The LGO audit

The audit that tells you what to fix first

Most SEO audits are a 60-page export of every warning a tool can find. Ours scores what actually drives local rankings and AI recommendations, then ranks each fix by how much it moves the needle.

What you get

A 14-page report, a live dashboard, and a call

  • Overall Local Growth Score (0–10) and a one-line verdict
  • Six pillar scores with the evidence behind each one
  • Top findings: the three gaps costing you the most
  • ICE-prioritized fix list: every action scored by Impact × Confidence × Effort
  • AI visibility check: are you cited in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews?
  • Competitor benchmarks: your score next to three local competitors
  • Phased 90-day action plan: foundation, content build, amplify
  • Schema and content playbooks: ready-to-use JSON-LD and page briefs
  • Live client dashboard to track progress as fixes ship
  • 45-minute walkthrough call to go through the findings together

Audit at a glance

Price$750 one-time
Turnaround5 business days
FormatPDF report + online dashboard
Walkthrough call45 minutes
Credit toward a program100% within 30 days
How we score

Six pillars, weighted by ranking impact

Weights follow the Whitespark 2026 Local Search Ranking Factors, which added AI search visibility as its own category for the first time.

32% of score

Google Business Profile

Primary and secondary categories, services menu, photos, post cadence, Q&A, hours and holiday hours. It is the most heavily weighted group of Map Pack ranking factors, at 32% (Whitespark 2026).

20% of score

Reviews & Reputation

Review count, recency and velocity, star rating, owner response rate, sentiment, and whether ratings are marked up with schema.

16% of score

On-Page & Content

Dedicated service pages, title tags and meta, pricing content, answer-first writing, E-E-A-T signals, and non-commodity content.

12% of score

Citations & NAP

Name, address, and phone consistency across Google, Bing, Apple, Yelp, BBB, and the industry directories AI assistants actually cite.

8% of score

Behavioral Signals

Click-to-call, CTA placement, form friction, booking paths, and the engagement signals that tell Google people find you useful.

12% of score

AI Search Visibility

LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage, and Review schema; "best of" list mentions; and live checks of what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and AI Overviews say about you.

Built in

Also checked: the 20 trust signals

Signals that both AI systems and human buyers use to decide whether a business is real, established, and worth recommending.

Critical

Consistent NAP, verified Google profile, accurate hours, a crawlable site.

High impact

Review velocity and responses, service pages, pricing transparency.

AI trust

Structured data, answer-first content, author credentials, editorial standards.

Local signal

Service-area pages, local list mentions, community and earned media.

Not ready for the full audit?

Start with the free one-page snapshot: your overall score, all six pillar scores, and three quick wins.