What is Geo-grid rank tracking?

Checking a business's Google Maps ranking from many points on a map grid.

Because Maps rankings depend on the searcher's location, local SEO teams check positions on a grid (for example 7×7 points) around a business and map the results as a heatmap.

Related terms

• Google CID: A numeric customer ID for a Google Maps listing, usable in maps.google.com/?cid= links.
• Residential proxy: A proxy that routes requests through consumer internet connections.
• Datacenter proxy: A proxy running on cloud or hosting servers.