Local SEO
Google Maps rankings, service and city pages, reviews and citations.
SEO and digital marketing for local businesses in Illinois
Local SEO, Google Ads, websites and content for businesses that serve a city or metro area in Illinois. Work starts with a free map check and a 90-day pilot.
- 90-day pilot
- Month to month after that
- Senior specialists only
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- Top 3
- 4 to 20
- Outside top 20
Services
Technical SEO
Audits, crawling and indexing, site speed, structured data and migrations.
AI search
Visibility in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews.
Google Ads
Search campaigns, Local Services Ads, Performance Max and conversion tracking.
Websites
Site builds, landing pages and conversion rate work.
Content
Service pages, blog content, content audits and briefs.
Link building
Link placement, niche edits, guest posts and competitor link gap analysis.
Digital PR
Press coverage, local media, sponsorships and brand mentions.
Shopping feed optimization
Merchant Center setup, feed titles and attributes, product schema and error fixes.
Brand entity SEO
Knowledge Panel, entity markup and consistent brand profiles.
Free map check
Google Maps shows different results depending on where the searcher is standing. A business can be first near its premises and missing five miles away.
The map check runs your services as searches from 9 points around your city in Illinois and records your rank at each one. It also lists the businesses ranking above you.
What you receive
- Your rank at 9 points, for up to 6 services
- The areas where you are outside the top 20
- The three competitors that outrank you most often
- Any Google Business Profile problems found
Process
Before you start: free map check
You get a grid of your Google Maps ranks across your city for the services you sell. You decide from that whether a pilot makes sense.
Week 1: tracking and access
Call and form tracking goes live first, so the starting numbers are recorded. Accounts are set up in your name, with access shared to the team.
Weeks 2 to 8: the agreed work
The services in your plan are delivered: profile and page work, technical fixes, and ads or feed setup where they are in scope.
Weeks 9 to 12: reviews and second map check
Review requests run with your recent customers. The map grid is run again on the same points.
Day 90: report
You get the before and after grids and the list of calls and forms. You continue month to month or stop.
Pricing
Fixed monthly fee, quoted after the map check
- The fee depends on the services in your plan
- 90-day pilot, then month to month
- No setup fee
- The map check is free either way
FAQ
Do you have an office in Illinois?
No. The team is remote and works with businesses in Illinois by email, phone and video call.
Which parts of Illinois do you cover?
All of it. The map check is run for the city or metro area you serve, including Chicago, Aurora, Naperville, Rockford, Peoria.
What is the free map check?
A grid showing where your business ranks on Google Maps from 9 points around your city, for up to 6 services. It is sent by email. No call is needed to get it.
Do you guarantee rankings?
No. Nobody controls Google's results. The pilot commits to specific work and to tracking every lead, so you can judge it on calls and forms.
How long is the contract?
The pilot is 90 days. After that it runs month to month and you can stop at any time.
Who does the work?
Senior specialists. There are no juniors or account managers, and you talk to the person doing the work.
Who owns the accounts?
You do. Your Google Business Profile, Google Ads, Merchant Center, analytics and website stay in your name, and you keep them if you stop.
Do I need a new website?
Usually not. Most of the work happens on your existing site and your Google Business Profile.
Request a free map check
Send your business details and the services you want checked. The grid is emailed to you within 2 working days.
Or email hello@rankwardagency.com.