The local SEO agency that shows its work.
SOSSRANK is a founder-run local marketing agency in Germantown, Maryland, with its own local SEO software. We're a local business working for local businesses, across Maryland and the rest of the US. We built our own software because local businesses deserve proof, not promises.
Why I built SOSSRANK
In 2019 I quit a job I'd stopped believing in and started an online store. I had ambition. I didn't have a strategy.
I'd watched young entrepreneurs on YouTube build stores and run Facebook and Google ads, and it made success feel possible. So I picked products and started spending on ads, without really understanding marketing, keywords or how people find businesses online.
Then I discovered organic search: instead of paying for every click, Google could show my products to people already looking for them. I didn't know how SEO worked, so I hired an SEO "specialist" online. I was told it takes three to six months. I waited. Six months later: no customers, no sales, nothing to show for the money.
I tried to do it myself with a well-known SEO tool. It gave me more charts, not more clarity. Keyword research, clustering, what Google wanted from my site, why competitors ranked and I didn't: it all felt like a wall I kept running into.
I had two choices: walk away, or turn the experience into something useful. I chose to learn SEO properly: local SEO, keyword research, content, Google Business Profiles, citations, reviews, and the trust signals Google and AI assistants check before they recommend anyone. I earned my certification as an SEO specialist.
SOSSRANK is what I wish I'd had: software that shows a local business where it stands, what's hurting it, and what to do next, in plain English. And when owners would rather not do it themselves, I do the work, in the same dashboard they log into.
What SOSSRANK helps you see
SEO shouldn't feel like a mystery. It should be clear, practical, and tied to what actually brings in customers.
- Why you're not showing up on Google
- Why competitors rank ahead of you
- Which local SEO issues need attention first
- What Google and AI assistants need to trust your business
- Which pages, listings, reviews and trust signals are missing
- What to do next to get found, trusted and chosen
Three principles behind everything we do
Show the work
You see your data, your progress and your plan, live in your dashboard, not buried in a PDF.
Results over reports
We measure ourselves on rankings, calls and customers: the numbers that pay your bills.
Local is different
Local search has its own rules. It's all we focus on, block by block, town by town.
Where to go next
Local SEO for your trade
Guides for dentists, HVAC companies, restaurants and plumbers.
Local SEO for dentistsSee what I see.
Run the free audit and look at your local visibility the way I would: gaps, competitors and next steps.