What are local SEO services?+
Local SEO services are the work that makes a business rank in the Google Map Pack, Google Maps and "near me" searches for its area: optimising the Google Business Profile, building and correcting citations, generating and responding to reviews, creating location pages with local schema, earning local links and tracking rankings on a geo-grid. At ACG each of those is a product you can order on its own or as part of a monthly programme.
How much do local SEO services cost?+
With us, a single location starts at $249 for the Google Business Profile audit and optimisation, $149 a month for ongoing management, $99–$299 for citation packs and $249 a month for review management. A full programme with content, links and technical work is $499, $999 or $1,999 a month through Managed SEO, with no setup fee. Industry-wide, agencies charge $300–$2,000+ per location per month; the difference is usually how much of the work is actually done versus reported.
How long does local SEO take to work?+
Most single-location businesses see Map Pack movement within 30–60 days of the profile and citation fixes going live, and top-3 positions on their core services inside their main radius within about 90 days. Competitive categories in big cities (personal injury law, dentistry in a metro) take longer because prominence, reviews and links, has to be built up over months.
What is the Google Map Pack and why does it matter?+
The Map Pack (or local pack) is the block of three businesses with a map that Google shows above the normal results for searches with local intent. Around 46% of Google searches have local intent, and the three businesses in the pack take the majority of clicks, calls and direction requests. Ranking there is the main objective of local SEO.
What are local citations and do they still matter?+
A citation is any mention of your business name, address and phone number on another website, directories, data aggregators, industry sites, maps. Consistent citations confirm to Google that the business is real and located where the profile says; inconsistent ones (old addresses, different phone numbers, duplicate listings) actively hold rankings back. They matter less as a raw count than they did ten years ago and more as a consistency and trust signal, which is why our packs include an audit and cleanup, not just submissions.
Do you build a page for every city we serve?+
Not thin ones. Dozens of near-identical "plumber in [city]" pages get ignored or penalised. We build one substantial page per location or genuine service area, with real local content, directions, reviews and schema, and let the profile's service area and citations cover the rest.
Can you do local SEO for a business without a storefront?+
Yes. Service-area businesses hide their address on the profile and declare the areas they serve; the rest of the work, categories, reviews, service-area pages, citations that match, is the same. We set this up correctly from the start, because a wrongly shown home address is the most common cause of suspended SAB profiles.
How does local SEO help with ChatGPT, AI Overviews and Perplexity?+
AI assistants build local recommendations from Google Maps data, reviews, directories, local publications and community threads. Local SEO makes those sources consistent and positive; our AI layer checks whether you're named for your top queries each month and adds brand mentions in local listicles and Reddit threads where you're missing.
Do you offer white-label local SEO for agencies?+
Yes. Every service on this page comes with a white-label report, and agencies managing several clients get per-location rates and a dedicated account manager through the Partner Program. Your clients never see ACG.
How do you report local rankings?+
On a geo-grid: a map of your area with your rank at each point for each keyword, refreshed monthly, alongside profile actions (calls, direction requests, website clicks), review velocity and rating, citation status and the AI visibility check. Average position is meaningless in local search, so we don't lead with it.
Can I choose the sites and directories?+
Citation lists are built per category and country and shared before submission; local links are chosen from our marketplace, where you can filter by country, niche and metrics or leave the selection to us.