Terms of Service

Terms of Service

Effective Date: May 17, 2026.

Read these terms before you apply our strategies. We run a hands-on local SEO agency. We publish our internal processes and case studies on batonrougelocalseo.com. You need to understand the rules of engagement before you use our site.

We skip the dense legal jargon. We write our terms plainly. You are dealing with real practitioners who optimize Google Business Profiles daily.

Acceptance of These Terms

You access this website, you agree to these rules. If you disagree with our policies, close the tab. Your continued use of our guides, audit templates, and blog posts constitutes full acceptance of this agreement.

We treat our website as a professional resource. We expect you to treat it the same way. We do not tolerate scraping, content theft, or malicious behavior.

Intellectual Property and Content Ownership

We spend hours testing proximity signals in the Baton Rouge map pack. We document our findings. We hit publish. That makes the content ours.

You cannot copy our citation cleanup guides. You cannot pass our local SEO case studies off as your own agency work. We own the text, the custom graphics, and the proprietary audit frameworks published here.

We encourage you to share our articles. Link back to the original post. Do not copy and paste entire pages onto your own domain.

The Nature of Our Advice

We share operational reality. We tell you exactly how we optimize GBP Q&A sections for HVAC contractors in Phoenix and plumbers in Metairie. We explain how to fix NAP inconsistency across 50 different directories. We show you how to track review velocity accurately.

Google changes the rules constantly.

What works today will shift tomorrow. We update our content based on current practice. We do not guarantee that applying our methods will instantly push your business into the top three map pack spots.

You execute our strategies at your own risk. We provide high-resolution insights into the local algorithm. You take responsibility for how you apply them to your own digital assets.

Limitation of Liability

You own your business decisions. If you read our guide on profile optimization and decide to keyword stuff your business title, Google will suspend your listing. We hold no responsibility for your execution.

Read the guides. Test the methods. Accept the risk.

You cannot sue us for lost revenue, dropped rankings, or suspended profiles. We provide educational information. We do not control Google. We do not control your competitors. We do not control your implementation.

Free Content vs. Agency Engagements

Reading this website does not make you a client. We do not owe you free audits, custom strategy sessions, or technical support just because you left a comment on a blog post.

Agency relationships require a signed contract and a cleared invoice. Until then, you are a reader consuming free information. We separate our public publishing from our private client work.

If you want guaranteed attention and dedicated execution, hire us. If you want to do it yourself, read the blog.

Accuracy of Local Search Data

We publish case studies showing rank position movement. We pull this data directly from our tracking software. Search results fluctuate wildly based on user location, device, and search history.

Your screen will look different than ours. We present our data as an accurate snapshot of a specific moment in time. We do not manipulate screenshots to fake results.

The friction of local SEO comes from this exact volatility. We embrace it. We expect you to understand it before questioning the validity of a three-month-old case study.

User Conduct and Comments

We encourage debate about local SEO tactics in our comment sections. We value the signal over the noise. We delete spam immediately.

If you drop links to your offshore link-building service, we ban your IP address. If you post generic, automated replies, we remove them. We keep the discussion focused on actual Baton Rouge search results and proven optimization methods.

Treat other readers with respect. We ban users who attack others.

Affiliate Links and Third-Party Tools

We recommend specific tools for rank tracking and citation building. We use them daily in our own agency operations. Sometimes we use affiliate links.

We earn a small commission if you buy through those links. We never recommend garbage software just to make a quick buck. We only endorse tools that survive our own internal testing.

You are never obligated to use our links. You can search for the tools directly.

Service Interruptions

We host our site on reliable servers. Sometimes things break. We do not promise flawless uptime.

You cannot claim damages because you could not access our ghost citation cleanup guide on a Tuesday afternoon. We fix technical issues as fast as we can. We appreciate your patience when the server goes down.

Governing Law and Jurisdiction

We operate in Baton Rouge. Louisiana law governs these terms.

Any legal disputes will happen in East Baton Rouge Parish. We prefer resolving issues through direct communication. Send us an email before you call a lawyer.

Changes to This Agreement

We update these terms when our business model evolves. We do not send out mass emails for minor typo fixes. We will post the updated version directly to this URL.

Your continued use of the site means you accept the new rules. Check this page periodically if you care about the legal details.

Contacting Us

Have a question about these terms. Reach out to us through our contact page. A real person reads the inbox.

We usually reply within 48 hours. We ignore automated legal threats and spam inquiries. We answer genuine questions from real readers.