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Case study · Cleaning

Local SEO for Cleaners: 148% More Calls From Local Searches

This cleaning company works through local teams that each cover their own area. Its locations were hard to find in Google, and one page tried to serve every town at once. We gave each area its own page, completed the Google Business Profile for every location and asked every happy customer for a review. Calls from local searches rose by 148%.

Area pages
Google Business Profiles
Reviews
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The results

What Changed for the Cleaning Company

148%

more calls from local searches

Calls from Google search and Maps, against the same months a year before.

1 page

for every area covered

Each town got a page of its own instead of a line on a long list.

100%

of locations with a complete Google profile

Categories, services, photos and hours filled in and kept current.

Calls are counted in each location's Google Business Profile insights and call tracking, and compared with the same months a year earlier.

The starting point

The Challenge: Many Areas, One Page

People looking for a cleaner search for their own town, often from their phone. The company's site answered every town with the same page, so Google had no page to show for any one of them.

Some locations had Google profiles that were half finished, and reviews arrived only when a customer thought to leave one. Smaller local firms with complete profiles were winning the calls.

What we did

How We Won More Local Calls

One area at a time, so every town had something Google could show.

A page for each area

Every town and district covered got its own page, written about the services and the place, never the same text with a name swapped.

Every Google profile completed

Each location's profile got precise categories, its services, real photos and correct hours, kept current through holidays.

Reviews as a routine

A short request went to every customer after a clean, and every review got a reply.

Details that match

We made each location's name, address and phone number agree across the directories Google checks.

In the work

What the Work Included

Local SEO for a business with many areas, kept simple for each one.

  1. Local search audit per location
  2. A page for each area covered
  3. Google Business Profile per location
  4. Services and categories set up
  5. A review request after every job
  6. Replies to every review
  7. Directory details corrected
  8. Call tracking and a live dashboard

The outcome

Found in Every Area It Serves

Calls from local searches rose by 148% against the same months a year before. Each area now has a page and a profile that Google can show to people searching nearby, and the reviews keep arriving because asking is part of every job.

For Guildford businesses

What Guildford Businesses Can Take From This

Trades, cleaners and other businesses that travel to customers around Guildford can use the same plan.

Give each real area its own page

Write about the place and the work you do there. A page per town only helps if each one says something true about it.

Keep every Google profile complete

A half-finished profile loses calls to a smaller firm with a full one. Categories, services, photos and hours all count.

Make reviews part of every job

Ask after every visit, not only the good ones, and reply to each review. Reviews keep coming when asking is routine.

Track calls, not just rankings

A call tracking number on each area page shows which places bring in work, so the effort goes where it pays.

Questions

Questions About Local SEO for Service Businesses

Should every area I cover have its own page?

Only the areas you really serve. Each page needs something useful to say about that place, or Google will treat the pages as copies.

Can one business have several Google profiles?

Only for real locations with staff, or a real service area. Google removes profiles that do not follow its rules, so we check each one first.

How do you count calls from local searches?

From each location's Google Business Profile insights and call tracking numbers on the website, compared with the same months a year before.

Do you work with service businesses around Guildford?

Yes. Cleaners, trades and other businesses that travel to customers across Guildford and Surrey use the same approach.

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