Why does Google Maps send your calls to the competition?
We check your Google listing and send you a short video plus a full report you can download (PDF): who’s above you, why, and the 1–2 changes most likely to move you up on Maps and in AI answers.
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- Quick wins you can do yourself
Where you show up for “lawn care”, from 25 points across your towns
- Top 3, gets calls
- Sample layout
Free Google Maps audit
Short video + full PDF report · in 24–48 hours
Why free? Some owners later want help with what we find. Most just fix it themselves.
Good at the job. Invisible where customers search.
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Top 3 next to your shop. Gone two miles out.
You search your own name from the shop and there you are. A customer in the next town types “lawn care” and gets three other companies. That’s where the calls go.
Reviews nobody answered.
A happy customer nobody thanked, an angry one left standing. A new customer reads both and decides in seconds, before they ever call you.
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Google doesn’t know half of what you do.
One category on your listing, while the businesses above you list every job they do. For the work you actually do but never told Google about, you simply don’t show up.
What a close look finds. And what a fix looks like.
Real Google listings we checked on October 28, 2026. Names blurred, everything else exactly as Google showed it.
Even though they weren’t able to assist me, they were kind enough to actually call me back, which seems to be a rarity now a days. The only reason for not giving 5 stars is because under “services offered”, it stated what I was looking for but turns out they don’t actually do them. Very misleading but an easy correction in the advertising.
Thank you for the kind words about our callback. We always want to respond to those who reach out, even when we can’t help. We’re sorry our listed services caused confusion, and we appreciate you pointing it out so we can review and correct our information. If you’d like to talk it through, please call us directly.
A real review nobody had answered, and the reply we wrote for it. Names changed.
- Review replies
- Before: 0 of 6 answered
- After: 6 of 6 answered
- Categories
- Before: Only 1Wood floor installation service
- After: Wood floor installation service+ Floor refinishing service+ Flooring contractor
- Description
- Before: Empty
- After: Family-owned hardwood floor refinishing, sanding and installation in Kenosha, Racine and Pleasant Prairie. Free in-home estimates.
- Google post
- Before: —
- After: A new post every week
Not a score out of 100. What to change, and how.
We look at your listing the way Google and your customers do, then send you a short screen video plus a full report you can download (PDF). The same fixes help you show up in AI answers too. Here is what’s in them.
- 01Where you show upYour main search, checked from points across the towns you serve. Where you’re in the map box, and where nobody sees you.
- 02Who’s above you, and whyThe businesses Google shows before you, side by side with yours: reviews, replies, categories, photos.
- 03DIY quick wins, step by stepThe changes you can make yourself this week, shown on screen. Most take minutes, not days.
- 04What to fix firstThe 1–2 changes most likely to move you up, in order. Yours to keep, no strings.
Who’s above you
| You · #3 | #1 | #2 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reviews | 9 | 270 | 133 |
| New reviews / month | 0.3 | 6 | 4 |
| Reviews answered | 0 % | 92 % | 61 % |
| Categories | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Photos | 4 | 180+ | 95 |
| Last Google post | never | 6 days | 3 weeks |
Your first steps
- Add 3 missing categoriesYou, 5 minutes · High impact
- Fix the services list (remove aeration)You, 5 minutes · High impact
- Reply to all 9 reviews, then ask every customer this monthYou, 30 minutes · High impact
From the same lawn care company in Virginia (Oct 28, 2026), name changed. Real: the #3 spot and the review counts. The other rows and steps show the layout your video and report follow for your business.
Three quick checks. No tools needed.
Open your Google listing and look at these three things. They’re the gaps we find most often.
- 1
Does your main category say exactly what you do?
Google matches searches to categories first. A five-star wood floor company we checked had a single category and no description, and sat at #6 on Maps, where the map box only shows three.
- 2
Is every review answered, the good and the bad?
A lawn care company we checked had 9 reviews against 133 and 270 above it, and the reviews we read there had no reply. To a new customer that reads like nobody’s home.
- 3
Are your services and towns filled in, and correct?
One listing showed a service the company doesn’t offer. A customer called for it, then took off a star for the “misleading” listing.
Your video and report go further: they check these against the businesses above you, and show you what to change first.
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Skeptical? Good. Straight answers.
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Checked by a person, not a bot
Get my free audit“Who records it?”
Daniel, the founder of StrideRank. He looks at your listing himself, records the video on his screen and puts your report together. Reply to the email and he answers, not a bot.
“Why is it free?”
Many owners want us to take it from there: we fix everything your audit finds and then keep watch every week. If you’d rather do it yourself, that’s fine. You keep the video and the report either way.
“Do you need my password or access to my listing?”
No. We only look at what your customers can see. Nothing on your listing changes.
“Can I do it myself?”
Yes, that’s what the video and the report are for. They show you the quick wins step by step, and most take minutes, not days. We can’t promise a ranking, nobody honest can.
“Will you try to sell me something?”
After your video and report we show you our plan once. Say no and that’s it. No calls, no newsletter.
“How long does it take?”
Usually 24 to 48 hours. The video and the PDF report go to the email you enter. Questions? Reply to that email and we answer.
In 48 hours you’ll know why they get the call.
Enter your website, confirm your business, done. We check it and send you a short video plus a full PDF report with what to fix first.
Get my free auditStrideRank is not affiliated with Google LLC. Google, Google Maps and Google Business Profile are trademarks of Google LLC. We don’t promise rankings, calls or revenue. The examples on this page are businesses we researched, not customers.