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Local SEO that gets you found by customers nearby

When people look for a business nearby, Google shows them the map first. We make sure your profile, your business details and your reviews work for you there.

Illustration of Local SEO

In short

Local SEO is the work of making a business visible in searches with a local intent – in Google's map results, in Google Maps and in the regular search results.

Google ranks local results on three factors: relevance, distance and prominence. Nobody can change the distance.

Relevance and prominence you can influence: with a complete Google Business Profile, the same business details on every platform, genuine reviews and a website that clearly states what you offer and where.

  • A complete Google Business Profile that follows Google's guidelines
  • The same business details on your site, Google, Bing, Apple and in directories
  • Genuine reviews – never bought, never filtered
  • Measured in calls, direction requests and enquiries

What we do for your local visibility

Eight building blocks that together decide whether people in your region find you:

  • Google Business Profile: category, services, description, photos and service area – complete and in line with Google's guidelines
  • Bing Places and Apple Business Connect, so Bing, Copilot and Apple Maps show you with the same details
  • NAP consistency: name, address and phone number identical everywhere, checked against one master record
  • Swiss directories such as local.ch and search.ch: check listings, correct them, find duplicates
  • Reviews: a fixed routine for asking after every job, and a reply to every review – good or bad
  • Local content: service pages that clearly state what you offer and where; location pages only where each place has real content of its own
  • Structured data: your business details in machine-readable form on your website, matching the profile
  • Measurement: views, calls, direction requests and website clicks from the profile, plus rankings for your local search terms

What you get out of it

Not a profile that gets filled in once and forgotten, but:

  • A Google Business Profile that is complete and matches your website
  • A master record of your business details that every listing is checked against
  • A routine that produces reviews steadily rather than by chance
  • Numbers instead of gut feeling: the calls, direction requests and enquiries the profile brings
  • Nothing that puts your profile at risk: no bought reviews, no search terms stuffed into your business name

When local SEO pays off

And when it doesn't:

  • Your customers come from your region – a trade business, a practice, an accounting firm or a restaurant, for example
  • Your Google profile is incomplete or shows outdated opening hours, addresses or phone numbers
  • Your competitors appear on the map and you don't
  • You have moved or changed your number, and old listings are still online
  • You work at your customers' premises and still want to appear on the map without showing your home address
  • Not a fit: if you only sell online and your region doesn't matter – then SEO without a local angle does more for you

How local SEO works with us

What happens at each step, what you have afterwards and what you contribute.

The steps follow the stages of ALPENIQ ASCENT, our model for the whole digital ascent. See ALPENIQ ASCENT

  1. 1. Stage 1: Assess

    Review what's there

    We check your Google Business Profile, Bing, Apple and the main directories, along with your website and what you are found for today in local searches.

    Result
    A clear picture of where your profile, listings and website stand today
    Your part
    Access to your Google Business Profile
  2. 2. Stage 2: Strategise

    Set the master record

    Name, address, phone, category and services in one master record – the single source every listing is checked against from now on.

    Result
    A master record of your business details as the single source
    Your part
    Confirm name, address, phone and services
  3. 3. Stage 3: Create

    Clean up profiles and listings

    Complete the profile, align Bing and Apple, correct directory listings, report duplicates. We only change the category for a good reason, because Google may ask you to verify the profile again.

    Result
    Google, Bing, Apple and directories show the same details
    Your part
    Pass on verification codes when a platform asks for one
  4. 4. Stage 3: Create

    Website and reviews

    Local content and structured data on your website, plus templates and a routine for review requests and replies. The requests go out from your own inbox, never automatically.

    Result
    Local content on your website and a routine for reviews
    Your part
    Send review requests from your own inbox
  5. 5. Stage 5: Nurture

    Measure and follow up

    Every month: views, calls, direction requests, website clicks and rankings. Plus new photos, profile posts and replies to new reviews.

    Result
    A monthly comparison of calls, direction requests, website clicks and rankings
    Your part
    Send new photos of your business when you have them

Is this a fit?

Honest up front, so neither of us wastes time.

A good fit if …

  • Your customers come from your region
  • You want genuine reviews, not bought ones
  • You want to see what your Google profile brings in calls and enquiries

Not a fit if …

  • You want a guaranteed first place on Google Maps
  • You only want to ask happy customers for a review

What it costs

SEO: Fixed price in three packages

Semrush included. Minimum term 6 months, then cancellable monthly.

See pricing and models
  • LocalOne location
  • Standard1 SEO article per month
  • ProUp to 3 locations or languages

Growth Partnership: Online marketing without project fees. We earn from what is left after ad spend.

Common questions

Why ALPENIQ?

We run our own Google Business Profile by the same rules: a service area covering Switzerland instead of a public address, the business name without additions, and only real photos in the profile. Our business details live in one master record that we check our website, structured data and profiles against.

And we don't promise what nobody controls. What we commit to is a clean profile, the same details on every platform, a routine for genuine reviews and a monthly measurement that shows whether it works.

Your next steps

The strategy call is free. After that, it's your decision.

  1. 1. Strategy call, 30 minutes

    We listen, look at where you stand and which step moves you forward fastest right now. If what you need fits a package, the fixed price applies. Anything beyond it is listed separately in the quote.

  2. 2. Summary and quote

    You get in writing what we understood, plus a quote with every item listed. Whether you accept it is up to you.

  3. 3. Kick-off and delivery

    The kick-off turns everything from the call into the concept. Then we work through the process, step by step.

    See the process

You know there's more in your business.
Thinking higher starts with a conversation.

30 minutes, honest and concrete: we look at where your company stands digitally, and which step moves you forward fastest right now.

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