Own the Map Pack.
Three businesses get shown when San Antonio searches “near me.” Everyone else is behind the “More places” click. We get you into the three — with Google's own documented ranking factors, a six-week sprint, and a geo-grid report that proves the movement.
Alamo Heights Dental Co.
4.8(312)
Dentist · Broadway St · Open until 5 PM
Stone Oak Family Dentistry
4.7(204)
Dentist · Stone Oak Pkwy · Open until 6 PM
Somebody Else's Practice
4.5(98)
Dentist · 6.1 mi · Open until 4 PM
Follow 100 Google searches
Half of Google is local. Three spots win it.
Every number below is sourced — click through. We don't do invented stats.
Start with 100 searches
46 of every 100 Google searches have local intent — someone nearby, ready to buy.
Watch where they click
ads · organic links · people who keep scrolling
The Map Pack is the single biggest click target on a local results page — bigger than any ad slot or blue link.
Make the top three
Google shows three. Position four is page two of Maps — the businesses that make the pack take 126% more traffic than the ones just below it.
No secrets — Google published the factors
How Google picks the three. And how we win each one.
Google's own documentation says local rankings come from three things. Most agencies mystify this; we just execute it.
Relevance
Google: “How well your profile matches what someone searches for.”
Primary + secondary GBP categories, every service listed as a service, keyword-mapped business description, Q&A seeded with the questions customers actually ask, products and photos labeled the way people search.
Distance
Google: “How far you are from the searcher — the one factor you can't fake.”
You can't move your shop, but you can win the whole service area: neighborhood-level location pages, service-area settings done right, and geo-grid tracking so you know exactly which blocks you win and lose.
Prominence
Google: “How well-known Google thinks you are — reviews, citations, links, press.”
A review velocity engine (ask flow, QR cards, reply templates — never fake reviews), NAP-consistent citations across the directories that matter, and local press signals that make Google treat you as the known answer.
What you get
Five pillars, on the profile itself.
No “local SEO magic.” Hover a pillar and see exactly which part of your Google Business Profile it rebuilds — a written scope you can hold us to, the same way we productized the Visibility Engine™.
Your Practice
4.9 (317)
Dentist · San Antonio, TX
“Best cleaning I've had in years — and they answered my Saturday call.”
2 days ago · Owner replied
1200 Broadway St, San Antonio, TX 78215
Open · closes 7 PM
(210) 555-0143
From the website
Dental Implants in Alamo Heights — Your Practice
yourpractice.com › locations › alamo-heights
Geo-grid rank checkwk 6 · 41/49 pts top-3
Illustrative profile — hover a pillar to see what it rebuilds.
- Category strategy (primary + all secondaries)
- Every service listed + described
- Keyword-mapped description + attributes
- Photo/video refresh with labeled uploads
- Q&A seeded and answered
- Weekly Google Posts cadence
- Review ask flow (SMS + email + QR)
- Front-desk scripts + timing playbook
- Owner reply templates (every review answered)
- Negative-review triage process
- Review velocity dashboard
- Full citation audit (existing + missing + conflicting)
- Top-tier directory build-out
- Industry + local SA directories
- Duplicate listing suppression
- Data-aggregator submission
- Location page (or pages) with LocalBusiness schema
- Service-area pages for the neighborhoods you want
- Embedded map + driving directions block
- Internal links from your money pages
- Review schema where it's compliant
- Geo-grid rank tracking (your service area, point by point)
- Keyword set mapped to real customer searches
- Competitor spam audits + Google redressal reports
- Monthly written report with movement
- Baseline on day 1 — so results are provable
Tap a pillar for the full deliverable list — every item is in the written scope.
Ask an AI for a recommendation
The Map Pack now feeds the AI answers.
Watch the card. When someone asks ChatGPT or Gemini for “a good med spa near me,” the recommendation is built from the same public local data Google ranks with — your Business Profile, your reviews, your map presence. Gemini pulls straight from Google Maps.
So every pillar on this page does double duty: it moves your pin up the Map Pack today, and it's the exact data AI assistants recommend from tomorrow. Most local SEO shops haven't noticed. We've been AI-native since 2020 — it's why this sprint and the Visibility Engine™ share a tracking stack, and why your monthly report covers both scoreboards.
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Time-boxed, like everything we sell
Six weeks. Baseline to proof.
Week 1
Baseline + audit
· geo-grid snapshot: where you rank today
· full GBP + citation + review audit
· you see the starting line first
Weeks 2–3
Profile + citations
· GBP rebuilt end to end
· citation cleanup + duplicates suppressed
· location page shipped with schema
Weeks 4–5
Reviews + content
· review engine live: ask flow, scripts, QR
· Google Posts cadence starts
· service-area pages published
Week 6
Re-grid + report
· second geo-grid vs. baseline
· written report on movement
· the ongoing plan, if you want it
The report you actually get
Public pricing — most local SEO shops hide theirs
Two ways to buy. Both published.
Same numbers as our agency-wide pricing page— the Map Pack sprint is the “Local SEO sprint” à la carte item, productized.
The sprint · one-time
$0 one-time · 6 weeks
- All five pillars, executed once, end to end
- Geo-grid baseline + week-6 re-grid
- GBP rebuild + citations + review engine setup
- Location page(s) with schema
- Written report: what moved, what's next
Keep pushing · monthly
From $0/mo · Starter tier
- Ongoing review velocity + reply management
- Weekly Google Posts + photo cadence
- Monthly geo-grid + written report
- Content for the neighborhoods you want next
- Spam fighting + suspension protection
- AI citation checks on your local prompts
Honest caveat: nobody can guarantee a #1 map ranking — Google forbids it, and anyone promising one is selling you a violation of Google's own guidelines. What we guarantee is the scope above, a provable baseline, and a geo-grid report you can read yourself.
Real questions business owners ask
Map Pack FAQ
What is the Google Map Pack, exactly?
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The Map Pack (or Local Pack / 3-Pack) is the block of three business listings with a map that Google shows for local-intent searches — 'plumber near me,' 'best tacos in San Antonio.' It sits above the regular results, and on phones it's most of the first screen. Three businesses get shown; everyone else is behind a 'More places' click.
How do I get my business into the top 3?
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Google says rankings come from relevance, distance, and prominence. In practice: a completely built-out Google Business Profile, steady 5-star reviews with owner replies, consistent name/address/phone across the web, and a website that confirms your services and location. That's exactly the five-pillar system this page describes — no tricks, just the documented factors executed properly.
Why did my business disappear from the Map Pack?
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Usual suspects: a Google Business Profile suspension (often from address or name edits), a competitor's spam listings pushing you down, review velocity going quiet, or a Google algorithm update re-weighing prominence. Our geo-grid tracking catches drops the week they happen, and the audit tells you which of the four it was.
Can I just pay Google to be in the Map Pack?
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Not organically — the three organic spots can't be bought, and anyone promising a guaranteed #1 is violating Google's own guidelines. Google does sell ads that appear above or inside Maps results (Local Services Ads and promoted pins), and those can be worth running — but they're labeled 'Sponsored,' cost per lead, and vanish when you stop paying. We build the organic asset; ads are optional on top.
I'm a service-area business with no storefront. Can I still rank?
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Yes. Google supports service-area businesses (plumbers, roofers, cleaners) — you hide your address and define the areas you serve. The playbook shifts: service-area settings and neighborhood pages matter more, and the review engine does more of the lifting since there's no storefront prominence. We run this setup constantly for home-services clients.
How long until I see movement?
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The sprint is 6 weeks: baseline grid on day one, re-grid at week six. Profile and citation fixes often move mid-tail queries ('emergency plumber alamo heights') within weeks; competitive head terms in a dense market typically take 3–6 months of review velocity and content. We show you the geo-grid either way — real movement, not vibes.
How is this different from your SEO service?
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This is the local-maps slice, productized: your Google Business Profile, reviews, citations, and the pages that support them — measured on a map grid. Full SEO covers organic rankings, content, and technical work site-wide. They compound (the same prominence signals feed both), and plenty of clients run the Map Pack sprint first because it's the fastest revenue lever for a local business.
Does the Map Pack matter for AI search too?
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More than most agencies realize. When someone asks ChatGPT or Gemini for 'a good dentist near me,' the recommendations lean heavily on the same public local data — your Google Business Profile, reviews, and map presence. Gemini pulls directly from Google Maps. Win the Map Pack and you've built the exact entity signals AI assistants recommend from — that's why we track both.
Start here
Get your free Map Pack scan.
Tell us your business and we'll run a real geo-grid check on your map rankings — where you show up, where you don't, and what's blocking you. Written findings within one business day. No contracts, no pressure.
- A real geo-grid snapshot — not a generic 'audit' PDF
- Your GBP scored against Google's documented factors
- The three fixes we'd make first, in plain English
Free Map Pack scan
Where does your pin actually rank?
Fill this out and we'll run the geo-grid scan, then email written findings within one business day.