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How to see where a business ranks across Google Maps

A local business can rank well next to its own door and disappear a few streets away. Bretzel SEO's GeoGrid shows visibility as a grid of points across the area, so you see where the business shows up and where it does not.

1 min readWritten from bretzel-seo.fr✓ Approved by the founder · 3 Nov 2026
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  1. Step by step
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Step by step

  1. Create a client project and fill in the site, the activity and the geographic area.Screen: New client project form
  2. Open the GeoGrid Google Maps module for that project.Screen: GeoGrid module
  3. Pick the grid precision your plan allows, from 5 × 5 up to 11 × 11 points.Screen: Grid precision setting
  4. Choose the local keyword you want to check, such as the main service and the city.Screen: Keyword selection
  5. Run the visibility reading and look at which points show the business high or low.Screen: GeoGrid results heatmap
  6. Compare with the Google Business Profile analysis to find what could lift the weak areas.Screen: Google Business Profile audit
  7. Repeat the reading later to see whether the changes moved the grid.Screen: GeoGrid history

Questions

Where does Bretzel SEO come from?

It is a local SEO audit SaaS made in Alsace, France.

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Does it replace an SEO agency?

No. It is meant to help an agency structure and present its expertise, not to replace it.

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Does it check page speed and Core Web Vitals?

Yes. A performance module covers Core Web Vitals and speed issues that affect user experience.

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Can I connect Search Console and Google Analytics?

Yes. Search Console and Google Analytics, including traffic from AI assistants, are listed among the plan features.

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Does it track local keyword rankings?

Yes. Local keyword tracking is one of the modules, and the number of tracked keywords grows with the plan.

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How are payments handled?

Through Stripe, whose infrastructure follows the PCI-DSS card security standard.

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