Our Team

The Practitioners Behind The Data

Local SEO is a zero sum game. You either sit in the Local 3 Pack, or you lose the lead. At rankgmblisting.com, we strip away the theory. We document what actually forces a business into local visibility.

Our team spends every day inside Google Business Profiles. We audit NAP consistency. We track proximity signals. We build local citations. We read the data, test the tactics, and publish the results.

We built this site because the local search industry is flooded with outdated advice. Business owners read generic guides and wonder why their phone stays silent. We fix that disconnect. We show you exactly how to structure your local landing pages, optimize your Q&A sections, and manage your review velocity.

Svetlana Z, Off Page SEO Outreach Specialist

Svetlana Z directs our off page strategy and digital PR operations. She started in digital marketing and strategic communications back in 2018. Before diving into local search, she brokered international real estate. That background taught her how to negotiate high stakes placements and read between the lines of corporate communication. Now, she applies that exact rigor to securing authoritative backlink profiles for local businesses.

Svetlana spent nearly two years exclusively running digital PR and email outreach campaigns. She knows exactly what gets a pitch ignored and what earns a placement. She builds authentic relationships with local publishers, industry directories, and regional news outlets. Her approach relies on technical precision and raw persistence.

Three years of testing. Zero shortcuts. Real results.

At rankgmblisting.com, Svetlana breaks down the exact outreach frameworks she uses to push clients into the map pack. She analyzes the data. She adjusts the strategy. She shows you how to build the local authority Google demands. She understands that a local business needs more than just a website. It needs a verified, trusted footprint across the entire local web.

Connect with Svetlana on LinkedIn.

Our Core Research Team

We do not rely on a single perspective. Local search requires specialized focus across multiple disciplines. Our core contributors manage active client portfolios and bring specific operational expertise to our editorial process.

Tariq Mansour, Local Search Data Analyst

Tariq tracks algorithm shifts across 400 active Google Business Profiles to isolate exactly which proximity signals trigger map pack inclusion. He builds our internal testing environments and translates raw ranking data into actionable local SEO protocols.

Elena Rostova, GBP Optimization Manager

Elena handles the daily friction of suspended profiles, rejected edits, and category dilution. She audits local landing pages for NAP consistency and structures Q&A sections to capture high intent featured snippets.

Marcus Thorne, Reputation Management Strategist

Marcus engineers review generation systems for home service contractors and multiple location clinics. He maps out exactly how review velocity and sentiment analysis impact local rankings over a 90 day sprint.

Our Editorial Standards

We reject generic SEO advice. Every article published on rankgmblisting.com must pass a strict operational review. If a contributor claims a specific tactic improves local rankings, they must show the data. They must name the city, the industry vertical, and the exact timeframe.

We require our writers to manage active client campaigns. We do not publish freelance generalists. We publish practitioners. Before a guide goes live, we verify the methods against our own agency data. We check the citation building strategies. We test the GBP category recommendations. If Google updates its local search documentation, we update our guides to match current reality.

You will not find vague promises here.

We document the exact friction points local SEOs face. Suspended listings. Competitor spam. Proximity limits. We name the problems and outline the exact steps to fix them. We know the frustration of watching a legitimate business get outranked by a keyword stuffed spam listing. We write the guides that help you fight back and win.

Get In Touch

We talk to local business owners and agency partners every day. If you have a specific question about a recent GBP suspension or a sudden drop in map pack visibility, reach out. We want to hear about the actual roadblocks you hit.

Send your questions to our editorial desk. Svetlana or Elena reviews every submission. We respond within 48 hours.

If you operate a local SEO agency and have a documented case study you want to share, pitch us your methodology. We only accept pitches that include raw data, specific city verticals, and clear baseline and final ranking metrics. We do not accept guest posts that summarize basic SEO concepts. Bring us your hard earned insights.