Local SEO, run by an actual local.

I'm Rich. I run PlaceRank from Ormskirk, with 20 years of building and ranking websites behind it. It's what happens when you hand local SEO to someone who actually knows the places — not a call centre two hundred miles away.

20 YEARS IN THE GAME/RUN FROM ORMSKIRK/COVERING THE NORTH WEST/PART OF FLEXIWEB

01THE SHORT VERSION

Twenty years of getting businesses found — now aimed at your doorstep.

For two decades I've built and ranked websites through my agency, Flexiweb. In that time I kept seeing the same thing: brilliant local businesses, all but invisible on Google, losing work to competitors who'd simply set their listing up properly.

So I carved the local side out into its own thing. PlaceRank does one job — getting North West businesses found locally — and it does it properly, without the jargon or the faceless-agency feel.

I live five minutes from Ormskirk town centre. I know the difference between serving Southport and serving Salford, and I take my own photos of the towns I write about. That's not a marketing line — it's genuinely how the work turns out better.

02WHAT WORKING WITH ME IS LIKE

One person, doing it properly.

Being a one-person operation isn't a limitation — it's the point. Here's what it means for you.

You deal with me, not an account manager

Ring the number on this site and you get the person actually doing the work. No layers, no hand-offs, no being passed around.

Plain English, always

No dashboards you can't read or reports stuffed with jargon. I tell you what I'm doing, why, and what it's changing — in words that make sense.

Genuinely local

I know the North West because I live and work here. That local knowledge goes straight into your profile, your content and the areas we target.

Honest about what's realistic

I won't promise you number one by Friday. I'll tell you what's achievable, do the work steadily, and show you the movement honestly — good or bad.

PART OF THE FAMILY

Need more than getting found?

PlaceRank is the local-SEO arm of Flexiweb — my web design and digital agency. If you need a full website, or wider digital work alongside getting found locally, it's all under one roof.

Visit Flexiweb →20 years of building & ranking sites.

GET STARTED

Let's get you found.

Tell me where you're based and I'll take a proper look at how you show up across the North West — free, no obligation, and straight from me.

Get a free local audit →or ring 07425 161960 — I'm in Ormskirk.