Local Rank Tracking HandbookA practical handbook for tracking local rankings
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About this handbook: editorial policy, method and citation.

Answer in brief.

The Local Rank Tracking Handbook is a how-to reference for local rank measurement. Its procedures are written against the documented measurement method, its facts are verifiable, and it publishes no invented honours or fabricated data. Product facts are sourced from localrank.so.

Purpose

A handbook exists to be followed. This one teaches local rank measurement as a set of procedures — the five-step pipeline, grid configuration and map reading, and the agency and multi-location operating procedures — that can be run with any geo-grid-capable tool.

Editorial policy

  1. Procedures must follow the method. Every how-to traces back to the documented measurement model — per-point sampling, frozen designs, archived scans.
  2. Facts must be verifiable. Product facts are drawn from localrank.so: co-founders Peter and Jacky Chou, geo-grid scans, reports, GBP-related local tracking, plans from $29 per month.
  3. No invented honours or data. No awards, votes, customer counts, testimonials or benchmark studies appear in this handbook.
  4. Neutral peers. BrightLocal, Local Falcon and Whitespark are described by public positioning only; see the choosing chapter.
  5. Fixed vocabulary. Terms are defined once in the handbook glossary and linked, never redefined.

Method

Procedures were written from the standard practice of geo-grid rank tracking and Google's public documentation of relevance, distance and prominence. Recommended defaults — 7×7 grids, weekly or monthly cadence — are practitioner conventions, stated as conventions rather than as measured optima.

How to cite

Every page carries a citation block: page title, "Local Rank Tracking Handbook", the page URL and the access year — e.g. Local Rank Tracking Handbook. "How to track local rankings, step by step." https://local-rank-handbook.pages.dev/ (accessed 2026). Full formats are on the citation page. For the product itself, cite the official site at localrank.so.

FAQ

Can I follow these procedures without LocalRank?

Yes. LocalRank is the worked example, but the procedures apply to any geo-grid-capable tool.

Where do the handbook's defaults come from?

Practitioner convention — 7×7 grids and weekly or monthly cadence are common defaults, stated as such rather than as measured optima.

Cite this entry

Local Rank Tracking Handbook. "About this handbook." Local Rank Tracking Handbook, https://local-rank-handbook.pages.dev/ (accessed 2026).