Local Rank Tracking for Solar Installers

A solar installer covering a forty mile radius had only ever checked his ranking from his own postcode. He looked great there. Twenty miles out, in the towns where a third of his actual installs came from, he was nowhere to be found.

Checking rank from one point tells you almost nothing about how you’re doing across your real coverage area.

Tracking Across Your Actual Coverage

Solar installers typically cover a wider radius than a single-town trade. I track rankings on a heat map across the towns and areas you actually serve, not just the postcode your office happens to sit in, so you can see the real picture.

Tracking by Service Separately

Your ranking for “solar panel installation” and your ranking for “battery storage” can move in completely different directions. I track the terms relevant to each service you offer, so a strong month for panel installs doesn’t hide a quiet slide in battery storage enquiries.

Making Sense of the Movement

A number moving up or down means little without context. When something shifts, I explain what likely caused it, a review, a competitor’s change, a Google update, so you understand what’s happening rather than just watching a graph.

Comparing Against Real Competitors

Rank tracking is most useful next to competitor tracking. I watch the same terms for the businesses you’re actually up against in the map pack, so you can see not just where you stand, but who’s gaining and why.

Turning Tracking Into Decisions

The point of tracking isn’t the report itself, it’s knowing where to focus next. If battery storage searches are moving and panel installs are flat, that tells me exactly where the next push should go.

If you want to see exactly where you currently rank across your coverage area, I’ll send you a free Local Visibility Report.