Nine searches. Forty-nine points. The same scan, before and after.
This is the whole thing, with nothing taken out: every keyword, the raw map exports, what was actually done to the listing, and the two client case studies that do not have numbers yet.
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Someone else's marketing: all red. Just thirty days of Young SEO: green.
A detailing shop in Lenexa with 98 five-star reviews. The same work applies to a roofer, a mason or a painter. The map does not care what is on the truck.
Then Young SEO took over.
This is the map before Young SEO touched it. Green right at the shop's own front door. Amber for a couple blocks past that. Red everywhere else, out to the full 5 miles.
Thirty days of the right work. Same search, same 49 points, same 5-mile radius. The same scan before and after. Green is the #1 spot. The red on the east edge is next.
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What actually happens.
No ads. No bought reviews. No tricks that get a listing suspended. This is the boring, correct work that almost nobody does.
- 01Directory auditEvery site that lists the business gets checked. Wrong phone, old address, a second listing nobody remembers making. All of it gets fixed or killed.
- 02Point-by-point scanThe map gets scanned at 49 spots, 5 miles out, before anything is touched. Same scan after. No cherry-picking a good corner.
- 03Listings and local linksThe directories that matter get built out properly, and local sites that should point at the business start pointing at it.
- 04CategoriesThe listing's primary and secondary categories get set to the ones that actually rank in this market, not the ones that sounded right at sign-up.
- 05Every field filledDescription, services, hours, attributes, photos. A half-empty listing loses to a full one.
- 06Name, address, phoneMade identical everywhere. A "Ste" here and a "Suite" there is enough to split the trust.
From 55 to 97. Asked for, one job at a time. Never bought, never from friends.
- A masonry company
- A holiday lighting installer
- A detailing shop
Three local trades, three listings, one scan a month each. Yours is the fourth.
- 02 · Brick Doctor KCMasonry, Kansas CityBaseline scanned. Listing work under way. Numbers land in November.
- 03 · Peak Season LightingHoliday lighting, Kansas CityNew site, new listing, category set 8 Sep. Season report after the October scan.
| Search | Average spot | gain | Map owned | gain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| car detailing lenexa | 4.80 | +4.26 | 61.22% | +59.18 |
| mobile detailing near me | 5.37 | +6.52 | 51.02% | +48.98 |
| interior car detailing | 5.82 | +7.28 | 46.94% | +44.90 |
| mobile car detailing | 5.61 | +5.39 | 44.90% | +42.86 |
| mobile detailing | 5.89 | +4.43 | 42.86% | +40.82 |
| car detailing near me | 5.35 | +5.80 | 40.82% | +40.82 |
| auto detailing | 5.75 | +5.25 | 38.78% | +36.74 |
| car detailing | 4.68 | +6.88 | 34.69% | +32.65 |
| ceramic coating | 5.00 | +16.00 | 34.69% | +34.69 |
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