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What I know, written down.

How Google Maps ranking actually works, why good businesses sit outside the top 3, what a website needs to get the call, and the Boston agencies compared side by side. Short, in plain words, no fluff.

Brandon Medina, founder of BCM Results, Boston. Published September 19, 2026.

Why your business is not in the top 3 on Google, and what 90 days of fixing it looks like
The five reasons a good local business sits outside the top 3 on Google Maps, and week by week what changes over 90 days when someone works on it properly.
September 19, 2026 · 886 words
What a local business website needs so people actually call
A website is an ad for one action. The nine things a local business website in Boston needs so the visitor calls, and the six things that make them leave, from someone who builds them.
September 19, 2026 · 777 words
How Google decides who is in the top 3 on Maps
Google says local results are based on relevance, distance and prominence. Here is what each one means for a local business in Boston, what moves it, and why the top 3 changes depending on where the person is standing.
September 19, 2026 · 956 words

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Brandon Medina

I run BCM Results in Boston. I get local businesses into the top three on Google within 90 days, and if they are not there in 90 days, billing pauses until they are. I do the work myself, and I built the six live sites on the home page. Say hello on Instagram.