Local SEO & listings
Local SEO software that keeps your Google listing right
Every week Esplanda checks your hours and listings on Google, Apple Maps, Bing, Yelp and Facebook, and flags holiday hours early.
Esplanda POS and your website are free to start, with no card needed. Add paid tools only when you want them. See how Esplanda works.
Illustrative example
The four factors
What decides local results, and what Esplanda works on
Four things decide who shows up when someone nearby searches. Esplanda works on the three you control every week and tracks the fourth. Your website matters, but for map results it comes a distant fifth, so a cheap website for small business tied to your Google Business Profile covers it.
Esplanda works on it
A complete profile, most specific category
The true primary category decides which searches you can show up for. A wine shop listed as “grocery store” is quietly left out.
Esplanda works on it
Reviews
How many, how recent, and whether you reply.
Esplanda works on it
Details that match everywhere
One name, address, phone and hours on every listing, settled with one decision when two sites disagree.
Esplanda tracks it
How close the searcher is
Google weighs distance on every nearby search. Esplanda tracks your rank from points around your store, so you see how far out you show up.
The same true category decides who you’re really up against. The free price check starts from it to work out which nearby businesses are genuinely your competitors, then shows what they charge.
The weekly work
The weekly work, and how often
Connect Google Business Profile, Search Console and your listings once. Esplanda runs a first audit, you settle one record of your name, address, phone and hours, and then this runs. Want to see where you stand first? Ask for a free local SEO audit.
| Work | How often | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Listings and citations: name, address, phone and hours | Checked every week; conflicts come to you | Google, Apple Maps, Bing, Yelp, Facebook and industry directories |
| Reviews: an alert when a reply is needed, and a reply drafted for your OK | Replies within a day; 1–2 star reviews escalate to a person | Your profile and listings. See review management software |
| Site fixes: titles, descriptions, structured data, broken pages, image text, sitemap | As soon as they're found | Your Esplanda store website |
| Rank tracking for the searches that bring customers in, checked from points around your store | Tracked over time, with Search Console clicks and searches | Google Search and Maps |
Replies to 1–2 star reviews always come to a person. Read why Esplanda is safe to trust.
Google Business Profile
Your Google Business Profile, kept current
Google Business Profile management is most of the recurring work in local SEO. The profile is seen far more often than your website, and it decays: Google adds and retires attributes, people suggest edits, photos go stale and hours drift.
Primary category
Decides which searches you can show up for at all.
Checked every month against the most specific category that's true.
Holiday hours
Tells customers whether to come today, on your busiest days.
Flagged ahead of every public holiday, for the special hours field.
Regular hours
A trust signal people check all the time.
Checked against Google, Apple Maps, Bing, Yelp and Facebook every week.
Attributes
Delivery, curbside, accessibility and payment types.
Checked as Google adds and retires them.
Products
Real items and prices on the profile.
Matched to your live catalog, at the price you charge.
Photos
The freshness signal fully in your control.
A flag when your newest photo gets old.
Posts
Current news; most expire in about a week.
Planned with the rest of your posts in our social media automation.
Questions
Public, and anyone can answer them.
Flagged the same day, so the answer comes from you.
You set how far it goes. Esplanda tells you what to change, prepares each change for your OK, or makes it and tells you afterwards.
Several stores? Each location's profile is looked after on its own, holiday hours included. No storefront? Service businesses use a service area instead of a walk-in address, and reviews and matching details matter even more.
The timeline
What to expect, and when
Profile fixes move first, reviews build next and search rankings follow. Calls, directions, clicks and rankings are reported along the way.
Days to weeks
Listing and profile fixes
A corrected category, matching details and holiday hours can move things quickly.
One to three months
Review flow
Steady new reviews with replies, and details that match everywhere.
Two to six months
Search rankings
The ordinary results under the map, where your website counts for more.
Local SEO also helps AI assistants describe you, and our AI visibility tool checks whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name you.
Choosing a tool
What to look for in local SEO tools
Many local SEO tools are built for agencies juggling client reports. For a store owner, six things decide whether the software keeps you found, week after week.
Your profile, field by field
Primary category, regular and holiday hours, attributes, products, photos, posts and questions on your Google Business Profile, each one checked.
Citations that match
Google, Apple Maps, Bing, Yelp, Facebook and industry directories, checked every week. Six accurate listings beat a hundred that disagree.
Rank tracking from around your store
Your rank checked from points around the store, with Search Console clicks and searches, so you see how far out you show up.
Reviews in the same place
Alerts, drafted replies and review requests next to your listings, through our review management software, so recency and replies keep up.
Every location on its own
Each store's profile and holiday hours handled separately, and all of them in one view with our multi-location business software.
The work done, not just reported
A weekly list, every fix prepared for your OK, or the fixes made for you if you allow it.
Software or agency
Local SEO software or an agency
Most of the value in local SEO is maintenance done every week for years. Esplanda does that maintenance every week, with no retainer.
What a retainer usually covers
A setup, then a monthly report
Often a strong start and a report of activity each month. Holiday hours tend to be left for you to remember, and a review inbox is usually a separate tool.
Many owners keep an agency for creative work and a large ad budget, and let Esplanda run the weekly work.
What runs every week here
The same checks, every week and before every holiday
Your profile, hours and listings are checked on Google, Apple Maps, Bing, Yelp and Facebook every week. Reviews land in the same place: an alert when a reply is needed, and a reply drafted for your approval.
Calls, directions, clicks and rankings are reported as they are. See how we measure results.
How far Esplanda goes for local search is your setting
Tell me
A weekly list of what's wrong and where.
Prepare it
Each fix is ready for your approval.
Do it
Esplanda makes the fixes and tells you afterwards.
Listings and Google Business Profile posts are part of the Marketing — Do It Yourself line, and review replies are part of Reviews & Reputation. No setup fee, no contract. See what each line costs on Esplanda pricing.
Questions
Local SEO questions owners ask
What is local SEO software?
Local SEO software keeps a business easy to find when people nearby search on Google and Maps: the Google Business Profile, hours, listings on other sites, reviews and local rankings. Esplanda audits your details every week, checks your profile and categories every month and flags holiday hours ahead of every holiday.
What matters most for showing up on Google Maps?
A complete Google Business Profile with the most specific accurate category; how close the searcher is, which Esplanda tracks from points around your store; reviews, meaning how many, how recent and whether you reply; and details that match everywhere. Your website matters, but for map results it comes a distant fifth.
How do I set holiday hours on my Google Business Profile?
Use the special hours field, not your regular hours, about two weeks ahead, and enter every holiday date, including the ones you're open. Match the same hours on Apple Maps, Yelp, Facebook and your website that day, then check the live profile on the morning itself. Esplanda runs this ahead of every public holiday, and can make the changes itself and tell you afterwards if that is how you set it up.
How long does local SEO take to work?
Profile and category fixes can move things in days to weeks. Review flow and matching details usually show within one to three months, and search rankings usually take two to six months. Esplanda reports calls, directions, clicks and rankings along the way, so you see each step.
Is local SEO the same as getting recommended by ChatGPT?
They are two different jobs, and Esplanda does both. Accurate profiles, matching details and real reviews help with both. Local SEO decides whether you show up when someone nearby searches Google or Maps. An assistant writes its own answer and names the businesses it can describe with confidence from many sources, so a top map spot and a mention are separate wins. Esplanda's AI visibility tool checks whether assistants name you and works on why not.
Should I hire a local SEO agency or use software?
Hire an agency only if it does the recurring work, not just a setup, because most of the value is maintenance done every week for years. Esplanda runs those weekly checks with no retainer, and prepares the fixes as well. Many owners keep an agency for creative work and campaigns.
How do I choose local SEO software for more than one location?
Pick software that keeps each location’s Google Business Profile, hours and holiday hours separate, checks every listing for every store each week, and reports rankings store by store. Esplanda does all three, priced per location.
How much does local SEO software cost with Esplanda?
Esplanda POS and your website are free to start, with no card needed, and you add paid tools only when you want them, with no setup fee, no contract and no per-user fees. Listings and Google Business Profile posts are part of the Marketing — Do It Yourself line, and review replies are part of Reviews & Reputation. Current prices for every line are on Esplanda pricing.
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Esplanda POS and your website are free to start, with no card needed. Add paid tools only when you want them.
