Local SEO that puts your business on the map

When someone nearby searches for what you sell, Google shows three businesses under the map. Those three get most of the calls. Below them, you are close to invisible.

Average rankfrom 20 to 5.8
Top 3 atof 169from 0 to 50 points

One business, one keyword Illustrative example, not a client result. Each pin is one spot on a grid over a city. The number is where a business ranks when someone searches from there. 20 means 20th or lower.

When someone nearby searches for what you sell, Google shows a map with three businesses under it, then the regular results. Those three get most of the calls. Local SEO is the work that gets you into that box and keeps you there, without paying for every click.

How Google picks those three

Relevance

How well your profile and website match what was searched.

Distance

How close you are to the person searching. Nobody can change this one.

Prominence

How known and trusted you look online: reviews, links and listings.

You cannot move your address. Relevance and prominence are exactly what we work on. Google explains it in its own guide

What our local SEO service includes

Ranking check and competitor review

We check where you show up across your area for your main search, and compare you with the businesses in the top 10.

The right categories, a full services list, a complete profile, regular posts and photos. It is the biggest lever on the map.

On-page SEO for your website

Page titles and headings that name your service and city, contact details that match your profile, and a map on your site.

Service and area pages

A page for each main service and each area you serve, linked together so Google understands what you do and where.

Citations and reviews

Your business listed on the directories Google trusts, with matching details everywhere, plus a simple routine that keeps new reviews coming.

Paid results while your rankings climb, and a fast WordPress site that turns visitors into calls.

Local SEO or Google Ads?

Local SEOGoogle Ads
Time to resultsWeeks to monthsDays
Cost per clickNoneYou pay for every click
When you stop payingRankings usually keep workingLeads stop

Need calls this week? Google Ads management fills the gap while your local SEO builds up.

We play by Google's rules

No fake addresses.

No stuffed names.

No spam links.

Those tricks can get a profile suspended. We only use methods that follow Google’s guidelines, because your listing is too valuable to risk.

How it works

Free ranking check

You send us your business and city. We check where you rank and what is holding you back.

Onboarding

We send clear instructions for giving us safe access to your profile and website.

The work

We make the changes and tell you what changed and why.

Reports

You see your rankings move and what we do next.

Who it's for

  • Local businesses that serve customers in a specific city or area
  • Businesses on page 2 of the map, or not on it at all
  • Owners who want more calls without paying for every click

Plans are rank targets

Page 1

Get onto the first page of Google results for your main search.

Price on request

Top 3

Get into the three businesses shown under the map, where most of the calls go.

Price on request

Top 3 + ad

Everything in Top 3, plus a managed Google Ads campaign on top while you climb.

Price on request

Targets are goals we work toward. No one can promise a position on Google. We tell you what is realistic after the free ranking check.

Local SEO questions

It is the work that makes your business show up when people near you search on Google and Google Maps: your profile, your website, your listings and your reviews.

It depends on your area and how much competition there is. We tell you what we expect after the free ranking check, not before.

Yes. Your site and your Google Business Profile work together. If you do not have a good one, we can build it.

A look at where your business shows up on Google Maps for your main search, and a short list of what to fix first.

Get your free ranking map.

Tell us your business and your city. We check where you show up on Google Maps and send you what we find.

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