Features / Rank tracking
Local rank tracking on a real map, not a single point.
Respondyr measures your Google Maps rank at 49 points across a 4 mile grid around your business, for up to 10 tracked search terms, and re-measures weekly on the Business plan. The result is a heatmap of where customers find you and where a competitor gets the call instead. If what we do is working, you watch the map change instead of taking our word for it.
How the sweep works
- A 7 by 7 grid, 49 measurement points, spanning 4 miles edge to edge around your location.
- Up to 10 tracked search terms per location: suggested from what you actually sell, and always yours to edit.
- Service-area businesses sweep their real service-area metros instead of a grid.
- Every plan gets a baseline snapshot at connect. Business re-measures weekly, so trends are real.
- A sweep reads the map. It never writes to your Business Profile.
Why 4 miles and not 10
Google's local ranking is dominated by proximity. Measure far enough out and every result says the same thing: someone closer won. A tight grid measures the fight you can actually win, and your money is not spent buying noise. Regional categories that genuinely draw from farther out can get a wider span on request.
What we will not promise
Rank is not ours to promise. Proximity dominates the local pack, a competitor opening or closing moves you without you doing a thing, and in a dense city you can fall off the map over a tenth of a mile. Anything we tell you about where you will rank is a claim about something neither of us controls.
Then why measure it at all. Because where you stand is worth knowing even when the cause sits outside your hands. The grid tells you when something changed and usually what: a quiet month reads as a competitor opening two blocks north, not as a mystery or as your own marketing failing. It also tells you where you were never visible in the first place, which is the part most owners have never seen.
What we do promise is the half you own. Your Business Profile complete and accurate against what you actually sell. Every suggestion traced back to something real on your website or in your reviews, and shown to you before it goes anywhere near Google. A ranking guarantee is not a product. It is a sales tactic.
The loop with everything else
Rank is the scoreboard for the rest of the product. Answer your reviews, grow review volume with Get Reviews, approve profile improvements, and then watch the grid to see whether it moved. Rank tracking is also where our measurement is heading next: we are extending visibility tracking beyond Google Maps to AI assistants, because in 2026 "where do you rank" includes what ChatGPT says. See AI visibility.
Common questions
Why measure a grid instead of just searching once?
Because your rank is not one number. Google's local results change block by block with the searcher's location. One search from your own parking lot tells you almost nothing; 49 points across town show you where you actually win and lose.
Why a 4 mile span?
Because Google's local ranking is proximity-dominated. Points much past 4 miles from the business mostly measure "someone closer wins," which is paying for noise. Wider spans are available on request for genuinely regional categories.
What about service-area businesses with no storefront?
Rank is measured across your actual service-area metros instead of a grid around an address you may not even publish. Your service areas are picked up automatically when you connect.
Do you guarantee my ranking will improve?
No, and nobody honestly can. Google's local results are dominated by how close the searcher is to you, and they move when a competitor opens, closes, or gets a run of reviews, none of which you control. It is still worth measuring: the grid tells you where you stand, and when it moves you usually learn what changed nearby rather than guessing. What you control is your profile, complete and accurate and matching what you actually sell. We work on that half and we measure the rest honestly, including the parts of the map where you never showed up.
Does rank tracking ever change my Business Profile?
Never. A sweep is a measurement, full stop. Profile changes only happen through the separate optimization suggestions, which you approve one by one.
Weekly rank tracking is on the Business plan; Basic gets a baseline snapshot. See plans or request a free trial.