Google Business Profile & Local SEO
Your Google profile set up completely and kept current, done by the rules and without promises nobody can keep.
The basics
What local SEO means for a contractor
When someone searches "roofer near me" or "concrete contractor Colorado Springs", Google shows a map with a few businesses, then regular results. Getting into those results depends on three things Google names itself: how relevant your listing is to the search, how close you are, and how prominent (well known) your business is.
We can't change where you're located, and nobody can honestly promise a spot. What we can do is make your profile and website complete, accurate and clear, which is the part you control.
Services
What we do
Google Business Profile setup
Categories, services, service area, hours, photos and description filled out correctly. $200 one time per location.
Website pages that match
Service and area pages on your site that match what's on your profile.
Read more →Consistent business info
Your business name, phone and website the same everywhere. If customers do not come to you, your street address stays hidden on Google.
Honest review requests
A simple way to ask real customers for reviews. Never fake or paid reviews.
Google Posts and photo updates
Regular updates so your profile looks active.
A plain monthly report
What we did and what changed, in plain words.
Checklist
What a complete profile includes
- The right primary category for your trade, plus accurate extra categories
- Your services listed, with short plain descriptions
- Your service area (the towns you actually work in); service-area businesses can hide their street address
- Accurate hours, including when you take emergency calls if you do
- Real photos: your crew, trucks, and finished jobs
- A business description that says what you do and where, without keyword stuffing
- A link to your website and a working phone number
Full list: Google Business Profile checklist for contractors.
Process
How we set up your profile
Check what's there
We look at your current listing (or confirm you don't have one yet).
You verify ownership
Google verifies the owner directly. You do this step; we walk you through it.
We fill it out
Categories, services, area, hours, description and photos.
Keep it current
On a monthly plan, we post updates and keep information accurate.
Rules we follow
What we won't do
- Promise a ranking or a number of leads
- Stuff keywords into your business name (it breaks Google's rules and can get a profile suspended)
- Write fake reviews or pay for reviews
- Create fake addresses or listings
Price
Pricing
A Google Business Profile itself is free from Google. Our fees pay for our work setting it up and keeping it current; they are not paid to Google and do not buy any placement.
Google Profile setup: $200 one time per location. Monthly local SEO: from $300 a month. Growth plans with more pages: $500 to $750 a month.
Want to know where your Google profile stands?
Book a free call, or get a free check of your website and Google listing.
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Pricing
Obsidian Grid pricing: contractor websites $1,000 plus $100/month, Ava AI receptionist plans from $167/month, Google Profile setup $200, local SEO from $300/month.
Read more →Google Business Profile checklist for contractors
A step-by-step Google Business Profile checklist for contractors: categories, services, service area, hours, photos, description, reviews and the mistakes that get profiles suspended.
Read more →Free website check
Get a free check of your contractor website and Google listing: phone speed, call buttons, services, area and profile. A person reviews it and emails you.
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