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Most "free SEO audits" aren't worth your time. Here's a different one.

Most free SEO audits online are either generated by a tool in 20 seconds, or they're a thin lead magnet hiding a sales pitch on page two. We've sat through plenty of both. They're not very useful.

So we built this one differently. When you fill out the form, a real person at Studio 36 West looks at your business, your competitors, and your current local search presence. We've been working with local service businesses, restaurants, fine jewelry retailers, and home services since 2011, so we know what's actually moving the needle in 2026 versus what's leftover advice from five years ago.

Then we write you a PDF. Eight to twelve pages, plain English, ordered by what we'd fix first. You can act on it yourself or you can hand it off. Either way, it's yours.

What We Actually Check

Not a 50-point checklist where 40 of the points don't matter. Just the things that actually move local rankings right now.

    • Google Business Profile health — completeness, category accuracy (the most common silent ranking-killer we find), attributes, hours, photos, and verification
    • Citation consistency — your name, address, and phone number across the top directories your customers actually use
    • Local rankings — your current position for up to 5 local keywords you care about, plus how your top 3 competitors rank for the same ones
    • Review profile — review count, velocity, response rate, and how you compare to competitors in your area
    • Service area pages — whether yours are doing anything for you, or if Google is treating them as duplicates
    • On-page local SEO — title tags, meta descriptions, location pages, internal linking, and local schema markup
    • A prioritized fix list — three things to fix this week, three for this month, three for this quarter
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What Lands In Your Inbox A PDF report, 8 to 12 pages, written in plain English

No 40-page document where the actual recommendations are buried on page 32. Just what's working, what isn't, and where to start.

You'll have it within one business day. If we need longer for some reason (busy week, complicated business, holiday weekend), we'll email you and say so. No black box, no waiting in line.

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Why a Human Audit The things that move local rankings aren't the things tools check.

Tools are useful. We use plenty of them. But a tool can't tell you that your Google Business Profile category is technically correct but losing you customers because there's a better one your competitors are using. A tool can't read your actual reviews and spot the patterns. A tool can't notice that your service area page for one city is a near-duplicate of three others, or that your top competitor just started running Google Posts weekly and is pulling ahead because of it.

Those are the things that actually move local rankings in 2026, and they take a real marketer about an hour to find. You'll see them in the report.

Who This Audit Is For

This is built for businesses that depend on showing up in local search.

  • If your customers find you by typing things like "plumber near me," "best jeweler in Chicago," or "wellness studio Macomb," and especially if you live or die by the Google map pack, this is for you.

    We work with local service businesses, plumbing and HVAC, fine jewelry retailers, restaurants, wellness studios, home services, and small retailers. If you're a national e-commerce brand without a physical service area, we have a different audit that fits you better. Just mention it in the form and we'll send you the right one.

Ready when you are

Fill out the form above, hit send, and you'll have a real audit in your inbox tomorrow. No phone tag, no sales call required, no spam follow-up sequence. Just a useful document you can act on this week.

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A few common questions We've compiled answers to common questions we encounter when people ask us about our free local SEO audit.

Q: What does the local SEO audit actually include?

A walkthrough of your Google Business Profile, your citations across the top directories, your review profile, your current local rankings for up to 5 keywords, and the on-page local SEO factors on your website. Then a short list of what we'd fix first. You'll see the full breakdown when the report arrives.

Q: How is this different from a Semrush or SEOptimer scan?

Those tools run a script against your site and generate a report in 20 seconds. They're useful for general SEO health, but they don't really understand local search the way a human does, and they don't know your specific market. The audit you get from us is about your business, not a templated PDF with your name swapped in.

Q: How long does it take to get the report?

One business day in most cases. If we need longer, we'll email you with a real timeline. We're not going to leave you wondering.

Q: Will you tell me what to fix, or do I have to hire you to fix it?

We'll tell you. Most of the things in the report are things you can do yourself with an afternoon and a little patience. If you'd rather hand it off, that's where we come in, but the audit stands on its own.

Q: Do I need to give you access to my Google Business Profile?

No. The audit runs on publicly visible information. If you decide to hire us afterward and we start fixing things, that's when we'd talk about access.

Q: What if I have more than one location?

The free audit covers one location, which is enough to show you what's working and what isn't across your local SEO setup. If you're running a multi-location business (a few storefronts, multiple service areas, a small franchise), let us know in the form and we'll pick the location that's most representative. If you want all of them audited, that's something we do as a paid engagement, and we can talk about it after you've seen the free one

Q: Is this really free? What's the catch?

It's really free. No card on file, no trial, no sales pitch buried in the PDF. The reason we do this is simple: about one in five businesses we audit ends up hiring us for something later. The other four get a useful document for free. Both outcomes work for us.

Q: What if I'm not actually a local business?

Email us anyway and let us know what you do. We have a different audit for e-commerce and national brands.

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