What is multi-location SEO?

Multi-location SEO is local search optimisation for a business with several physical locations, such as a retail chain or franchise network. It makes sure each location appears in local results and Google Maps for searches made near it, while the brand’s information stays consistent across every location.

How do you manage hundreds of Google Business Profiles?

Centrally, with standard categories, hours, attributes and photos applied across the estate and local details added for each location. We monitor every profile for unwanted changes and keep holiday hours and special opening times up to date.

Do we need a page for every location?

In most cases, yes. A crawlable location page for each store gives search engines a page to rank for that area and gives customers the details they need. The page needs genuinely local content to rank, not just an address on a template.

How does this work for franchise businesses?

Head office keeps control of the brand, the website and the standards, while franchisees can supply local information, photos and offers through an agreed process. We report performance for each franchise location, so support goes where it is needed.

How do you measure multi-location SEO?

By the actions local search produces at each location: calls, direction requests, bookings, website visits and, where you can share it, footfall and sales data. Underneath, we track local map visibility for the searches that matter in each area.

Multi-Location SEO For Retail And Franchise Brands

When customers search for what you sell near them, every store, branch or franchise needs to appear. We run local SEO across every location for retail brands with high street footprints and franchise networks, measured in footfall, calls and bookings, with brand control at the centre.

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Gareth Hoyle

Managing Director

We’ve Helped Dozens Of Great Brands Grow Their Digital Presence Via Search Marketing

Every location found. Every location on brand.

“Near me” searches and Google Maps decide which store a customer visits. For a brand with tens or hundreds of locations, that means hundreds of Google Business Profiles, location pages and reviews to keep accurate, competitive and consistent.

We manage local search across your whole estate from one place, so head office keeps control of the brand while each location competes properly in its own area.

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Local Search Across Your Whole Estate. Managed From One Place.

Built Around Search. Measured on Revenue

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Local Results, Central Control

Opening hours, holiday times, categories, photos and offers kept accurate across every location, and every location page built from a template that is still useful to a local customer. Head office sets the standard; we make sure every location meets it.

Every location in the local map results
Google Business Profiles managed across the estate
Location pages that rank and drive visits
Reviews monitored and answered on brand
Footfall, calls and bookings reported by location
Franchisees supported without losing brand control

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Multi-Location SEO Measured In Footfall

What Multi-Location SEO Delivers For The Business

The aim is more customers through the door at every location, from searches made close to the moment of purchase.

More Footfall

Customers searching near a location find it, check it is open and visit.

More Calls And Bookings

Click-to-call, directions and booking actions from local results, tracked by location.

Every Location Competing

Weaker locations brought up to the standard of your best performers in local search.

A Consistent Brand

Accurate, on-brand information everywhere a customer looks, across every location.

Reputation Protected

Reviews answered quickly and consistently, so ratings support visits rather than putting customers off.

Performance By Location

Visibility, actions and visits reported by store, region and franchisee, so you can see where to act.

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Managing Director

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Jamie Evans

Head of E-commerce

“Marketing Signals is our kind of agency: they do what they say they are going to do. The team is responsive and has the ability to pivot onto different priorities throughout the yearly trading cycle. We are well on target to meet our own sales target on the back of their work every single time!”

Rob Hughes

Director, Global SEO

“I've worked with Marketing Signals on a few projects and always had great customer service, fast delivery and reliable quality. Definitely somebody who should be on your potential agency list for any future activity.”

Matthew Miller

Managing Director

“We have been working with Marketing Signals since 2015, after our previous agency had messed up. They helped reduce our average CPC and increase conversions, as well as helping us launch a separate site just for Drug Driving leads. We've never looked back and have referred them to many of our other business contacts.”

Sandra Carosi

Head of Marketing

“As a long-term client of Marketing Signals, I can confidently say their expertise in SEO and PPC is second to none. They deliver consistently good results from SEO and PPC and maintain excellent communication with us.”

David Weaver

Co-founder

“Gareth and the team immediately understood what we were looking for and the type of audience we wanted to attract. Through site changes, content improvements and lots of great PR pieces, we were able to significantly increase the number of leads we got from the organic channel.”

Katie Owen

Founder

“An excellent agency to work with and a perfect choice if you're looking to scale quickly.”

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