Local Listing Readiness Checklist

Preview-only worksheet. Use mock/demo inputs unless the lane has been approved for live customer review.

Business name:
Website/domain:
City/service area:
Primary service category:
Optional profile URL:

Score each area from 1 to 5.

1. Name/address/phone consistency
1 = identity changes across surfaces or is hard to verify.
5 = name, address, phone, and service area are consistent and easy to confirm.
Score:
Notes:

2. Service category clarity
1 = main service category is vague or mixed with unrelated offers.
5 = primary service category is obvious within a few seconds.
Score:
Notes:

3. Location and service area
1 = visitors cannot tell where the business works.
5 = city, neighborhood, or service-area language is clear without overclaiming coverage.
Score:
Notes:

4. Website-to-listing match
1 = website and listing describe different offers or contact paths.
5 = website copy, listing copy, and contact options reinforce the same service promise.
Score:
Notes:

5. Review and trust signals
1 = review signals, photos, hours, or proof points are missing or stale.
5 = trust signals are current enough to support a basic credibility check.
Score:
Notes:

6. AI answer readiness
1 = a search or AI answer surface would struggle to summarize who the business helps.
5 = the business can be summarized cleanly by service, audience, place, and next step.
Score:
Notes:

Readiness score:
Strongest signal:
Weakest signal:
AI answer readiness note:
Next safe action:

Hard stops:
- No live listing lookup or scraping unless explicitly approved.
- No customer/prospect outreach.
- No CRM, form, calendar, inbox, phone, SMS, or profile writes.
- No pricing promises or service-package claims.
- No account login, credential access, OAuth, paid tools, or provider-route changes.
- No production publish without website-lane QA, rollback proof, and VA review tasking.