Outranking Tough Competitors: My One-Year Study of a Google Local Finder

Moz's local SEO subject matter expert, Miriam Ellis, conducted a one-year Google Local Finder study, tracking a local finder for a single query to see if anything brands or the public did could shift the top eatery out of its #1 spot. Here are the results.

Accounts Tweeting

@dr_pete

Marketing Scientist at Moz (https://t.co/8PWK2UCHqZ). Consistently halfway decent (shooting for five-eighths). Birds are real, but I don't like them.

128,929 Tweets
1,556 Following
74,983 Followers

@morgatari

Technical #SEO Manager

11,264 Tweets
941 Following
1,873 Followers

@KalaMana

An unknown underground Marketer, a Serial Entrepreneur / CEO of a couple of Companies & Advisor. Love Driving my Porsche, good Cognac + a good Cigar

56,886 Tweets
29,941 Following
27,117 Followers

@Moz

The most trusted authority in online search with a powerful #SEO toolset proven to improve your brand's position. Whether big or small, we have the solution.

77,310 Tweets
3,450 Following
568,863 Followers

@mblumenthal

All local, all the time. What else is there?

28,367 Tweets
271 Following
17,266 Followers

@SEO

SEO, SEM, Content Marketing, and Conversational AI Expert. I share guides, case studies, and AI-generated kittens.

16,281 Tweets
395 Following
118,362 Followers

@christykunjumon

Digital & Data Marketing @Ooredoo | Ex @Artefact_Global | Ex @travelwingsuae | Ex @TechWyse #PerformanceMarketing @DataAnalytics

7,524 Tweets
1,720 Following
1,450 Followers

@staceycav

Mum of 3 sons. SEO & content marketing @macnaughtseo. Non exec @shopblocks. Conference speaker. U8 football coach. Hiker. Sunset chaser. Often on mountains.

30,571 Tweets
1,120 Following
11,279 Followers

@Builtvisible

SEO, content, digital PR, data. Builtvisible is a proudly independent, unashamedly specialist organic digital marketing agency.

8,867 Tweets
811 Following
12,095 Followers

@DigitalKeith

#Marketing #SEO & #PunkMusic. #USAF #OEF Veteran 🇺🇸Tweets are my own. Small “L” libertarian-ish aka Political Nihilist. #B2B #SaaS #GenX guy. RT≠endorsement

89,170 Tweets
14,886 Following
15,415 Followers

@compute_cumbria

Self Employed Digital Marketing Consultant. SEO, Web Design and all things Geeky.

18,520 Tweets
1,600 Following
1,761 Followers

@clairecarlile

Local Search Expert @BrightLocal 🍌 Pembrokeshire living Chartered Marketer 💥 Welsh cake eating tweeter of local SEO stuff 🧐 Faculty @localuniv 💫 she/her

29,125 Tweets
1,502 Following
8,538 Followers

@carlopiran

SEO / Blog Editor / E-Commerce at Fuerte Group Hotels

11,473 Tweets
818 Following
1,034 Followers

@DigitalMktr

Digital Marketing is Complicated. We Make it Easy. Stop Googling your way through marketing... ▪️▪️▪️ Out-market the competition in just 7 minutes👇

36,418 Tweets
3,358 Following
47,865 Followers

@farkyrafiq

Search & Performance Marketing

1,727 Tweets
1,759 Following
3,261 Followers

@GradeUs

A white label review management solution to help your agency generate, monitor, and market online reviews for your clients. #LocalSEO #LocalSearch ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

12,437 Tweets
2,012 Following
2,494 Followers

@JoyanneHawkins

Google My Business Product Expert. Speaker at Mozcon & Pubcon. Owner of @SterlingSkyInc, @localsearchlink, and @localuniv. Mom of 3. Christian.

13,328 Tweets
459 Following
17,962 Followers

@mazepresscom

Hi, I'm David & I love🍕. Improving your business. Content, SEO, Web Design & Wordpress. 💪🏼 #COYS

20,315 Tweets
4,737 Following
8,063 Followers

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