Listed.
One name, one address, one number — on Google, Bing, Apple, Royal Mail PAF and 25+ directories.
Local SEO · get found
Get found by the people already searching for you.
Four boring jobs, not a dark art: a Google Business Profile that says what you do, your name, address and number agreeing everywhere, a page for every service, and honest pages for the towns you actually work in. I did all four for V Signs.
What you get
Categorised.
The profile says what you do. V Signs went from one category to five.
Paged.
A page per thing you sell. V Signs: twenty-one service pages, each a search landing.
Local.
Honest area pages — only for towns you really work in, inside Google's rules. Never a fake address.
Reviewed.
Every review answered, in your voice, within the week.
Measured.
Baseline captured first; monthly reports after. Nothing on the page is invented.
02 / 04Profile · listings · pages · towns
The four jobs
The four jobs
In this order. The profile first — it's the fastest win.
- 01The profileone-off
What I do Categories, description, service areas, photos, posts, review replies.
What you do Give me access (safely — never your password).
- 02The listingsone-off
What I do Google → Bing Places → Apple Business Connect → Royal Mail PAF → the directories, all agreeing.
What you do Tell me every old number and address that ever existed.
- 03The pagesper page · in the packs
What I do A page for every service you sell, written for one business, each one a search landing.
What you do Send photos of real jobs.
- 04The townsper town
What I do An honest page for each town you actually work in, with real jobs from there.
What you do Tell me where the van really goes.
The Found add-on
The "Found" add-on prices are still with me to set — placeholders until then.
price TBCProfile + listings · setup
price TBCArea page · per town
price TBCKeyword & profile care · per month
How it works
Three steps. Then you're live.
01
Baseline
I capture what's true today — profile views, calls, search terms, the listings that disagree — so the after means something.
02
Fix
The four jobs, in that order. Profile first; it's the fastest win.
03
Report
Monthly: what ranked, what rang, what changed. Numbers from Google, not from me.
Proof
One I did all four for. Click it.
1 → 5Google categories on V Signs' profile
11honest area pages, Petersfield to London
21service pages, each a search landing
1name, address and number — everywhere
Questions
Straight answers.
Do I need a Google Business Profile if I have a website?
Yes. The website gets you chosen; the profile gets you seen. A good site can sit invisible until the profile is fixed.
Why does Google show my old phone number?
Google didn't invent it — it copied it from somewhere. Your old site, Yell, Facebook, or one of the company-data sites that publish your registered office from Companies House (often your accountant's). Google, Bing and Apple all read those. I find every copy and fix them in order, so it can't drift back.
Are town pages against Google's rules?
Fake ones are. A page per town is fine when it says something true about that town — real jobs, real drive time — and never claims an address you don't have. That's the only kind I build.
How long before it works?
The profile changes show in days. Listings take weeks to propagate. Pages and towns build over months. I show you the numbers as they land.
Can I do it myself?
The profile and the review replies, yes — and I'll tell you how. The listings and the pages are worth paying for.
What do you need from me?
Access to the profile (shared safely), every old number and address, and photos of real jobs.
