Local SEO and Google Business Profile management.
When someone nearby searches for what you sell, Google shows three businesses on a map. Ember builds out your Google Business Profile, answers your reviews, and makes your listings and website match, so you are one of those three more often.
Local SEO services: profile, reviews, and listings
WHAT WE DOGoogle Business Profile optimization
- Claimed, verified, and built out at setup
- Categories, services, hours, and photos kept accurate
- Spam edits and suggested changes caught and reversed
Google review management
- Every Google review answered within 48 hours
- Your direct review link and a follow-up text to send after every sale
- Yelp reviews answered on Local Authority and up
Local citations and website SEO
- Yelp, Apple Maps, Bing, and directories that match your profile
- Website copy and technical SEO fixed where they cost you customers
- New city and service pages on Growth Engine
How Google ranks the local map pack
GOOGLE'S OWN FACTORSGoogle says local results are based mainly on relevance, distance, and prominence. Here is what each one means for you, and what we work on.
Relevance: matching the search
Your categories, services, and website have to say what the customer typed. We fix the categories and the words first, because they are the fastest win.
Distance: proximity to the searcher
You can't move, but you can make sure Google knows exactly where you are and every area you serve.
Prominence: reviews, links, and listings
Reviews, ratings, listings, and links. This is the slow part, and the part most businesses never work on.
Local SEO FAQ
FAQHow long does local SEO take?
Profile and listing fixes can move rankings within weeks. Reviews and prominence build over months. We say this before you sign, and the monthly report shows the trend either way.
Do you post updates on my Google profile?
Posts are not part of the packages. We spend the time on the parts of the profile that move rankings and clicks: categories, services, photos, reviews, and accuracy.
My profile is unverified or suspended. Can you help?
Yes. We handle verification and reinstatement requests and fix whatever caused the problem. Google makes the final call, so we tell you honestly what the odds look like.
Do I need a website?
Local Presence works without one. To rank beyond your own block and to get named by AI tools, a clear website helps a lot, and Local Authority includes fixing the one you have.
Which package is right for me?
Local Presence ($399 per month) covers your Google profile and reviews. Local Authority ($899) adds Yelp, listings, website fixes, and AI search. Compare the packages →
Rank in the Google Maps map pack.
Twenty minutes. We will pull up your Google profile together and tell you the first three things we would fix.
Book a fit call 415.745.2650