Articles # 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](https://bcmresultss.com/articles/why-you-are-not-in-the-top-3/) 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](https://bcmresultss.com/articles/what-a-local-website-needs-to-get-the-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](https://bcmresultss.com/articles/how-google-picks-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 ## Want to know where you stand? I send a free marketing analysis for your business within 2 business days: where you rank from different spots in your area, what your listing is missing, and what the site should change. No cost, no obligation. [Get the free analysis](https://bcmresultss.com/#contact) [See the plan](https://bcmresultss.com/local-visibility/) 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](https://bcmresultss.com/#work). Say hello on [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/bcmresultss/).