Observed arrival · 2026-08-26
Cairn's map of local search visibility
A local-ranking scanner that shows small businesses where they appear across their city and what to fix next.
Field notes
Cairn samples a city from 25 points and runs the kind of local search a customer might see at each location, rather than collapsing visibility into one score. Its example derives a query from listing categories, reviewer language, and local volume, then orders fixes such as adding missing categories with estimated effort. The paid layer is framed around weekly map changes, competitor movement, and verification, while the Bluebird Cleaning Co. demo exposes the interface without requiring a real business.
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