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The Map at the Top of Google
Getting you into the little map at the top of the results — the three businesses most people call before they scroll any further.
The map pack is three slots, and it sits above everything
For a searcher with local intent, the map pack occupies the screen before a single organic result is visible. Being the fourth-best local business in your city means being invisible on a phone. Everything in local SEO is aimed at those three slots.
Proximity, relevance and prominence -- only two are in your control
Google ranks local results on how close you are to the searcher, how well you match the query, and how well known you are. You cannot move your business. You can absolutely control relevance -- categories, services, attributes, on-page content -- and prominence, which is reviews, citations and links. We work the two levers that exist rather than pretending the third does.
NAP inconsistency is a slow, invisible leak
If your suite number appears on your site but not in your directory listings, and your phone number is formatted three different ways across the web, you are asking a machine to decide whether these are the same business. Sometimes it decides wrong. This site is built so that every NAP value on it originates from one file, which prevents inconsistency structurally rather than correcting it periodically.
The Map at the Top of Google: common questions
I do not have a storefront. Can I still rank locally?
Yes. Google supports service-area businesses that hide their address and declare the regions they serve. It is critical to configure it that way from the start rather than publishing a home address you then have to hide, because getting it wrong risks suspension of the profile.
How long until I appear in the map pack?
For a new profile in a low-competition market, often six to twelve weeks. In a saturated market it can take considerably longer and depends heavily on review velocity. Anyone quoting you a guaranteed timeline is selling certainty they do not have.
Can you get me reviews?
We build the flow that asks for them at the right moment and makes leaving one effortless. We will not buy, incentivise or fabricate reviews. That violates Google policy, it is illegal in many jurisdictions under consumer protection law, and it gets profiles removed.
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The rest of the work this connects to
Your Website, Built by Hand
A site built from scratch for your business. Loads fast on a phone, says what you do in plain language, and gives Google everything it needs to show you.
Getting Found on Google
Making sure Google can find your site, understand what you do and where you work, and put you in front of people searching for it.
Saying the Right Things
Working out exactly what your customers type into Google, then writing the page that answers them better than the competition does.
The Compliance Pack
The stack of small legal bits a licensed contractor’s website is supposed to carry — and that almost nobody building websites has heard of.
Knowing What Is Working
A plain monthly update: how many people found you, how many got in touch, and what we are working on next. No dashboards you will never open.
Find out what your website is costing you
We will take a proper look at your current site and tell you why it is not bringing you work — whether Google can even find it, how you stack up against the competition nearby, and whether your contact form could land you in trouble. It is free, and it is yours to keep whether or not you hire us.