https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/Local search, Google Business Profiles and websites for trade businesses, explained without the sales pitch.en-GBhttps://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/google-map-pack-ranking-factors-claims-tested/https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/google-map-pack-ranking-factors-claims-tested/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTEveryone selling local SEO claims to know the google map pack ranking factors. I ran four studies and over 2,200 searches to test what trades get told.https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/google-maps-ranking-dropped/https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/google-maps-ranking-dropped/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTA Google Maps ranking dropped and the phone has gone quiet. Five checks find the usual causes, in order, for less than a pound and before you pay anybody.https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/local-seo-cost-trade-business/https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/local-seo-cost-trade-business/Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTThe honest local seo cost answer, from checking 504 UK agencies. Four in five will not publish a price, the rest start at a median £425 a month. Here is the sum.https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/ai-visibility-what-chatgpt-recommends-local-trades/https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/ai-visibility-what-chatgpt-recommends-local-trades/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAI visibility for a trade business is not what you would expect. I asked ChatGPT to recommend a tradesperson 80 times and counted every source it cited.https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/can-ai-read-your-trade-website/https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/can-ai-read-your-trade-website/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTChatGPT SEO starts with whether a machine can read you at all. I checked 474 UK trade websites Google already ranks. The blocker is not the one people fear.https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/how-far-does-google-maps-ranking-reach/https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/how-far-does-google-maps-ranking-reach/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTGoogle Maps SEO is not one ranking, it is a map. I ran 40 geogrids and 24,924 measurements across 10 UK towns to find out how far a ranking really travels.https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/how-much-does-seo-cost-uk-agency-study/https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/how-much-does-seo-cost-uk-agency-study/Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTEveryone answers how much does SEO cost in the UK with a guess. I checked 504 agency websites. Four in five will not say, and here is what the rest charge.https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/how-much-is-checkatrade-per-month/https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/how-much-is-checkatrade-per-month/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTAsking how much is Checkatrade per month gets no straight answer, because it depends on your trade and your area. Here is the sum that tells you if it pays.https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/why-is-my-business-not-showing-on-google-maps/https://murraydigital.co.uk/blog/why-is-my-business-not-showing-on-google-maps/Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTMost businesses not showing on Google Maps are hidden rather than beaten. Here is the test that tells you which one you are, and what actually fixes it.