# LOCAL_SEO_AUDIT_TEMPLATE.md

## Purpose

This template helps Meredith produce clear local SEO audits for service-area or location-based businesses.

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## Local SEO Audit

### 1) Objective
What business, service area, or local page set is being reviewed?

### 2) Scope
What was reviewed?

- website local pages
- service-area pages
- location pages
- Google Business Profile alignment
- on-page local signals
- internal linking
- local content opportunities

### 3) Key Findings
List the most important local SEO findings.

- Finding 1:
- Finding 2:
- Finding 3:

### 4) Local Relevance Review
Assess:
- service area clarity
- location clarity
- contact consistency
- local trust signals
- local content usefulness
- local page uniqueness

### 5) Priority Actions

#### High Priority
- action:
- why it matters:
- expected impact:

#### Medium Priority
- action:
- why it matters:
- expected impact:

#### Low Priority
- action:
- why it matters:
- expected impact:

### 6) Thin / Doorway Risk Check
- thin location pages:
- duplicate city pages:
- low-value local content:
- doorway risk concerns:

### 7) GBP Alignment Notes
If relevant:
- business info consistency:
- category/service alignment:
- service-area consistency:
- missing website alignment issues:

### 8) Recommended Next Step
What should Victor or the next execution owner do next?

### 9) Escalation Check
Does this require escalation because of:
- scope expansion
- dev work
- content work
- pricing
- risk
- governance