Map Scan Tool

How To Change Your Account and Map Scan Preferences

Local Falcon applies default preference settings for the Map Scan tool and other features, but you can update these at any time in your account settin...

Article KB31  ·  Last updated on 12/1/2025, 3:28 PM

How To Run a Quick Scan in Local Falcon

Running a Quick Scan is the fastest way to start tracking your visibility in Local Falcon. Quick Scans let you measure how your business appears acr...

Article KB91  ·  Last updated on 11/27/2025, 3:51 PM

How To Track Your Grok Visibility

Local Falcon's Grok visibility tracking lets you see whether your business appears in local recommendations produced by Grok, X's conversational AI ...

Article KB90  ·  Last updated on 11/27/2025, 3:08 PM

How To Track Your Gemini Visibility

Local Falcon's Gemini visibility tracking lets you measure how often your business is mentioned in local recommendations generated by Google's Gemin...

Article KB88  ·  Last updated on 11/27/2025, 2:57 PM

How To Track Your Visibility in Google AI Mode

Google AI Mode is part of Google Search's integrated AI assistance experience, generating conversational responses, recommendations, and explanation...

Article KB89  ·  Created on 11/27/2025, 2:57 PM

How To Track Your Local Visibility in ChatGPT Results

Local Falcon's ChatGPT visibility tracking lets you see whether your business is mentioned in local results generated by OpenAI's ChatGPT. As AI-pow...

Article KB85  ·  Last updated on 11/27/2025, 2:07 PM

Why Scan Results Are Different From What You See in Your Browser

If you have used your browser to perform a search, Google will remember that and personalize search results it further provides for you. Also, if y...

Article KB7  ·  Last updated on 11/27/2025, 11:55 AM

Why Local Falcon's Results Can Be Different From Other Rank Trackers

Most traditional rank trackers make you choose a location to scan from, typically by entering a zip or postal code. They then choose one spot to sca...

Article KB8  ·  Last updated on 11/27/2025, 11:53 AM

Why Local Falcon Asks for GBP Account Access

Local Falcon does not strictly need access to your Google account, but it's recommended for ease of use. We provide this option especially for users...

Article KB27  ·  Last updated on 11/27/2025, 11:42 AM

How To Scan Multiple Business Locations at the Same Time

Local Falcon can scan any number of locations at once, whether it's for a multi-location business  or several individual clients. Best practic...

Article KB11  ·  Last updated on 11/26/2025, 3:43 PM

How To Use Local Falcon for SABs

Local Falcon scans work with any type of business, including service-area businesses (SABs) with hidden addresses — you don't need to do anything...

Article KB2  ·  Last updated on 11/26/2025, 3:40 PM

How To Use Local Falcon in Different Localities

Using Local Falcon for different areas is simple — you don't need to do anything special. Local Falcon works everywhere in the world and suppor...

Article KB4  ·  Last updated on 11/26/2025, 3:37 PM

How To Schedule Rank Tracking With Local Falcon

Local Falcon gives you two ways to schedule automatic rank tracking for your locations. 1. Set Up a Campaign Scan Use the "Campaign Scan" fea...

Article KB29  ·  Last updated on 11/26/2025, 3:31 PM

How To Use Credits

Credits in Local Falcon are the units you use to run scans and access data. What a credit represents: One credit equals one data point (also ca...

Article KB28  ·  Last updated on 11/26/2025, 3:26 PM

How To Scan Your Competitors' Listings

Local Falcon gives you two ways to monitor your competitors' rankings and performance. 1. View Competitors in Your Reports Competitors are sca...

Article KB5  ·  Last updated on 11/26/2025, 2:15 PM

How To Move the Center of the Scan From Your Business Location

By default, scans are centered on your business address, but you can easily update the center point without changing your business listing if you wa...

Article KB10  ·  Last updated on 11/26/2025, 2:11 PM

How To View Saved Scan Results

Every scan is saved in your account. Saved scan results will be found in the Scan Reports tab menu item. You can download or share any report, forev...

Article KB12  ·  Last updated on 11/26/2025, 2:04 PM

How To Use ARP & ATRP

ARP and ATRP help you quickly understand how strong your visibility is across a scan area — and where you have opportunities to improve. ARP (Ave...

Article KB25  ·  Last updated on 11/26/2025, 1:39 PM

What Is SoLV? How To Interpret and Use the Metric

SoLV® stands for Share of Local Voice. This shows how often a business ranks in the top three positions. Over time, SoLV® may be ...

Article KB32  ·  Last updated on 11/20/2025, 4:10 PM

How To Turn Off Scan Points in a Local Falcon Map Scan

Simply click on any scan point after choosing your grid size to disable it, meaning you won't see any ranking data for that specific point. This is...

Article KB33  ·  Last updated on 11/20/2025, 4:00 PM

How To Connect Your Google Account to Local Falcon

Connecting the Google Account you use to manage your business locations on Google is the most efficient way to use Local Falcon and get the most out...

Article KB35  ·  Last updated on 11/19/2025, 5:07 PM

How To Share a Local Ranking Report From Local Falcon

It's easy to share the results of your Local Falcon scans. Just tap the "share" button on any report page. Sharing is available on all report types ...

Article KB43  ·  Last updated on 11/19/2025, 5:05 PM

How To Set Auto Scans to Track Local Ranking Over Time

Article KB39  ·  Last updated on 11/19/2025, 5:03 PM

What To Do if the Map Doesn't Have a Grid When You Choose a Listing From the Locations Drop-Down

This occurs when the system is not able to find a center point for your (hidden address) listing. To correct this issue, navigate to the Locations t...

Article KB41  ·  Last updated on 11/19/2025, 5:00 PM

How To Schedule Scans Using Campaigns in Local Falcon

Local Falcon's "Campaign Scan" feature is a powerful tool you can use to schedule recurring Map Scans for multiple business locations, using the sam...

Article KB53  ·  Last updated on 11/19/2025, 4:45 PM

How To Update the Default Center Point for Service-Area Business Scans

When you add a business location to Local Falcon, the default center point for scans is always the business's address, which is pulled directly from...

Article KB76  ·  Last updated on 7/3/2025, 2:45 PM

How To Add Locations

Adding a location is the first step towards tracking local ranking for a business using Local Falcon. Whether you want to track rankings across mult...

Article KB77  ·  Last updated on 7/3/2025, 2:44 PM

How To Scan and Track Local Rankings on Apple Maps

Just as you can run Map Scans for Google Business Profile locations from Google Maps in Local Falcon, you can also run Map Scans for Apple...

Article KB62  ·  Last updated on 7/3/2025, 2:30 PM

How To Run a Map Scan Using Suggested Keywords

Local Falcon's "Suggested Keywords" feature is a tool that saves you time when deciding what keywords to use for your Map Scans. This feature offer...

Article KB49  ·  Last updated on 7/3/2025, 2:28 PM

What is a Trend Report?

Trend Reports are based on the changes in a particular scan over a period of time.

Article KB30  ·  Last updated on 7/3/2025, 2:17 PM

How To Track Your Visibility in Google AI Overviews

Local Falcon's Google AI Overviews visibility tracking feature lets you see whether your business appears in AI-generated summaries on Google Search...

Article KB84  ·  Last updated on 6/4/2025, 1:54 PM

How To Choose Scan Settings

How To Choose Scan Settings There are various Scan Settings you can change in Local Falcon to help you gain the most insights from your Map Scans a...

Article KB52  ·  Last updated on 4/25/2025, 12:37 PM

How To Set the Map Scan Radius and Grid Size

Setting a different Map Scan Radius in Local Falcon allows you to narrow or broaden the search area for your Local Rank Tracking data scans and defi...

Article KB48  ·  Last updated on 4/25/2025, 12:35 PM