Bleker School of Dance, Spokane Valley Dance Studio
Bleker School of Dance ranks ninth organically for "dance studio spokane." Three studios sit ahead of them — Dance Center of Spokane, 509 Collective, and Spokane Elite Dance. That's a real gap. The localization signal is solid. Title and meta both name the city, which scores 85/100. Google reads that clearly. What's missing is structured data. No LocalBusiness schema means Google can't confirm the basics — name, address, category — from the page code itself. That's one of the clearest mechanical reasons a local site stalls outside the top five. Ten reviews at a 5-star rating is a clean profile. Thin on volume, but nothing to correct. Six of nine images are missing alt text. Small fix, measurable signal. The report shows exactly which images and what to add. Scroll down for the full data — schema, on-page, and GBP — with the specific changes ranked by impact.
1Your Spokane Standing
#6 of 8That's the bottom third of the field. The sites above you aren't doing anything exotic — they're doing the basics, and you can see the score gap below.
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Composite score blends on-page, reputation, and local-search signals. Full methodology at /data.
This is the field you're measured against — every Spokane Dance Studios we track, captured and time-stamped. The gaps below are your position inside it.
2Where Customers Decide
Reviews · trust signalReviews 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.
Drag your review count up. We re-rank you on reviews against the same Spokane field, live — every competitor stays fixed.
You sit at #4 today. Drag the reviews up to see what the climb buys.
3Your Live Google Position
Sign in to unlockYou're not in Google's local 3-pack for Spokane Dance Studios.
Organic #9, and invisible on the map where buyers look first. See who's holding the three spots — and how to take one.
4What to Fix, in Order of What It Costs
2 costly · 1 material · 0 polishRanked 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.
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, LocalBusiness schema with NAP, on-page title + H1 with city.
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.
Google can't read your hours, services, or service area.
Without structured data, Google guesses what you do — and shows competitors it's more sure about.
Fix: Add a LocalBusiness or category-specific subtype (Restaurant,Technical detail · for your developer
No LocalBusiness schema — JSON-LD is present but no LocalBusiness (or subtype) entity is declared. Local pack ranking relies on this. — Add a LocalBusiness or category-specific subtype (Restaurant, Dentist, etc.) entity with full NAP.
Your photos are invisible to Google.
Without descriptions, your images can't show up in image search and screen readers skip them. That's reach you're not getting.
Fix: Audit content images and add descriptive alt textTechnical detail · for your developer
Most images missing alt text (3/9) — Image alt coverage is below 70%. — Audit content images and add descriptive alt text. Use empty alt='' only for decorative images.
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.
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
One operator, one client per vertical. If we're already working with a competitor in your space, we'll tell you straight.
See who's beating you — and the exact fix for each gap.
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›Full Technical Detail
Authority · trajectory · load · raw signals
At a typical 2% inquiry rate, that 624-search gap is about
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.
Strong Spokane signal — your title and meta both name the city to Google.