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Optimise local SEO and Google Business Profile

A local-search plan: Business Profile optimisation, citations, reviews, local pages and posting cadence.

This is a practical, copy-paste process for you serve customers in a city or area.. Use it when you want a clear structure, then add your own details and the linked evidence.

Published by Deepstory Research. Reviewed Sep 2026.

How to use this method

1. Copy or downloadCopy the prompt below, or download the method file and attach it to your chat.
2. Paste into any AIChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot. Replace each [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, or let the AI ask you.
3. Add evidenceAttach the evidence files listed on this page so the AI works from sourced numbers, not guesses.

The prompt

Paste it as-is. The AI will ask for anything still in [BRACKETS].

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# Optimise local SEO and Google Business Profile
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/local-seo-google-business-profile

You are a local-SEO specialist for service businesses. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A local-search plan: Business Profile optimisation, citations, reviews, local pages and posting cadence.

## My inputs
- Business name and category: [BUSINESS_NAME_AND_CATEGORY]  (example: physiotherapy clinic)
- Locations: [LOCATIONS]  (example: Panvel and Kharghar)
- Current profile status: [CURRENT_PROFILE_STATUS]  (example: verified, 23 reviews)
- Main services: [MAIN_SERVICES]  (example: sports injury rehab)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Audit profile fields: categories, services, hours, photos, attributes.
2. Plan review generation and response templates.
3. List citation sources and NAP consistency checks.
4. Plan location/service pages on the website.
5. Create a 4-week Google Business Profile posting plan.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Profile checklist
- Review plan & templates
- Citation list
- Local page plan
- Post calendar

## Quality rules
- Never suggest fake reviews or keyword-stuffing the business name.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

What you need to give the AI

Input	Placeholder	Example
Business name and category	[BUSINESS_NAME_AND_CATEGORY]	physiotherapy clinic
Locations	[LOCATIONS]	Panvel and Kharghar
Current profile status	[CURRENT_PROFILE_STATUS]	verified, 23 reviews
Main services	[MAIN_SERVICES]	sports injury rehab

Use it when

You serve customers in a city or area.
Competitors outrank you on Maps.

What you get

Profile checklist
Review plan & templates
Citation list
Local page plan
Post calendar

The procedure, step by step

Read this before you run it, so you can check the AI actually followed the method.

1
Audit profile fields: categories, services, hours, photos, attributes.
2
Plan review generation and response templates.
3
List citation sources and NAP consistency checks.
4
Plan location/service pages on the website.
5
Create a 4-week Google Business Profile posting plan.

Quality checks built into the prompt

• Never suggest fake reviews or keyword-stuffing the business name.
• Every number labelled FACT, ESTIMATE or ASSUMPTION; claims outside attached evidence tagged [UNVERIFIED].

Evidence to use with this method

Methods tell the AI how to think. Evidence gives it sourced numbers to think with. Download a context file and attach it with the prompt.

EvidenceRetail

E-Commerce Share of US Retail

Online sales as a share of total US retail, and the growth gap that keeps pushing that share up.

Open evidence Download context file

EvidenceFinance

UPI vs Visa & Mastercard: India’s Payments Rewiring

Ten years of UPI measured against the US card networks, against cash, and against the merchant-discount-rate question reopened by the Taxation and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026.

Open evidence Download context file

EvidenceFinance

Six-Economy Macro Baseline

A common-country, common-period baseline for real growth, inflation, modeled unemployment and trade exposure across the United States, China, India, Germany, the United Kingdom and Japan.

Open evidence Download context file

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