Go's AI website editor lets you ask for a change in plain words, or click a section and edit it. The best requests say where the change goes, what changed, and what you want it to say. Then look at the result to make sure Go understood you.
Start small, with a phone number, a service area, or one paragraph. Changes stay in your draft until you publish, so you can check them first. If you'll want to see past versions or undo a change, look for those controls in your account before you count on them.
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Say where
Name the page and section, or click the section in Go. A request as broad as changing the whole website is hard to get right.
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Give the new detail
Give the new service, hours, phone number, or exact wording. If the old text should go, say so, or it may stay.
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Check the result
Read the changed section with the rest of the page and check it on a phone. Make sure no other page still says the old thing.
What you can change
List the changes you'll make most often.
AI website editors differ in what they can change. Some only handle text. Others also handle photos, style, layout, pages, and the menu. One text edit that works doesn't tell you the rest will.
Write down the updates you make most often and try one of each. Check the changed section, anything related to it, and the phone view. If you need a particular control, test it in Go. Don't assume it's there because another builder had it.
Change area
Example request
What to check
Text and business details
Replace the Saturday hours in the contact section.
That section changes, and the hours match everywhere else they appear.
Photos
Use this project photo in the services section.
You can upload the photo, place it, crop it, and add alt text the way you need.
Style and layout
Make this section easier to skim without changing the facts.
The editor gives you enough control over the look to get what you asked for.
Pages and menu
Add the new service page to the main menu.
The page shows up in the menu, and the link works on a computer and a phone.
Writing requests
Write requests you can check.
Ask for one change at a time. Use your current facts and say exactly where the change goes. If the same detail shows up on several pages, name them all. One edit may not update every copy.
Here are a few examples. Before you build a routine around one type of change, try it once in your account.
Hours
In the contact section, change the Saturday hours to the new ones. Then check anywhere else Saturday hours appear.
Service wording
On the services page, swap the old description for this paragraph. Don't add a price or a guarantee.
Service area
In the service area section on the homepage, remove the town we no longer serve and add the new one.
Phone number
Change the phone number in this section to the new one. Then check the header and footer.
Vague requests
Asking to make something better leaves too much to guess. Name the heading, fact, or button that should change, and where it is.
Before you publish
Check the change before you publish.
Compare the change with what you asked for, word for word. Then read the whole page for anything else that moved. Check the facts, links, formatting, and phone view. For business details, look through the rest of the site for old versions that could confuse a customer.
Edits stay in your draft until you publish, which gives you time to check them. Before a big change, see what undo or history options your account has, and keep a copy of the old text.
Accuracy
The new text matches your current business details and doesn't add claims you can't back up.
Nothing else changed
Only the section you asked about, and the details tied to it, changed.
Looks right
Read the section on a computer and a phone, and test any link or form the change touched.
Other ways to edit
Compare an AI website editor with direct visual editing.
With an AI editor, you type what you want and it makes or suggests the change. With a visual editor, you drag sections around, change settings, and edit text on the page yourself. Some AI website builders do both. A WordPress site might use its block editor, a page builder, or a plugin.
Pick based on the edits you'll make every month. For each builder you're considering, fix some text, swap a photo, add a page, change the menu, check the phone layout, and edit a search setting. Watch whether the rest of the design stays intact and whether you can tell what changed.
Editing model
Useful for
What to test
Plain-language AI editor
Specific changes you can describe in a sentence
Does it change what you asked for and leave the rest alone?
Drag-and-drop visual editor
Moving things around and changing the look by hand
Can you adjust the computer and phone layouts without breaking the page?
Block or page builder
Building pages from blocks inside a system like WordPress
Which blocks and plugins do you need, and who keeps them updated?
What it doesn't do
The editor is for websites built in Go.
Everything on this page is about editing a site built in Go. It doesn't cover editing a WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, or other site hosted somewhere else.
Custom booking, payments, customer portals, connections to other software, big migrations, and one-off designs are separate custom projects. So is anything that changes how the site works or connects it to another system. Ask about those as a custom project.
What you need
Where it goes
Why
Change content on a Go website
The Go editor
This is what the Go editor is for.
Edit a site hosted somewhere else
Not covered
Go doesn't advertise a way to connect to outside sites.
Add booking, payments, portals, or integrations
Custom project
These aren't part of the Go subscription.
Regular checks
Update the site when your business changes.
Start with what customers use to reach you: services, service area, hours, phone number, email, and what each form asks for. Check those on a regular schedule and any time something changes in the business.
Say your hours change. Write down the new hours, find every page that shows them, ask for the change, and check each spot. You stay in charge of this. Go gives you the editor, but nobody at Go is watching your business for changes.
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Write down what's current
Work from something you control, like your current schedule or service list.
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Find every place it appears
Check the homepage, contact page, footer, service pages, and any buttons that mention it.
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Ask and check
Ask for one change, check the result, and note what you checked.
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Update your other listings
Update your other online listings on their own sites. Editing your website doesn't change them.
Questions
Questions about editing a Go website.
This page doesn't claim that. It covers editing websites built in Go.
No. Changes stay in your draft until you publish, so you can check them first.
Before an important edit, check what undo or history options your account shows. Since nothing goes live until you publish, you can look over a change before customers see it. Keep a copy of the old text or photo if you might want it back.
No. You ask for changes in plain words or click a section to edit it. Still, try the kinds of updates your site will need.
