Be found when people nearby search for what you do.
Steady work on the three things Google says it weighs, and nothing that puts your listing at risk.
- No ranking guarantees, because nobody can give one
- No fake suburb pages or paid reviews
- Results you can check in Google’s own free reports
- Hartigan Auto Care ★★★★★ 4.8 (341) · 1.2 km Open until 5:30 pm
- Westside Auto Repairs 4.6 (88) · 2.4 km
- Melton Tyre & Brake 4.4 (51) · 3.1 km
How Google picks who to show
Google publishes the three things it weighs for local results. Here is what we do about each.
What you get
Work on the things Google says it looks at, and nothing that puts your listing at risk.
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A page for each thing you do
Written the way your customers describe it.
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The same details everywhere
Name, address and phone matching on every listing.
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Details Google can read
Hours, phone and service area in the format Google asks for.
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A Google profile that fits your work
The right category and every service listed.
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A steady way to earn reviews
A direct link and a simple habit of asking.
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Your other listings claimed
Apple Maps and Bing, for people who never open Google.
Ten years of client work behind every site
- average rating from 51 client reviews
- 5.0
- job success, Top Rated Plus on Upwork
- 100%
- Google Play downloads of apps we built
- 1M+
- years building apps and websites
- 10+
Let’s talk about your business
Tell us what you do and what you’d like more of. We’ll come back with a clear plan and a price, and there’s no obligation.
- Book a free call A video call at a time that suits you.
- Call 0415890121 [hours you answer the phone]
- Email hello@intelligik.com.au Send photos or your current site if you have one.
Questions owners ask us
Can’t see yours? Ask us on a free call
There is no fixed answer, and anyone who gives you one is guessing. Google’s own guide says some changes take effect in a few hours and others take several months. A brand-new business can take up to a month just to appear in local results.
No, and nobody honestly can. Google’s advice to business owners is to beware of anyone who guarantees rankings or claims a special relationship with Google.
Distance is only one of three things Google weighs. A business that matches the search more closely, or has more reviews and more sites linking to it, can show above a nearer one.
Sometimes, but it is harder, because distance counts. Listing the areas you serve and writing honestly about work you’ve done there helps. Making a page for every suburb with the same text does not, and Google treats it as spam.
No. Dozens of near-identical suburb pages are something Google treats as spam, and they can drag a whole site down. One honest page per service, plus your service area, works better.
Ads are paid placement: you pay each time someone clicks, and they stop when you stop paying. Local SEO works on the unpaid results, which cannot be bought.
It is the first thing to get right, but not the only one. Google also looks at your website and at who links to you when it decides how well known you are.
Your Google profile reports how many people called, asked for directions or opened your website, and Google Search Console shows the searches that led to you. Both are free. In the end the test is simple: more calls and bookings from people who found you online.
Yes. Google says more reviews and positive ratings can help your local ranking. They must be real. Fake or paid reviews are against Google’s rules, and creating fake or misleading reviews is against Australian consumer law.