Spokane local-SEO audit · prepared for

Marcinda Kennels

Ranking #3 for "pet boarding kennel spokane" is a real position. Free Range Boarding and Play-N-Stay are sitting above you — and this report shows exactly why. The most direct gap: no H1 tag on the page. Search engines use that element to confirm what the page is about. Without it, your relevance signal on the primary query is weaker than it should be. Localization is thin too. The title mentions Spokane. The meta description and contact markup don't back it up — that's why the localization score sits at 40 out of 100. A 4.8 rating across 60 reviews is strong. That's not the problem. The report below maps the full picture: schema gaps, 9 of 11 images with no alt text, and the specific fixes ranked by their likely impact on closing the gap to #1.

1Where You Actually Rank in Spokane

1 cached query
Primary commercial query · May 30, 2026
Marcinda Kennels ranks #3 organic
for pet boarding kennel spokane

Top-3 organic on this query — strong. The local pack typically sits above organic in mobile results, so the next jump is appearing in the 3-pack.

What the Top 3 Do That Marcinda Kennels Doesn't

Organic top 3 · “pet boarding kennel spokane
#1
freerangeboarding.com
Free Range Boarding | Dog Boarding | Spokane, WA
score75/100
PSI mobile
50/100
Reviews
122
Rating
4.8/5
Schema
None
#2
playnstay.com
Play N Stay
score68/100
PSI mobile
52/100
Reviews
407
Rating
4.8/5
Schema
None
#3
marcindakennels.comYou
Marcinda Kennel Home - Pet Boarding | Spokane, WA ...
score72/100
PSI mobile
76/100
Reviews
60
Rating
4.8/5
Schema
Partial

Audited values come from our Spokane dataset of > 40 local sites. Where a competitor is a national directory (Yelp, Reddit, etc.) we mark it as such — the signal is that those showed up in your local SERP at all, which is its own diagnosis.

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2Your Spokane Signal

Local-anchor audit
Spokane localization signal
Partial signal — not enough
40/100

Title mentions Spokane, but supporting signals (meta description, contact info) are thin.

"Spokane" in page title
Title: "Marcinda Kennel Home - Pet Boarding | Spokane, WA | Marcinda Kennel"
"Spokane" in meta description
Meta: "https://marcindakennels.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/line_separator…"
Local cities / neighborhoods mentioned
No Spokane neighborhoods, Spokane Valley, or surrounding cities mentioned.
509 area code present
No 509 phone number in title/meta — moving it onsite gives Google a structured local cue.

3How the Audit Scores It

Composite — supporting signal
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 May 30, 2026.

4Diagnosis & Prescription

1 critical · 2 material · 1 polish
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Critical
No H1 tag on page
Every page should have exactly one H1.
Fix:
Material
LocalBusiness schema is incomplete
Address or phone is missing from the LocalBusiness schema — both are required for the local pack signal.
Fix:
Material
Most images missing alt text (9/11)
Image alt coverage is below 70%.
Fix:
Polish
Title tag is too long (67 chars)
Titles should be 30–65 characters to display fully in search results.
Fix:
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5Among the Spokane Sites We've Audited

3 above you

A separate lens from the SERP positioning above. This ranks pet-boarding by composite audit score, across the 8 sites we've measured in this vertical.

Among Spokane Pet Boardingwe've audited
Rank 4 of 8
#1
Paradise Pet Resort
paradisepetresort.pet
Does what you don't: Has a clear H1
82
/ 100
#2
Updawg Pet Hotel & Daycare
updawgpethotel.com
Does what you don't: Has a clear H1
79
/ 100
#3
Free Range Boarding
freerangeboarding.com
Does what you don't: Has complete NAP in schema
75
/ 100
#4
You
Marcinda Kennels
marcindakennels.com
Gap to #3: +3 points · Gap to #1: +10
72
/ 100

6Raw Signals

Supporting measurements
PageSpeed (mobile)
Performance76 /100
SEO92 /100
Accessibility84 /100
Best practices96 /100
Google Business Profile
Profile existsyes
Rating4.8 / 5
Reviews60
Hours publishedyes
Structured data
JSON-LD presentyes
LocalBusiness schemayes
NAP complete in schemano
On-page & discovery
Title tag67 chars
Meta description73 chars
H1 count0
Images / missing alt11 / 9
robots.txtyes
sitemap.xmlyes

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Audit prepared by spokaneseo.app — a project of August SEO LLC, Spokane, WA
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