SEO & local search · Widnes & the North West

Be the name that comes up.

Local SEO, done every month. We get your business found when people search your name, when they search for what you do, on the map and in AI answers. Reported from your own accounts, with no long lock-ins.

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The short version

Think Mad’s local SEO gets North West businesses found on Google, Google Maps and AI search tools. Each month we look after your Google Business Profile, fix technical problems, build useful pages and earn genuine local mentions and reviews. You get a plain-English report from your own Google accounts every month, and there’s no long lock-in.

Written by Luke Hilditch, director at Think Mad·Checked by a person·Updated

Why it matters

Every recommendation ends in a search.

There are two searches that decide whether you get the work. Local SEO looks after both.

1. After a recommendation

A mateUse Dave’s lot. They’re good.

Later that day

Searches: dave’s electrical widnes

Finds a complete profile, loads of good reviews and a website that backs it up.

2. When nobody’s asked

Searches: electrician near me

Three businesses on the map

You’re one of them, with the best reviews and a site that loads in a blink.

Illustrations, not real conversations.

The first search is about trust: does what they find match what they heard? The second is about being found at all. More and more, both now come with an AI-written answer at the top, which leans on the same signals.

What we do

The work behind being found.

We’ll start wherever it will make the biggest difference to your business, and tell you why.

1Your Google Business Profile

  • Set up properly. The right categories, services, areas, photos and opening hours.
  • Kept fresh. Regular updates and posts, so Google and customers can see you’re active.
  • More genuine reviews. A simple way to ask every customer, within Google’s rules, plus help replying.

2Your website

  • Technical fixes. Speed, mobile problems, broken links and indexing issues, sorted.
  • Pages worth finding. Service and area pages that answer what customers actually ask. Not copy-and-paste town pages.
  • Structured data. Behind-the-scenes labels that help Google and AI tools understand your business.

3Your name, everywhere

  • The same details everywhere. Name, address and phone number matching on every directory and listing.
  • Local mentions. Genuine links and mentions from local organisations, suppliers and partners.
  • AI search. Clear, consistent facts about you across the web, so AI answers can mention you.

4Every month

  • A plan. What we’ll work on next, agreed with you.
  • A report. From your own Search Console, Analytics and Business Profile, in plain English.
  • A person. Ring us any time and talk to whoever’s doing the work.

Straight talking

What we won’t do.

Some SEO gets quick results that vanish, or gets businesses penalised by Google. We don’t touch any of it.

  • Promise first place. Google decides rankings, and anyone who guarantees them is guessing.
  • Buy links or use link schemes. They risk a penalty and they don’t last.
  • Write fake reviews, or offer customers anything for one. It’s against Google’s rules, and it isn’t word of mouth.
  • Build hundreds of near-identical town pages. Google treats them as spam, and so do customers.
  • Hide the work. You’ll always know what we did, and why.

How it works

Month by month, written down.

Step 1Have a look

Your website, your Business Profile, your competitors and what people search for round here.

You: give us access to your Google accounts.

Step 2Make a plan

What we’ll fix first, which pages to build and how we’ll measure it. Written down.

You: tell us which work you want more of.

Step 3Do the work

Fixes, pages, profile updates and local mentions, every month, checked by a person.

You: send us photos and news when you have them.

Step 4Report back

A plain-English report from your own accounts, and a call whenever you want one.

You: read it over a brew. Ask anything.

What it costs

A monthly plan that fits your goals.

SEO is ongoing work, so it’s a monthly fee, agreed in writing before we start. No long lock-ins: if it isn’t working for you, you can stop.

What changes the price

How competitive your searches areHow many areas you coverThe state of your websiteHow much new content you need
1Written down, up frontYou get a quote in writing before any work starts, so you know the cost before we begin.
2No long lock-insMost of our work is month to month. If a job needs a contract, you’ll see the terms in writing first.
3No surprise extrasAnything new is agreed with you first, never on an invoice first.

FAQ

SEO questions, answered.

Can’t see yours? Call 0151 316 0110 and ask a real person.

How long does SEO take to work?

Some things, like a properly set-up Google Business Profile, can help within weeks. Ranking for busy searches usually takes months of steady work. Anyone promising overnight results isn’t being straight with you.

Can you guarantee first place on Google?

No, and nobody honest can. Google decides the rankings. We promise the work: what we’ll do each month, in writing, and reports from your own accounts so you can see what’s changing.

What’s the difference between local SEO and SEO?

Local SEO is about being found by people near you: the map results, “near me” searches and searches with your town in them. For most local businesses, that’s where the work comes from.

Can you get us into ChatGPT and Google’s AI answers?

Nobody can guarantee it. AI tools lean on the same things good local SEO builds: clear pages that answer real questions, structured data, consistent business details and genuine reviews and mentions. We build all of those.

Do we need a new website first?

Not always. If your site is slow, hard to use on a phone or impossible to update, fixing that first usually gets better results for the same effort. We’ll tell you honestly after a look.

Is there a contract?

Not usually. It’s normally month to month, and if one’s needed you’ll see the terms in writing first. If it isn’t working for you, you can stop.

Need enquiries sooner?Be heard first.

SEO builds over months. Google Ads can put you at the top of the search today, while it does.

Start a project

Fancy a brew and a natter?

Tell us about your business and what you need. One of the team will reply within one working day, and there’s no obligation.

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