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Bay Area local search

Local SEO, AEO and GEO for Bay Area businesses

Search visibility. Buyers see you first.

I ran $54M+ in P&L across BCD Tofu House, Gen Korean Barbecue, Sake2Me Sushi, and Obaba Fresh, so I build local search the way an operator reads a P&L. Google Business Profile, citations, on-page, content, and AI-answer visibility. No annual contract.

Part of SEOD Growth
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How you get this

Search visibility is delivered inside SEOD Growth, scoped after a Business Growth Review because the right mix depends on the business. Launch search foundations are part of every SEOD Foundation build.

What this includes

Local SEO, AEO and GEO: the whole local search stack, one team.

Google, the map pack, and the AI answers, covered end to end. No piecemeal add-ons.

1

Google Business Profile

Categories, photos, posts, hours, and review responses. The single biggest lever for "near me" visibility, worked every week.

2

Local SEO foundation

Citations, NAP consistency across directories, and map-pack targeting for the searches that matter to the business.

3

On-page and technical

Titles, headings, schema, internal links, and site speed. The fixes that let Google read and rank the pages you already have.

4

Content that ranks

Service pages and city pages built to answer a real search and book a real customer, not to pad a word count.

5

AEO and GEO

Structured answers and entity signals so ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overview cite you, not just the ten blue links.

6

Weekly reporting

Keyword position, calls, and the single next fix that moves the needle. You see the curve, not a vanity dashboard.

Who this is for

Built for operators, not marketers.

  • Bay Area service businesses that live or die by "near me" searches
  • Owners burned by an agency that hid the work behind a monthly retainer
  • Restaurants, dental, med spa, home services, and nonprofits
  • Anyone who wants a published price, not a 45-minute discovery call
  • Operators who want AI-answer visibility, not just blue links
  • Businesses ready to grow month to month, no annual lock-in

How this is delivered now

Search visibility is a capability inside SEOD Growth, not a separate package ladder. The old maintenance tiers are retired.

What that means in practice: we review the business first, work out whether search is actually the constraint, and scope the search work as part of a Growth plan. Sometimes the honest answer is that the site cannot convert the traffic it already has, in which case SEOD Foundation comes first.

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Reviews

A few on search.

★★★★★

"Published prices, no annual contract, and they actually pick up the phone. After two agencies that hid everything, this was a relief."

Owner, In Sheer Elegance
★★★★★

"Eric reads our numbers like an operator. The content he built ranks and books shoots, it does not just sit there."

Founders, Highlights & Shadows Photography

Common questions.

How fast will I rank?

Local SEO compounds. Long-tail searches are usually where local rankings move first, because there is less competition for them. Primary "X near me" terms take longer and depend on how contested the market is. We report weekly so you see the curve.

Can I bring my own website?

Yes. The deeper content work runs on your existing site. If it is salvageable (decent bones, mobile-friendly), we optimize and extend it. If it needs a full rebuild, that becomes a SEOD Foundation project. We tell you which after the review.

What about backlinks?

We build local citation backlinks (directories, chamber of commerce, local news mentions when relevant). We do not do shady link-building. It does not work anymore and it risks your ranking.

Why no 100% money-back guarantee?

Because nobody can guarantee Google's algorithm. What we do instead is report against the agreed primary keyword every week, so you can see whether the work is moving it and decide accordingly. There is no annual lock-in.

Can I change the engagement later?

Yes. No annual lock-in. Move up or down with 30 days notice. We do ask for at least 60 days before judging the engagement, because the technical foundation is mostly built in that window.

Get started

Let's get you found.

Start with a no-cost Business Growth Review, or the free Website & Visibility Audit. No pressure. If SEO is not the right move, Eric will tell you.

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