Free Local SEO Audit for Small Businesses
A free, one-off, plain-English check-up of how your website and Google listing are performing, with what is costing you enquiries listed in order of importance.
Many owners do not know why the phone is quiet. This gives a clear picture of where a business stands today compared with the businesses it competes with, and what to fix first, without having to understand the technical side. It uses only public information: your website, your Google profile, your reviews and your local competitors. No access to Google Search Console or Analytics is needed, and none is asked for. It is a way to find out whether working together makes sense, with no obligation.
This works the same way for businesses across the Thames Valley, including nearby in High Wycombe, Reading and Maidenhead, and everywhere in between.
Best for
Businesses that already have a website or Google listing and are not sure why the phone is quiet, and anyone comparing local SEO providers.
What's included
- Review of the website: pages, speed, how it looks on a phone, what Google can and cannot understand
- Review of the Google Business Profile: categories, services, photos, reviews and what is missing
- Comparison with two or three local competitors
- A short written report with the fixes in order of importance
- An offer of a short call to talk it through
This is a draft scope. Say what you need and it can be tailored to your business.
How I work
- 1You send me your website address and, if you have one, your Google profile link. Nothing else is needed to get started.
- 2I look at what anyone could see publicly: your site, your Google profile, your reviews, and two or three of your actual local competitors.
- 3I write up what I find in plain English, in order of what's actually costing you enquiries, not a generic checklist.
- 4You get the report and an offer of a short call to talk it through, with no obligation to go any further.
Problems I see most often
You don't know if your website or Google profile is actually the problem, or something else entirely.
This is precisely what the audit is for: a plain answer, based on what's actually there, rather than a guess.
You've been quoted for SEO work before and had no way to judge if it was worth it.
The audit gives you an independent, no-obligation starting point, so you can judge any quote, including mine, against what's actually needed.
You're worried a "free" audit is really a hard sell in disguise.
There's no sales script and no obligation attached. If working together doesn't make sense after the audit, that's a perfectly fine outcome.
A note on timing
There's no seasonal reason to wait for an audit: it costs nothing and takes nothing from you to arrange, so the only real cost of putting it off is however long the phone stays quieter than it should be.
Ready to talk about free local seo audit?
A short, no-pressure call is the fastest way to find out if this is the right fit for your business.
How this is done, honestly
- Only described as free because it is free with no strings attached, and with no hidden conditions.
- What it does not include is stated clearly: public information only, so it cannot see Google Search Console or Analytics.
- No promise of rankings, results or fixes in the report. Only what was found is described.
- There is no paid version. A deeper audit using the owner's own Search Console and Analytics data would be a different, separate service under a different name.
Free local SEO audit FAQs
What exactly do I get from the free local SEO audit?
A short, plain-English report looking at your website and your Google Business Profile using only information anyone could find publicly: how the site performs on a phone, what Google can read, how complete your profile is, and how you compare with two or three local competitors. It ends with the fixes listed in order of importance, and an offer of a short call, with no obligation to go further.
Is the free audit really free, with no catch?
Yes. It is free with no strings attached: no card details, no requirement to sign up to anything afterwards. The trade-off is what it can see: because it only uses public information, it cannot look inside your Google Search Console or Analytics account, so it will not catch everything a deeper, access-based audit would.
Do I have to give access to my Google account for the audit?
No. The audit is deliberately built to need nothing from you except a website address and, ideally, a link to your Google Business Profile. Nothing is asked for that would require you to hand over any login or permission.
What happens after I get the audit report?
You get the report and a short call is offered to talk through what it found, but there is no obligation to book any further work. Some of what a report finds, such as filling in a missing service on your Google profile, you can go and fix yourself; other parts, like a slow website, need more work to put right.
Is the free audit really a standing offer, or a limited-time thing?
This is confirmed as a standing part of how Simply Leads works, not a limited promotion. If that ever changes, it will be said plainly here.
How is the free audit different from paying an agency for a full audit?
A paid, access-based audit can see things this can't, such as your Google Search Console and Analytics data. The free audit is deliberately built to need none of that access, so it's a genuine no-obligation starting point rather than a scaled-down sales tool.
Ready to talk about getting found on Google?
Call me for a short chat, no pitch. If it makes sense to work together, we can take it from there.