Spokane local-SEO audit · prepared for

Trimming and Removal

72
Score · 100 point composite
Behind the curve
Across PageSpeed Insights mobile + desktop, on-page hygiene, structured-data adoption, Google Business Profile completeness, and local-pack visibility. Measured July 11, 2026.

1Your Spokane Standing

#6 of 9
The Standing
Trimming and Removal ranks #6 of 9 Tree Service we track in Spokane.
Rank
Business
1
Sam's Tree & Landscape, LLC· leader
96284 rev4.9
2
Spokane competitor
9339 rev4.8
3
Spokane competitor
8327 rev5.0
4
Spokane competitor
83187 rev4.9
5
Spokane competitor
83139 rev4.9
6
You
72 rev
7
Spokane competitor
6841 rev4.9
8
Spokane competitor
64162 rev5.0

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Composite score blends on-page, reputation, and local-search signals. Full methodology at /data.

The Spokane Tree Service field
8 tracked · snapshot July 20, 2026
Median audit score
72field
72
Have LocalBusiness schema
25%field
you do
Median Google reviews
90field
Median mobile load
12.8sfield
4.9s

This is the field you're measured against — every Spokane Tree Service we track, captured and time-stamped. The gaps below are your position inside it.

2Where Customers Decide

Reviews · trust signal
The Signal Customers Actually Check
Your review footprint is invisible on the signal customers check first.

Reviews are the one ranking signal your customers read before they ever load your site. Google reads it too — review volume and rating feed the local pack directly.

Where You Sit on Spokane Tree Service Reviews
median 90
284
floor 18
Sam's Tree & Landscape, LLC
You
reviews
no rating on file
Category leader · Sam's Tree & Landscape, LLC
284reviews
the bar to clear
You need 90 more reviews just to reach the Spokane median for Tree Service. That's not the top — that's the middle. The local pack is sorted on signals like this one.
Move Me to #1
Live · against the real Spokane field

Drag your review count up. We re-rank you on reviews against the same Spokane field, live — every competitor stays fixed.

Your reviews
0
Review rank
#9of 9
0 nowleader Sam's Tree & Landscape, LLC · 284

You sit at #9 today. Drag the reviews up to see what the climb buys.

3Your Live Google Position

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The local pack · locked

You're not in Google's local 3-pack for Spokane Tree Service.

Organic #9, and invisible on the map where buyers look first. See who's holding the three spots — and how to take one.

#1hidden
#2hidden
#3hidden
#9Trimming and Removalnot in pack
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4What to Fix, in Order of What It Costs

2 costly · 0 material · 0 polish

Ranked by what each gap costs you, not by how a scanner flags it. The top of this list is where you're losing the call or the click today. Work down from there.

  1. You're invisible on the map.

    No Google Business Profile means you can't appear in the map results — where most local searches end. This is the single biggest miss.

    Fix: Claim or create a Google Business Profile at business.google.com. Verify by postcard or phone.

    Technical detail · for your developer

    No Google Business Profile found — Without a GBP, the business cannot appear in the local pack — the single biggest local-SEO miss. — Claim or create a Google Business Profile at business.google.com. Verify by postcard or phone.

  2. You don't show up where local buyers look first.

    The map's top results capture most local searches, and you're not in them. The fix is foundational: profile, schema, and on-page basics.

    Fix: Fix the foundational signals first: GBP completeness,
    Technical detail · for your developer

    Outside the top results (organic #9) — The site does not rank in the top 7 organic results for its primary local query. — Fix the foundational signals first: GBP completeness, LocalBusiness schema with NAP, on-page title + H1 with city.

Want Expert Help With These Issues?

These fixes are doable in-house — but if you'd rather hand them off, August SEO works with Spokane businesses on exactly this. No pitch, no pressure. Just say the word.

Top 3 Fixes Sprint · the next step

You don't have to close this gap alone.

You've seen exactly what's costing you. Hand us the top three and we ship the fixes, then prove the move with a re-run of this same audit.

  • We fix your three highest-leverage gaps — schema, Google Business Profile, and on-page
  • We re-run your audit and show you the score move
  • One Spokane business per vertical — we don't work with your competitors
10 business days · flat-rate, get a quote

One operator, one client per vertical. If we're already working with a competitor in your space, we'll tell you straight.

Free · one click

See who's beating you — and the exact fix for each gap.

The diagnosis above is free. The named competitors, your live Google position, and the specific fix for each finding unlock with a single Google sign-in. No card, no pitch, no spam — one human reads replies.

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Full Technical Detail

Authority · trajectory · load · raw signals
Organic authority · searches you're not getting
Authority & organic traffic
The leader in your vertical pulls about 612 searches a month.

That's roughly 12 inbound leadsa month from organic search alone. We haven't mapped Trimming and Removal's own authority yet, so we can't draw the gap — but the ceiling for this market is right there.

Mobile load · field metric
The Wait Before Anything Loads
On a phone, visitors wait 4.9 seconds for your page — slower than 1 Spokane competitor.

This is Largest Contentful Paint — the moment your main content actually appears on a phone. Google's bar for “good” is 2.5s. Past it, visitors leave before the page finishes, and Google ranks you lower for it.

Mobile load time across Spokane Tree Service
good 2.5s
median 12.8s
0s
A1 Tree Service - Pruning Trimming Removal
you 4.9s
You
4.9s
2.4s over the 2.5s bar
Fastest in Spokane · A1 Tree Service - Pruning Trimming Removal
3.4s
1.5s faster than you
1 of 7 Spokane Tree Service we measured load faster than you. On mobile, every second past the 2.5s bar costs visitors before they ever see your offer — and Google folds that wait straight into your ranking.
Layout shift (CLS)0.00
Spokane signal · local-anchor audit
Spokane localization signal
Localized — room to tighten
65/100

Your title names Spokane, but the meta description doesn't reinforce it.

"Spokane" in page title
Title: "Trimming and Removal | Aardvark Tree Service | Spokane, WA"
"Spokane" in meta description
Meta: "We specialize in tree services, tree removal, stump grinding, and pes…"
Raw signals · supporting measurements
PageSpeed (mobile)
Performance78 /100
SEO92 /100
Accessibility96 /100
Best practices96 /100
Core Web Vitals (mobile)
LCP (load)4.9 s
CLS (shift)0.00
INP (response)
Google Business Profile
Profile existsno
Rating
Reviews
Hours publishedno
Structured data
JSON-LD presentyes
LocalBusiness schemayes
NAP complete in schemayes
On-page & discovery
Title tag58 chars
Meta description147 chars
H1 count1
Images / missing alt6 / 0
robots.txtyes
sitemap.xmlyes
Audit prepared by spokaneseo.app — a project of August SEO LLC, Spokane, WA
Report cmrfs0li · 2026-07-11