Services · Local search & SEO
Local SEO for Vancouver businesses withreal locations.
Local SEO services for Vancouver and North Shore businesses with real locations: Google Business Profile management, location pages, technical SEO and reviews. Be easier to find where the decision starts, with tracking you can actually read.
When the parts drift
Visibility can feel disconnected.
Profiles, pages and reporting grow separately. Sound familiar?
Old hours or a duplicate listingGoogle Business Profile
One page for every cityLocation pages
Details that don’t matchName, address, phone
Reviews nobody replies toReputation
Data nobody acts onSearch Console
Calls the page should answerContent
What the work covers
A local-search foundation built around the customer path.
The right scope depends on your site, locations and access. Work usually covers four areas.
01
Google Business Profile
Every location verified, accurate and consistent.
- Categories & services
- Hours & service areas
- Photos & duplicates
02
Service and location pages
Pages for the services and areas you really serve.
- Page architecture
- Headings & metadata
- Internal links
03
Technical SEO audit
Fix what stops priority pages being found.
- Crawl & index coverage
- Site speed
- Structured data
04
Reviews and citations
A review routine your team can keep, and matching listings.
- Review requests
- Reply ownership
- Name, address, phone
How the work runs
One priority.From decision to live.
Start with the gap costing you inquiries. Ship the fix. Let the data pick the next one.
Step 01
Audit
Check profiles, pages and data. Pick the first priority.
Step 02
Fix and build
Clean up profiles, pages and technical issues, in order.
Step 03
Put it live
Publish carefully and record exactly what changed.
Step 04
Review and repeat
Compare against the start. Choose the next priority.
Before we start
What we’ll need.How we’ll read progress.
The plan depends on your access and operating conditions, and progress is judged by what your data can actually show. Both are set out before any work begins.
Scope & access
The scope follows your real operating conditions.
Locations, service areas, competition and your current site shape the plan. This is what we’ll ask for:
- CMS or website access
- Search Console and GA4 access
- Google Business Profile ownership
- Accurate service and location details
- Timely review of content
How progress is read
Measured by what the evidence supports.
Each source shows part of the picture. We report what your data can actually support.
No promised ranking, traffic, lead result or fixed timeline. The work is reviewed as the picture becomes clearer.
Proof
From real client work.Not a mock-up.
Evidence-led · Self storage · 6 locations
Pacific Rim Storage
Six Vancouver Island locations: technical SEO, unified branch architecture, performance and quote-flow work.
+103% organic traffic · +203% quote conversions
From Insights
Local search & SEO FAQ
A fewuseful answers.
Can you guarantee a ranking or a Maps position?
No. Search results vary by location, competition, platform changes and the quality of the available site and profile information. We agree on the work and report the indicators the available data can support.
Can you support a business with multiple locations?
Yes. Pacific Rim Storage, one of our case studies, has six locations. The scope is based on the number of locations, service areas, differences between markets, site structure and access to the relevant profiles and data.
Do we need a Google Business Profile if we have a website?
Usually, yes, if customers visit you or you serve a local area. The profile is what shows on Google Maps and in local results, with your hours, directions, calls and reviews. The website explains your services in depth. They work best when their details match.
Do we need to rebuild our website?
Not necessarily. We first review the existing site, its technical condition and how services and locations are organized. That helps determine whether focused changes are practical or a larger rebuild is needed.
What access or information do you need?
Depending on the agreed work, we may need CMS access, Search Console or GA4 access, relevant business profile ownership, accurate service and location details, and timely review of content. We confirm the specific requirements before starting.
How long before we see changes?
Timing varies. Profile edits can appear once Google accepts them; page and technical changes take longer to be crawled and show up in results. We agree on review points at the start instead of promising a timeline.
How does AI search affect local SEO?
Google says there are no extra requirements to appear in its AI Overviews or AI Mode: the same fundamentals apply, such as accurate, helpful pages that can be found and indexed. Other AI tools don’t publish how they choose sources, so clear, consistent profiles, pages and listings are the sensible bet everywhere. We check how you appear in AI answers as part of each review.
Related services
Local search works best with the rest of the path
Get found · Related
Content and customer communications
For when pages need clearer answers to what customers actually ask.
Look credible
Websites and conversion
For when visitors arrive but don’t call or inquire.
Start here
Local visibility.A clearer next step.
Tell us your services, locations and what feels unclear. We’ll reply with a useful next step. Or write to idea@longsquarestudio.ca.