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The Chicago skyline at blue hour seen across Lake Michigan, with the Hancock tower and the Gold Coast lit up along the lakefront

SEO company in Chicago, ranking businesses from Lincoln Park to Hyde Park

Chicago SEO agency. Page one of Google in 60 days.

If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. You see the first improvements in 20 days. Month to month, with our prices published.

30 minutes on Google Meet. For businesses doing $20k a month or more.

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Illustration: how a listing climbs into the Google Maps top three. Not a real search result.

4.8

on Google, from 199 reviews

4.6

on Trustpilot, from 55 reviews

Top 5%

SEO agencies in the world, by Mayple

17 yrs

ranking businesses in the US and Canada

As seen in and rated on

USA Today LA Weekly Clutch TopSEO UpCity
  • plumber chicago
  • movers chicago
  • injury lawyer chicago
  • furnace repair chicago
  • tuckpointing chicago
  • snow removal chicago
  • dentist lincoln park
  • hvac naperville
  • pest control chicago
  • immigration lawyer chicago

Why Chicago businesses lose the call

9.4 million people. Three states. Three spots on the map.

Metro Chicago is home to about 9.4 million people across Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, from Kenosha down to Gary and west to Aurora and Elgin. The typical household here earns $90,770 a year, about 10 percent more than the national figure, so a new customer is worth more here than in most of the country. When a cold snap bursts a pipe or the first snow buries the driveway, people pick up a phone and search, and Google answers with three businesses on the map and ten links below it. If you aren’t in those spots, the job goes to someone who is.

Source: US Census Bureau 2024 American Community Survey via Census Reporter

The top three take the calls.

Most people pick from the three businesses Google shows on the map. Fourth place still has a listing, but far fewer people ever see it.

Google Maps is local. Metro Chicago is three states.

Google favors businesses close to the searcher. Ranking in Lincoln Park doesn’t mean you show up in Logan Square, Bridgeport or Naperville.

Two dates, in writing.

First movement by day 20. Page one in 60 days, or we work free. And our prices are on the website.

Our guarantees

Page one in 60 days, or we work free.

Read both guarantees

Chicago search, month by month

Snow. Freeze. Moving day. Each with its own rush.

We pulled twelve months of Google search volume for Chicago. Snow removal searches swing from 10 a month to 1,000, a hundred times as many in the busiest month as in the quietest. Furnace repair runs from 70 to 720 and tuckpointing from 90 to 720. Injury lawyers see 1,900 to 8,100, movers 5,400 to 9,900 and landscaping 320 to 1,600. Whatever the season, the businesses already in the top three when demand spikes are the ones that take the work.

Snow removal

searches a month

10 to 1,000

Furnace repair

searches a month

70 to 720

Injury lawyer

searches a month

1,900 to 8,100

Movers

searches a month

5,400 to 9,900

Landscaping

searches a month

320 to 1,600

Tuckpointing

searches a month

90 to 720

Each chart is scaled to its own busiest month, shown in green. Source: Google Ads search volume for Chicago, Illinois, last twelve months, pulled October 2026.

Rank before the freeze.

Snow removal and furnace searches jump when the cold arrives, then fall away. Rankings take weeks to build, so snow crews, heating companies and plumbers need to hold the top three before the first freeze, not chase it. Our 60-day page-one guarantee gives you a date to plan around.

Lincoln Park and Naperville are their own markets.

Google Maps shows a different top three in Lincoln Park, Logan Square and Naperville from the one it shows in the Loop. People search from where they live, so we track the neighborhoods and towns your customers live in, not only the city name, and show you where you stand in each.

No bill for every click.

Ads charge you for every click, and the price climbs when everyone bids after the same cold snap or in the same moving season. A page-one ranking keeps bringing in leads without a per-click bill.

A plumber reaching up to repair a burst copper pipe in the brick basement of a Chicago two-flat, with water on the floor, a work light and snow outside the window

January 20, 2026 in Chicago

One cold snap. Pipes bursting across the city.

On January 20, 2026, with windchills in the single digits, a burst pipe forced air traffic controllers out of the main O’Hare tower a little after 1 a.m., and nearly 900 flights were delayed. In Auburn Gresham, water poured through an apartment building ceiling, and Pro Services Plumbing and Sewer said it was taking 10 percent more calls than average. Plumbers, heating companies and restoration crews all got the calls at once. Even in a normal year, plumber searches in Chicago run from 1,900 a month to 3,600, and furnace repair from 70 to 720. When the next freeze hits, people search, and they call the businesses Google shows first.

Source: CBS Chicago

Get in the top three before the next freeze

Our results

SEO results you can search. Across the US, and into Canada.

Just a few of the businesses we rank on Google, on Google Maps and in AI answers, from a moving company in Asheville to stores that sell across the country. Every card is a crop of the real screen, competitors and all. Look at the search, then look at who’s first.

How to read a card: the quoted words are the exact search a customer typed. “Before” is where the business ranked when we started, from our rank tracking. “Now” is the position in the screenshot.

Google search

Google’s normal results

The list of websites under the map. Many came from outside the top 100, where nobody sees them.

Swipe sideways for more →

Google result 1: Super Fabrications for fence builder hillsboro

Google search · Hillsboro

Super Fabrications

for “fence builder hillsboro”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Covers in Play for Swimming Pool Enclosure in Trenton

Google search · Trenton

Covers in Play

for “Swimming Pool Enclosure in Trenton”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Lux Skin & Lasers for Skin tightening treatment Margate City

Google search · Margate City

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Skin tightening treatment Margate City”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Hideout Boutique for Laser Tattoo Removal

Google search · Fort Myers

Hideout Boutique

for “Laser Tattoo Removal”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google results for UNC hat with The Game Caps third, above New Era and Amazon

Google search · Ecommerce

The Game Caps

for “UNC hat”

Before

Page 5

Now

#3

A small store above New Era and Amazon for the hat UNC fans wear. Read the case study.

Google result 1: Pathways Dental Clinic for Same Day Emergency Dentist in NE Calgary

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “Same Day Emergency Dentist in NE Calgary”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Everything Mortgages for Mortgage north york

Google search · Toronto

Everything Mortgages

for “Mortgage north york”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 3: Everything Mortgages for Newmarket mortgage broker

Google search · Ontario

Everything Mortgages

for “Newmarket mortgage broker”

Now

#3

Result number 3 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 1: Pathways Dental Clinic for sedation dentist in calgary

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “sedation dentist in calgary”

Before

#4

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 2: Pathways Dental Clinic for NE Calgary Dental Services

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “NE Calgary Dental Services”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#2

Result number 2 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 2: Pathways Dental Clinic for sedation dentists calgary

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “sedation dentists calgary”

Before

#5

Now

#2

Result number 2 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 4: Pathways Dental Clinic for restorative dentistry

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “restorative dentistry”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#4

Result number 4 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 7: Pathways Dental Clinic for Orthodontics in NE Calgary

Google search · Calgary

Pathways Dental Clinic

for “Orthodontics in NE Calgary”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#7

Result number 7 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 4: Everything Mortgages for Scarborough mortgage broker

Google search · Toronto

Everything Mortgages

for “Scarborough mortgage broker”

Now

#4

Result number 4 for the exact search, shown in the screenshot.

Google result 1: Noble Protection Dogs for Executive Protection Dogs Edmonton

Google search · Edmonton

Noble Protection Dogs

for “Executive Protection Dogs Edmonton”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Lux Skin & Lasers for Microneedling Margate City

Google search · Margate City

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Microneedling Margate City”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Lux Skin & Lasers for Medical weight loss Margate City

Google search · Margate City

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Medical weight loss Margate City”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Fuel tank on trailer

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Fuel tank on trailer”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Xizmo Media for Drone Cinematography for Commercials

Google search

Xizmo Media

for “Drone Cinematography for Commercials”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Covers in Play for Best Pool Enclosures

Google search

Covers in Play

for “Best Pool Enclosures”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: US Vacuums for vacuum cleaners for sale

Google search

US Vacuums

for “vacuum cleaners for sale”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Rosedale Wellness Centre for Pediatric Chiropractor

Google search

Rosedale Wellness Centre

for “Pediatric Chiropractor”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Aluma Sport 615

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Aluma Sport 615”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Xizmo Media for Bronx Drone Services

Google search · Bronx

Xizmo Media

for “Bronx Drone Services”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result, right under the map listings.

Google result 1: Covers in Play for Retractable Pool Dome

Google search

Covers in Play

for “Retractable Pool Dome”

Before

#28

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Portable Fuel Tank Trailer

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Portable Fuel Tank Trailer”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Xizmo Media for Aerial Video Production

Google search

Xizmo Media

for “Aerial Video Production”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Purple Flare Wraps for Las Vegas Car Wrap

Google search · Las Vegas

Purple Flare Wraps

for “Las Vegas Car Wrap”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Gas Trailer

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Gas Trailer”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Foxglove Farm for cavachon puppies for sale

Google search

Foxglove Farm

for “cavachon puppies for sale”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 1: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Gasoline Trailer

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Gasoline Trailer”

Now

#1

The first unpaid result for the exact search.

Google result 2: Lux Skin & Lasers for Semaglutide Treatment in King of Prussia

Google search · King of Prussia

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Semaglutide Treatment in King of Prussia”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Xizmo Media for Drone Video Production

Google search

Xizmo Media

for “Drone Video Production”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Covers in Play for Pool Enclosure Designs

Google search

Covers in Play

for “Pool Enclosure Designs”

Before

#100

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Lux Skin & Lasers for non-surgical facelift Prussia

Google search · King of Prussia

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “non-surgical facelift Prussia”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Covers in Play for Pool Enclosures Arizona

Google search · Arizona

Covers in Play

for “Pool Enclosures Arizona”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Lux Skin & Lasers for Lip fillers King of Prussia

Google search · King of Prussia

Lux Skin & Lasers

for “Lip fillers King of Prussia”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Coffee Warehouse for jura coffee maker

Google search

Coffee Warehouse

for “jura coffee maker”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Electric Fence Wire Winder

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Electric Fence Wire Winder”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Xizmo Media for Live Broadcast Drone Services

Google search

Xizmo Media

for “Live Broadcast Drone Services”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Pto Wire Winder

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Pto Wire Winder”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Xizmo Media for Drone Companies NYC

Google search · New York

Xizmo Media

for “Drone Companies NYC”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 3: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Small Aluminum Pontoon Boats

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Small Aluminum Pontoon Boats”

Now

#3

Number 3 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 4: Covers in Play for Retractable Pool Enclosure Attached to House

Google search

Covers in Play

for “Retractable Pool Enclosure Attached to House”

Before

#16

Now

#4

Number 4 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 4: Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s) for Mini Pontoon Boats for Sale

Google search

Pro-Tatch (Hotwood’s)

for “Mini Pontoon Boats for Sale”

Now

#4

Number 4 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 4: Xizmo Media for NYC Drone Services

Google search · New York

Xizmo Media

for “NYC Drone Services”

Now

#4

Number 4 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for solar panel installation moncton

Google search · Moncton

Sunly Energy

for “solar panel installation moncton”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for solar panels mississauga

Google search · Mississauga

Sunly Energy

for “solar panels mississauga”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for Solar panels moncton

Google search · Moncton

Sunly Energy

for “Solar panels moncton”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for Residential Solar Panel Installation

Google search

Sunly Energy

for “Residential Solar Panel Installation”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 2: Sunly Energy for Residential solar companies

Google search

Sunly Energy

for “Residential solar companies”

Now

#2

Number 2 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 8: Super Fabrications for alexandria fence builder

Google search · Alexandria, Virginia

Super Fabrications

for “alexandria fence builder”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#8

Number 8 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google result 9: Super Fabrications for fence company alexandria va

Google search · Alexandria, Virginia

Super Fabrications

for “fence company alexandria va”

Before

Not in top 100

Now

#9

Number 9 of the unpaid results, on page one.

Google Maps

The Map Pack and the Maps list

The box of three businesses with a map, and the full list people see when they tap it. HVAC, fencing, law, septic, furniture and more.

Swipe sideways for more →

Google Maps results for septic cleaning near me with BEELER at position 2

Google Maps

BEELER

for “septic cleaning near me”

Before

#12

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps rank grid for local movers around Asheville, NC, every point showing Asheville Area Movers first or second

Google Maps · Asheville, North Carolina

Asheville Area Movers

for “local movers”

Every point

1st or 2nd

Each green dot is one spot on the map where the search was run. On the August 2023 grid, every dot shows them first or second.

Google Maps results for cedar fencing company with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “cedar fencing company”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for vinyl fence installation Fulton with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “vinyl fence installation Fulton”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for car accident attorneys near me with Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo at position 1

Google Maps

Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo

for “car accident attorneys near me”

Before

#10

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for motorcycle accident attorney Dedham with Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo at position 1

Google Maps

Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo

for “motorcycle accident attorney Dedham”

Before

#10

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for personal injury lawyer Pikesville with Law Offices Alex Poberesky at position 2

Google Maps

Law Offices Alex Poberesky

for “personal injury lawyer Pikesville”

Before

#13

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for luxury watch buyers with Boise Diamond Ring & Coin at position 2

Google Maps

Boise Diamond Ring & Coin

for “luxury watch buyers”

Before

Not shown

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for AC repair with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 1

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “AC repair”

Before

#13

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for heating services with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 1

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “heating services”

Before

#11

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for black aluminum fence with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “black aluminum fence”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for cedar fence installation Fulton with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “cedar fence installation Fulton”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for aluminum fence installation Fulton with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “aluminum fence installation Fulton”

Before

Not shown

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for cedar fence installation with Mae Fence Company at position 1

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company

for “cedar fence installation”

Before

#4

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for car accidents lawyer with Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo at position 2

Google Maps

Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo

for “car accidents lawyer”

Before

#5

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for slip and fall lawyers near me with Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo at position 2

Google Maps

Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo

for “slip and fall lawyers near me”

Before

#9

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for HVAC repair with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 2

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “HVAC repair”

Before

#16

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for HVAC installation with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 2

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “HVAC installation”

Before

#14

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for mini split installation near me with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 2

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “mini split installation near me”

Before

#14

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for air conditioner maintenance near me with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 2

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “air conditioner maintenance near me”

Before

#11

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for air conditioning repair services with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 3

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “air conditioning repair services”

Before

#10

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for AC installation with Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating at position 3

Google Maps

Non-Stop Air Conditioning & Heating

for “AC installation”

Before

#14

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for aluminum fence installation Cleveland with Mae Fence Company (Cleveland) at position 2

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company (Cleveland)

for “aluminum fence installation Cleveland”

Before

#16

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for cedar fence installation Cleveland with Mae Fence Company (Cleveland) at position 3

Google Maps

Mae Fence Company (Cleveland)

for “cedar fence installation Cleveland”

Before

#15

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for luxury furniture stores with Candace & Basil at position 1

Google Maps

Candace & Basil

for “luxury furniture stores”

Before

#10

Now

#1

Top of the Maps list, below any ads.

Google Maps results for luxury dining tables with Candace & Basil at position 2

Google Maps

Candace & Basil

for “luxury dining tables”

Before

#12

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for best accident attorney pikesville with Law Offices Alex Poberesky at position 2

Google Maps · Pikesville, Maryland

Law Offices Alex Poberesky

for “best accident attorney pikesville”

Before

#10

Now

#2

Number 2 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for septic tank and drain field installation with BEELER at position 3

Google Maps

BEELER

for “septic tank and drain field installation”

Before

#10

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for septic system with BEELER at position 3

Google Maps

BEELER

for “septic system”

Before

#15

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for septic companies near me with BEELER at position 4

Google Maps

BEELER

for “septic companies near me”

Before

#14

Now

#4

Number 4 in the Maps list, competitors and all.

Google Maps results for accident law firm pikesville with Law Offices Alex Poberesky at position 3

Google Maps · Pikesville, Maryland

Law Offices Alex Poberesky

for “accident law firm pikesville”

Now

#3

Number 3 in the Maps list, below one ad.

AI answers

Named by Google’s AI Overview and ChatGPT

The written answers at the top of Google and in ChatGPT. They name a few businesses. These are ours.

Swipe sideways for more →

Google AI Mode answer for fence company chantilly with Super Fabrications as the first source

Google AI Mode

Super Fabrications

for “fence company chantilly”

Now

Cited

The first source listed beside the AI Mode answer.

Google AI Overview for Bridge Loans for NonProfits naming B Generous

Google AI Overview

B Generous

for “Bridge Loans for NonProfits”

Now

Cited

Linked as one of the sources beside Google’s written answer.

Google AI Overview for Separation Lawyers in Mabton naming Skyview Law

Google AI Overview · Mabton

Skyview Law

for “Separation Lawyers in Mabton”

Now

Named

Named in the first line of Google’s written answer, 16 miles away in Yakima.

ChatGPT answer recommending Modernistic for best carpet cleaning company in Michigan

ChatGPT

Modernistic

for “Best carpet cleaning company in Michigan”

ChatGPT’s answer opens with one “Recommended Company”: Modernistic.

ChatGPT answer listing Skyview Law first for divorce lawyer mabton wa

ChatGPT

Skyview Law

for “divorce lawyer mabton wa”

First of the three firms ChatGPT lists, with its phone number.

Google AI Overview for Mortgage Refinancing for Renovations Toronto citing Everything Mortgages

Google AI Overview · Toronto

Everything Mortgages

for “Mortgage Refinancing for Renovations Toronto”

Now

Cited

Linked as a source inside Google’s written answer.

Google AI Overview for Luxury Landscape Designers naming Angkorscape

Google AI Overview

Angkorscape

for “Luxury Landscape Designers”

Now

Cited

Named in Google’s written answer and linked as a source beside it.

Claude answer for divorce lawyers kennewick listing Skyview Law PLLC

Claude

Skyview Law

for “divorce lawyers kennewick”

Now

Listed

Listed by name, with rating and phone number, in Claude’s answer.

ChatGPT answer for family lawyers mabton listing Skyview Law first

ChatGPT

Skyview Law

for “family lawyers mabton”

Now

Listed

First firm in ChatGPT’s list, with its phone number.

ChatGPT answer for mabton family attorney listing Skyview Law first

ChatGPT

Skyview Law

for “mabton family attorney”

Now

Listed

First firm in ChatGPT’s list, with its phone number.

ChatGPT answer for kennewick family attorney listing Jarrod Hays of Skyview Law

ChatGPT

Skyview Law

for “kennewick family attorney”

Now

Listed

Named in ChatGPT’s list of five family law attorneys.

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How we measure

Your ranking, from Rogers Park to Hyde Park.

Google Maps doesn’t show everyone the same results. Someone searching in Lincoln Park sees a different top three from someone in Logan Square, Bridgeport or out in Naperville. So we don’t check your ranking from one spot. We run your searches from a grid of points across Chicago and every suburb you serve, and you get that map back every month: green where you’re in the top three, red where you aren’t yet. Then we go after the red.

  • A grid, not a guess

    Your real position from dozens of points across the region.

  • Fixes aimed at the gaps

    City pages, listings and links for the places you don’t win yet.

  • Check it yourself

    Every search we report, you can type into Google.

Illustration of a grid ranking check over Chicago. Each dot is one search location and the number is where the business shows on Google Maps from there.

How Google picks the top three

The Chicago map pack. Three things decide it.

Google says its local results are based mainly on relevance, distance and prominence. Here is what each one means for a Chicago business, and what we do about it.

Chicago

Ring one: inside the city

The LoopWest LoopRiver NorthStreetervilleGold CoastSouth LoopLincoln ParkLakeview

Ring two: around chicago

North

Evanston, Skokie, Waukegan

West

Oak Park, Naperville, Aurora

Northwest

Schaumburg, Arlington Heights, Elgin

Southwest

Joliet, Orland Park, Oak Lawn

The places this page covers around Chicago, grouped as in our list of areas below. Not to scale. Each group is its own market on Google, won with its own pages, listings and mentions.
01

Relevance

How well your listing and website match the search. A business whose profile and pages name each service it offers matches more searches than one that names only its trade.

02

Distance

How far your business is from the person searching, or from the town they name. You can’t move your address, so we win close to home first and then reach further out with town pages and local mentions.

03

Prominence

How well known your business is. Google builds this from many signals: links from other sites, your details on directories, your website, your reviews, and how people engage with your business. Reviews are one visible, countable part of it, not the whole picture.

The business closest to one customer is far from the next, so one listing rarely covers every place around Chicago on its own. That’s why we plan it place by place. Want the deeper version? Read how we expand your Maps radius, our guide to getting your Google Business Profile right, or how local SEO brings in the normal results and AI answers too.

How our Chicago SEO works

Day 1 to page one.

  1. Day 1

    Audit and the plan

    We search your services across Chicago and the suburbs around it, map who holds the top three and page one, and fix what’s broken on your Google Business Profile and website. We agree your qualifying keywords in writing.

  2. Day 20

    First movement

    Listings cleaned up, service and city pages live, reviews coming in. If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period.

  3. Day 60

    Page one

    If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are. Links and mentions from Chicago and Illinois websites are building behind the scenes.

  4. Day 61 and on

    Top three, then more

    We push for the top three on the map, add searches and cities, work to get you named in AI answers, and report every ranking each month so you can check it yourself.

What our Chicago SEO services include

Eight jobs. We do all of them.

Every plan, every month. Every job aims at one thing: your phone ringing from Google Maps, the normal Google results and AI answers, wherever Chicago searches.

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  1. 01

    Google Business Profile

    We pick the right categories, list every service, add real photos of your work and post regular updates, so Google has everything it needs to show you for the right Chicago searches. More on Google Business Profile optimization.

  2. 02

    Google reviews

    We set up an easy way for happy customers to leave a review and reply to every one. Reviews are one of the signals Google weighs, and they’re what people read before they pick up the phone. More on local SEO.

  3. 03

    Local listings

    Your name, address and phone number, matching on every directory Google checks, from US business directories to the big data providers that feed maps, apps and voice assistants. More on Maps radius expansion.

  4. 04

    Website fixes

    Faster pages, a site that works on every phone, and behind-the-scenes labels that tell Google what each page is about, so nothing on the technical side holds your rankings back. More on technical SEO.

  5. 05

    Service and city pages

    A real page for each service and each area you serve, from Rogers Park to Naperville, written for the people searching there. No city-name swaps. More on on-page SEO.

  6. 06

    Links and mentions

    Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for. We earn mentions from Chicago and Illinois news and community sites, associations, suppliers and partners. No spam, no link farms. More on link building.

  7. 07

    AI answers

    We work to get your business named when people ask Google’s AI or ChatGPT who to hire in Chicago. Included in every plan, never an add-on. More on AI SEO.

  8. 08

    Monthly reporting

    Every ranking, every month, with the searches listed and the ranking grid attached, so you can check any of it on Google yourself. More on SEO services.

Industries we rank in Chicago

Plumbers, lawyers, movers. The searches Chicago runs on.

Plumber: 1,900 to 3,600 searches a month

Plumbing, heating and cooling

HVAC runs 880 to 1,300 searches a month, furnace repair 70 to 720 and electricians 720 to 1,000. Non-Stop Air Conditioning and Heating holds all 8 of its tracked searches in the Google Maps top three.

How we plan it: plumbing SEO and HVAC SEO.

Injury lawyer: 1,900 to 8,100 a month

Law firms

Immigration lawyers see 1,000 to 2,400 searches a month and family lawyers 590 to 1,900. The Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo went from #10 to #1 on Google Maps in 20 days.

How we plan it: law firm SEO.

Movers: 5,400 to 9,900 a month

Moving and storage

Storage runs 2,400 to 5,400 searches a month. 24/7 Movers is #1 on Google Maps in Edmonton for three of its keywords.

How we plan it: moving company SEO and self-storage SEO.

Cosmetic dentist: 390 to 2,400 a month

Dentists and clinics

Med spas add 480 to 1,600 searches a month. Grand Oaks Orthodontics went from 203 ranking searches to 818 in 90 days.

How we plan it: dental SEO.

Roofer: 260 to 880 a month

Roofing, masonry and exteriors

Tuckpointing runs 90 to 720 searches a month, window replacement 320 to 480 and gutter cleaning 170 to 590. R.A. Woodall Roofing in Virginia is #1 for “roofing contractor Williamsburg VA” with its Maps listing on the same screen.

How we plan it: roofing SEO.

Landscaping: 320 to 1,600 a month

Landscaping, snow and trees

Snow removal runs 10 to 1,000 searches a month and tree removal 110 to 1,000. Angkorscape is #1 on Google for “luxury landscape design” and named in Google’s AI answers.

How we plan it: landscaping SEO.

Pest control: 880 to 1,900 a month

Pest control and restoration

Mold removal runs 170 to 590 searches a month and basement waterproofing 70 to 480. 360 Hazardous Cleanup went from an average of #50 on Google Maps to #2 in 20 days.

How we plan it: pest control SEO and construction SEO.

Don’t see yours?

We’ll search your service in Chicago, live, on the call.

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Search figures: Google Ads data for Chicago, Illinois over the last twelve months, pulled October 2026. Ranges run from the quietest month to the busiest.

Areas we serve around Chicago

From the Loop to Beverly. And every suburb off the Kennedy and the Eisenhower.

The Loop, River North and the West Loop are packed with law firms, clinics and agencies chasing the same few spots. Lincoln Park, Wicker Park and Logan Square run on walk-in trade and near-me searches. Rogers Park, Bridgeport, Jefferson Park and Beverly are full of families who need a plumber, a roofer or a dentist close to home, and Naperville, Schaumburg and Evanston are markets in their own right. Google shows different businesses in each one, so each one gets its own plan.

Inside Chicago

  • The Loop
  • West Loop
  • River North
  • Streeterville
  • Gold Coast
  • South Loop
  • Lincoln Park
  • Lakeview
  • Wicker Park
  • Bucktown
  • Logan Square
  • Lincoln Square
  • Andersonville
  • Rogers Park
  • Edgewater
  • Pilsen
  • Bridgeport
  • Hyde Park
  • Bronzeville
  • Jefferson Park
  • Beverly

Around Chicago

  • EvanstonNorth
  • SkokieNorth
  • Oak ParkWest
  • SchaumburgNorthwest
  • Arlington HeightsNorthwest
  • NapervilleWest
  • AuroraWest
  • ElginNorthwest
  • JolietSouthwest
  • Orland ParkSouthwest
  • Oak LawnSouthwest
  • WaukeganNorth

Our SEO guarantees

Your Chicago rankings, set before the first freeze. Day 20 and day 60, in writing.

Guarantee 01

20days

If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period.

What we measure: your traffic, what that traffic is worth, how much authority your site and its pages carry, and how many other sites link to you, against the day we start.

Guarantee 02

60days

If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.

What counts: at least one high-value search for your business on page one of Google.

No long-term contracts. Results keep you here. Paperwork doesn't.

Awkward Media vs a typical Chicago SEO company

Dates in writing. Not two to six months of maybe.

Awkward Media

The usual agency deal

First results

Visible improvement in 20 days, or $200 back on top of that period’s payment

“Early improvements” in two to three months

Page one

Page one in 60 days, or we work free.

No date in writing

Price

Google Maps from $1,497+ a month. Google rankings from $2,697+.

A starting price, with the real number decided later

Contract

Month to month

Often 6 to 12 months

Proof

Client names and rankings you can search yourself

Logos with no results, or none at all

Local pages

A page for each area you serve, Rogers Park to Hyde Park

One page with the city name swapped in

Rank tracking

A ranking grid across Chicago and the suburbs you serve, every month

One position, checked from one spot

AI answers

Included in every plan: Google’s AI answers and ChatGPT

An add-on, or missing

Who it’s for: Chicago businesses doing $20,000 a month or more, with the crew to take on more work.

Why we cap it: Very limited spots left for the month of October. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises.

Your next step

See who's ahead of you in Chicago.

A free 30-minute strategy call on Google Meet. We search your service in Chicago, live, and show you who holds page one and the top three spots on Google Maps, why, and what it takes to pass them.

Bring with you

Your websiteYour main serviceTowns you serveCompetitors you see
  1. 01

    We search your market live

    The way your customers do, in the towns you serve.

  2. 02

    We show who's above you, and why

    On Google, on Maps and in the AI answers.

  3. 03

    You leave with a road map

    Yours to keep. If we can help, we'll invite you to work with us.

For established businesses doing at least $20,000 a month.

FAQ

Chicago SEO, answered.

What Chicago business owners ask us before they hire an SEO company.

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01 How much does SEO cost in Chicago?

Google Maps starts at $1,497 a month. Google rankings start at $2,697 a month. Both go up for multiple locations, multiple websites and complexity. Every plan is month to month and includes AI SEO. Where you land depends on your service, how many neighborhoods and suburbs you want to win and how strong the businesses above you are. You get your exact number on the free strategy call.

02 How long does SEO take in Chicago?

You should see the first improvements within 20 days. If you don’t see visible improvement in your key metrics within the first 20 days, we refund $200 on top of returning your payment for that period. If your qualifying keywords aren’t on the first page of Google within 60 days, we keep working for free until they are.

03 Is SEO worth it for a small business in Chicago?

Yes, if you’re already doing $20,000 a month or more and want more of the same work. Ads charge you for every click, and the price climbs when everyone bids after the same cold snap or in the same moving season. A page-one ranking keeps bringing in leads without a bill for every click, and our guarantees put dates on it: visible improvement in 20 days, qualifying keywords on page one in 60.

04 What does a Chicago SEO company actually do?

Eight jobs, all done for you: we set up and run your Google Business Profile, grow your Google reviews, fix your local listings, fix your website so Google can read it, build a page for each service and area you serve, earn mentions on trusted websites, get you into AI answers, and show you every ranking each month so you can check it on Google yourself.

05 Can you rank a business across all of Chicagoland?

Yes. American Hurricane Shutters is #1 on Google Maps for “storm shutters near me” from a search point 52 miles from its address, farther than the drive from the Loop to Joliet. The Law Offices of Jason M. Ranallo went from #10 to #1 on Google Maps in 20 days, and Non-Stop Air Conditioning and Heating holds all 8 of its tracked searches in the top three. You can search every one of them yourself.

06 Do you work with businesses in the suburbs, like Naperville, Schaumburg or Evanston?

Yes. Google treats Naperville, Schaumburg, Evanston, Oak Park and Joliet as their own markets, so a business that serves them gets its own pages and search targets for each. We track the searches your customers actually type in each suburb and show you where you stand in every one.

07 How do I choose an SEO company in Chicago?

Ask every agency three things: what will move in 20 days, what will be on page one in 60, and what happens if it isn’t. Then ask for client names and rankings you can search yourself, and a price. We answer all of it in writing, and we’re rated 4.8 on Google from 199 reviews.

08 How do you optimize a Google Business Profile in Chicago?

We choose the categories that match what your customers search, list every service, add real photos and post regular updates, and keep new reviews coming in with a reply to each one. Reviews are one of the signals Google weighs. Then we make sure your name, address and phone number match on every directory Google checks, so it trusts your Chicago location.

09 My business is in Lincoln Park, the Loop or Logan Square. Can I rank across Chicago too?

Yes. Google Maps favors businesses close to the person searching, so you win your own neighborhood first. Then we build a page for each part of Chicago you serve, check your ranking from a grid of points across it, and point your listings and mentions at the areas where you aren’t in the top three yet.

10 My work is seasonal. When should I start SEO?

About two months before you need the calls. In Chicago, snow removal searches climb from 10 a month to 1,000, furnace repair from 70 to 720 and tuckpointing from 90 to 720. Injury lawyers see anywhere from 1,900 to 8,100, and plumbers 1,900 to 3,600. Rankings take weeks to build, so the businesses that start early are the ones in the top three when the rush arrives.

11 How do I reach you from Chicago?

Call our US line on +1 619 558 3888, 9am to 5pm Eastern, which is 8am to 4pm in Chicago, or book a free strategy call. Every strategy call runs on Google Meet, and we check your rankings from Chicago itself, neighborhood by neighborhood, so you see what your customers see.

12 Can I rank in Chicago and the suburbs at the same time?

Yes. Google shows different businesses in each, so each area gets its own pages and its own search targets, and a second location gets its own Google Business Profile. Town by town pages are how American Hurricane Shutters ranks #1 on Google Maps 52 miles from its own address.

13 Do you build backlinks for Chicago businesses?

Yes. Google ranks the businesses other websites vouch for, so we earn mentions and links from Chicago and Illinois news and community sites, chambers of commerce, business associations, suppliers and partners. No spam, no link farms and nothing that could get your website penalized.

14 Can you get my business into Google’s AI answers and ChatGPT?

AI SEO is included in every plan, and it works to get your business named when people ask Google’s AI or ChatGPT who to hire in Chicago. Super Fabrications in Reston, Virginia is named in Google’s AI Mode for fence gates and recommended by ChatGPT, and Google’s AI answers name Covers in Play for pool enclosures.

15 Am I locked into a long contract?

No. Every plan is month to month, and results keep you here, not paperwork. We work with established businesses already doing $20,000 a month or more. Very limited spots left for the month of October. We put a cap on clients we can take in to keep our promises.

Your trade, your city

SEO for your trade. In Chicago and beyond.

Every trade searches differently and every city has its own top three. Pick your industry to see how we’d plan it in Chicago, or see the other cities we rank businesses in.