live client sites we found carrying its credit.2/30
OpennessDoes the firm publish a street address, a phone, its founding year, its team size and a starting price.15/20
TenureYears in business, from a founding year the firm states. Twenty years earns the full share.9.8/15

How the score works

Reach

6.7

out of 100. How far the work reaches, kept apart from the websbz Score

Verified client sites0/40none verified yet
Named clients0/10not published
Client scale0/10not published
Offices2.5/101 office
Countries0/101 country
Team size0/12not published
Years4.2/8founded 2013

How Reach works. A fact the firm does not publish counts as zero.

Facts

Website: upwardengine.com
Headquarters: Riverton, UT
Country: United States
City ranking: Best Web Design Companies in Utah
Address: 4168 W 12600 S Suite 300, Riverton, UT 84096
Phone: 801-930-0119
Founded: 2013
Team: over 55 in the United States and over 35 internationally
Platforms: WordPress and Shopify

Where They Rank

Best Web Design Companies in Utah#11 of 17
Best Web Designers in the United States#100 of 282
Best Web Design Companies in the World#194 of 450

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Where This Came From

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The Upward Engine Award, in Hand

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Acrylic award
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Wall plaque
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Window decal
A round seal for the front door or the office glass.