I used to work in web development. When people ask me about building a website, I nearly always recommend Squarespace. It's piss-easy if you're vaguely computer literate and it all works as it should. Their templates automatically create a mobile-friendly version. You can register a .info domain via Squarespace. Paying a professional is only really advisable if you're doing something particularly complicated or unusual; a lot of "web designers" produce far worse results than Squarespace for a lot more money.

Google (and Bing etc) should automatically index your site once it's online. There's no guaranteed route to the first page of the Google search results, but you're highly likely to end up there without any explicit effort if your website genuinely has the most relevant content. Being linked to from other reputable websites absolutely helps, but any spammy efforts to get linked to will only work against you.

I used to recommend spending your money on an illustrator instead of a web developer, but you might want to play around with an AI like Stable Diffusion or Midjourney first. They're no good for infographics or diagrams, but they do a brilliant job if you just need a bit of window-dressing to break up a dull wall of text.

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Thanks, lad. It's a bit confusing as Google Domains owned the exact domain I wanted, and Squarespace listed it as unavailable. I ended up buying it via Google, but they're in the process of shifting their domains over to Squarespace anyway.

I built the website using Squarespace, on that domain, but until it's fully transferred I think Squarespace might keep asking me for money. The bright side is that it does everything I need it to. The fact that a website like this didn't exist when I've whacked it together in an afternoon is nuts. It'll take some time for the domain to transfer from Google (whatever that means), but I hope it's helpful to someone when the time comes.

I'll do the usual of recommending it via professional networks and such. If I can get a seal of approval from a few major health authorities then who knows, it might take off.