Google Maps rank tracker

Google Maps ranks a business differently depending on where the searcher is standing. A single "you rank #2" from the business's own address hides the fact that two miles north it doesn't appear at all. The only honest way to track Maps rankings is from many points at once.

Agency Pilot's Maps tracker runs the search from every point in a grid, records the full list of businesses at each one, and turns it into a heat map, an average rank, top-3 coverage and a ranked competitor list.

The Google Maps app and the Local Finder (the list you see after tapping "more places" under the 3-pack) use related but different rankings. A business can hold the pack on Maps and sit sixth in the Local Finder, or the other way round. Agency Pilot scans them separately and links scans run together, so you can compare them point by point.

Add an organic scan on the same grid and you have the full local picture: map, local list and blue links.

Every scan is stored, so re-running the same keyword on the same grid gives you a like-for-like comparison. The Ranking History report plots top-3 coverage and average rank across scans; schedule it monthly and the tracking runs itself.

Competitor alerts watch for the moves that matter: a competitor taking top-3 spots across the grid, a sudden jump, or your client's own rank or coverage dropping.