The 6-pillar system
Six pillars run in order. That's the system.
Local SEO isn't a single tactic, it's six layers stacked. We run them in order, every month, for every client. This is the same playbook we charge five figures for, summarized.
Your free listing on Google. The most important ranking lever for any local business, full stop. We treat GBP like the most valuable asset on the internet, because for you it is.
- Claim, verify (video method), and lock down the listing
- Primary category set surgically · #1 ranking factor in Maps
- Photos cadence + weekly Posts · activity signal that compounds
- Review requests and responses · Honest customer feedback
Your website is Google's source of truth for your business. Cross-references your GBP, validates your NAP, and decides whether you can rank at all. A weak site caps your GBP ceiling.
- NAP consistency across every page and footer
- Mobile-first layouts with sub-2-second LCP
- GA4 + GSC + call-tracking wired before launch
- Lead-capture flows that convert paid + organic the same
Crawlability, page speed, schema, HTTPS. The invisible infrastructure Google reads first. Most contractor sites fail Core Web Vitals on a single hero image. We fix the boring fundamentals so the rest of the work compounds.
- Crawl audit + sitemap submitted to Search Console
- LocalBusiness schema with SameAs links to GBP and socials
- Core Web Vitals green on mobile · LCP < 2.5s, CLS < 0.1
- No render-blocking JS, intrusive popups, or duplicate URLs
Every page on your site is clearly about one specific service in one specific location. Title tags, H1s, body content, and CTAs all point at the same intent. Useful to humans, legible to Google.
- Unique title tag per page · Service + City | Brand format
- One H1 per page, service + city placed naturally
- 500 to 1,000 words of real content per service page
- Click-to-call above the fold · NAP in footer, identical to GBP
Authority that comes from outside your website. For local, relevance beats raw domain authority. We build citations on the directories that actually move map-pack rankings, not link farms that get penalized.
- Top 10 priority citations · Yelp, Bing Places, Apple Maps, BBB, Angi
- Industry-association placements · NADRA, NRCA, etc.
- Local-relevance backlinks · Chamber of Commerce, sponsorships
- Quarterly toxic-link audit · Google never sees a PBN we built
Pillar pages, cluster pages, location pages, and answerable FAQs that rank in Google AND in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Bing AI. Authority flows upward into your GBP every time we publish.
- Pillar + cluster + location + blog model · authority compounds
- FAQ blocks built around what AI engines actually quote
- Schema + SameAs · resolves entity ambiguity for LLMs
- Branded review copy · 'fixed our deck in Bucks County' = signal
How authority flows
Blog · FAQ posts→Cluster pages→Pillar page→Google Business Profile
Every internal link points up the chain. Every published article fortifies the pillar. The pillar fortifies your GBP. Your GBP wins the map pack.