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Local SEO services for businesses that serve a town, city or region. If your customers search "near me", you need to be in the map pack. I've helped franchises, trades and local services get found in their area, from one location to many.
Shops, trades, clinics, franchises and anyone who serves a town or region.
Local SEO is the work of helping a business show up when people nearby search for what it offers, both in the Google map pack and in the normal results below it. It covers your Google Business Profile, reviews, local citations, location pages and links from your area.
Google says local results are based mainly on three things. Relevance is how well your profile and website match the search. Distance is how far you are from the person searching. Prominence is how well known you are, which Google judges partly from reviews, links and mentions across the web.
You can't move your premises, but you can do a lot about the other two. A complete, accurate profile and pages that clearly describe each service and area help with relevance. Steady reviews, consistent listings and local links build prominence over time.
Google is also clear that there's no way to pay for a better local ranking. Ads can appear above the map, but they're labelled as sponsored and stop when you stop paying. You can read Google's own guide to how local results are ranked.
Categories, services, opening hours, photos, posts and products set up properly, so your profile works as hard as your website. Here's my guide to Google Business Profile optimisation.
A check of your profile, website, listings, reviews and local competitors, with a clear list of what is holding you back. It follows my local SEO checklist.
The way people in your area actually search: "near me" searches, town and postcode names, and the services they ask for by name. Each one is matched to the right page.
Your name, address and phone number made consistent across the directories, maps and data sources that matter in your area and your industry.
A simple process for asking happy customers for reviews, within Google's rules, and guidance on replying to every one of them, good or bad.
Genuinely useful pages for the towns and areas you serve, not thin copies with the place name swapped. Each one shows real work, local details and how to get in touch.
A structure that lets each branch or franchise rank in its own area without competing with the others, with one profile and one page per location.
Links from local news, suppliers, associations, sponsorships and events that tell Google you're part of the community. No paid link schemes.
Need a narrower focus? See Google Business Profile optimisation, or multi-location SEO if you have several branches. Want to rank beyond your local area as well? My SEO services cover the wider picture. Need the pages written? See content marketing.
Both use the same foundations, but they aim at different results. Most local businesses need some of each, with local SEO doing the heavy lifting.
| Compare | Local SEO | Regular SEO |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Be found by people in a specific area | Be found by anyone searching for a topic, wherever they are |
| Where you show up | The map pack, Google Maps and local results | The normal list of results, and AI answers |
| Main signals | Relevance, distance and prominence, including reviews | Content quality, relevance, links and technical health |
| Key tools | Google Business Profile, citations, reviews, location pages | Website content, technical fixes, links |
| Best for | Shops, trades, clinics, franchises and service-area businesses | Online shops, SaaS, publishers and national service firms |
We talk about your area, your customers, the services that matter most and the competitors you see on the map.
I audit your profile, listings, reviews, website and local competitors, then give you a plan ranked by impact.
Profile, citations and local pages fixed first, then reviews and local links. I explain every change as I make it.
Regular reports on map rankings, calls, direction requests and website visits, with the plan adjusted as results come in.
It's the group of businesses shown on a map near the top of Google when someone searches for a local service. For most local businesses it's where a large share of calls and visits come from, so it's usually the first thing I work on.
The usual reasons are an unverified or suspended profile, the wrong main category, missing information, or stronger competitors closer to the person searching. The audit shows which applies to you and what to fix first.
Fixes to your profile and listings can make a difference fairly quickly, while reviews, local pages and links build over months. It depends on your starting point and how competitive your area is. I'll give you a realistic view after the audit.
It depends on how many locations you have, how competitive your area is and how much needs fixing. A one-off audit and set-up is priced differently from ongoing monthly work. After a short call I'll give you a clear quote.
No. Google says there's no way to request or pay for a better local ranking. You can run ads, but they're labelled as sponsored. The map results themselves have to be earned.
Yes. Service-area businesses like plumbers, cleaners and mobile mechanics can still rank locally. The setup is a little different: Google asks businesses that travel to customers to hide their address and set a service area instead, and I'll make sure your profile follows those rules.
Ask every happy customer, at the right moment, with a direct link that makes it easy. Reply to every review, good or bad. Don't buy reviews or offer gifts or discounts in return for them, because Google doesn't allow it.
It depends on your country and your industry. Start with the big data sources, such as Google, Apple Maps, Bing Places and Facebook, then the main directories in your country and the trade bodies in your sector. Accuracy and consistency matter far more than the number of listings.
Only where you can say something useful about that area, such as work you've done there, how you cover it and the local details customers care about. A handful of strong pages beats dozens of near-copies, which Google can treat as doorway pages.
Yes. I've worked with franchises and businesses with several branches. The key is a clear structure, so each location has its own profile and page without them competing against each other.
A good Google Business Profile helps, but your website still matters. It backs up your profile, ranks in the normal results below the map and is where most people check you out before they call.
Yes. AI tools tend to draw on the same information: your profile, reviews, listings and website. Clear, consistent information in all of those places makes it easier for them to recommend you. My AI search optimisation service goes further.
Tell me where things stand and what you'd like to change. I'll reply personally with honest next steps.
