Overview
Local SEO Guide (LSG) is an SEO and AI search agency that describes itself as “multi-location, enterprise and AI search” with “one senior team since 2006”[7]. Its site lists Andrew Shotland as author of much of its published research and identifies itself as a Bay Area SEO company. Despite the name, its services extend beyond local: SEO and AI growth strategy, technical SEO consulting, content strategy, Google Business Profile suspension and verification help, digital PR, paid media including Local Services Ads and Apple Maps Ads, and website redesign support[7].
The agency displays logos including Adobe, Birdeye, CarGurus, The Cheesecake Factory, Fandango, Mavis Tire, Sam’s Club, Upwork and Yext, though the page does not label them as current clients[7]. Its client mix is skewed toward franchises, marketplaces and enterprise brands where local pages, store locators and listings interact with large-site technical SEO.
LSG is unusual among agencies in publishing an hourly rate: senior consulting costs US$350 an hour or US$1,500 for a five-hour block, with the client doing the implementation[8]. A citations service creates or updates listings on more than 100 directories for US$150 per location, paid once. Audits and ongoing programmes are quoted individually, depending on location count, competition, site size and turnaround[8].
Local SEO Guide features
- Hourly senior consulting
- Multi-location and franchise SEO
- Technical SEO for large sites
- GBP suspension and verification help
- Citations on 100+ directories
- Local Services Ads and Apple Maps Ads
Local SEO Guide pricing
Consulting US$350/hour or US$1,500 for five hours; local citations US$150 per location one-off; audits and ongoing programmes quoted.
Local SEO Guide strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Published hourly rate for advisory work
- Experience with enterprise and multi-location sites
- Combines local, technical and AI search work
- Low one-off citation fee per location
Limitations
- Ongoing programme prices not published
- Hourly consulting leaves implementation to the client
- Broader SEO focus may be more than a single-location business needs
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Local SEO Guide alternatives and competitors
Alternatives to Local SEO Guide: companies ranked in the same lists.
BrightLocal
Whitespark
Sterling Sky
Yext
Semrush
Moz Local
Synup- Localo
Boostability
Uberall
SOCi
Birdeye
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