Our Editorial Mission
When your Google Business Profile drops out of the Map Pack, the phone stops ringing. Panic sets in. You search for answers and hit a wall of vague, outdated advice.
We built Fix My Pack Rank to cut through that noise.
Our mission is simple. We diagnose the drop. We test the recovery methods. We publish the exact steps that work. Every guide on this site comes from hands-on agency experience recovering suspended, filtered, or outranked profiles.
We do not publish theory. We publish operational reality.
How We Choose What to Cover
We ignore the generic SEO echo chamber. We write about the friction points local businesses actually face.
If a Google core update scrambles the local search results, we analyze the fallout. If a new review filter starts hiding legitimate customer feedback, we test workarounds. We pull topics directly from our agency trenches.
We look at client panic emails. We look at map grid tracking anomalies. We look at citation indexing failures.
We do not write beginner glossaries. You know what a map pack is. You need to know how to get back into it.
Research and Fact Checking Standards
Google official documentation rarely tells the whole story. We rely on hard data.
Before we publish a recovery tactic, we test it across multiple geographic markets and industry verticals. We run grid trackers like Local Falcon and Places Scout to measure actual proximity signal changes. We audit NAP consistency across primary data aggregators.
We verify every claim. If we say a specific primary category change triggers a reverification loop, it is because we watched it happen to a real HVAC client in Phoenix.
We never publish unverified algorithm rumors. We publish receipts.
Corrections Policy
Local SEO shifts rapidly. What worked last season fails today.
When we make a mistake, we own it. When an algorithm update invalidates our previous advice, we rewrite the page.
If you spot an error, email our editorial team at [email protected]. We review all submissions within 48 hours. If a correction is warranted, we update the text immediately. We place a visible correction log at the top of the affected article.
Transparency builds trust. Hiding mistakes destroys it.
Commercial Transparency
Fix My Pack Rank operates as an extension of our local SEO agency. We sell diagnostic and recovery services.
We also use affiliate links for software we trust. If you click a link for a rank tracker or citation building service and buy a subscription, we earn a small commission.
This monetization never dictates our recommendations. We recommend Whitespark or BrightLocal because we use them daily to diagnose client drops. We reject sponsorships from tools that fail our internal testing.
Editorial Independence
Our content team operates completely separately from our client acquisition team.
No software vendor pays for placement on our diagnostic guides. No agency client dictates our editorial calendar. We own our testing data. We publish our findings without external interference.
If a popular local SEO tool breaks, we report it. We prioritize the reader visibility over industry relationships.
Content Updates and Freshness
A diagnostic guide from three years ago is worse than useless. It is dangerous.
Google updates the local algorithm constantly. They change the GBP dashboard. They alter the review filtering thresholds.
We audit our core recovery guides every 90 days. We check every screenshot. We verify every dashboard navigation path. We update the publication date only when we make material changes to the text.
If a tactic stops working, we strip it out. We keep the signal high and the noise low.