Find the local press covering your industry
Local backlinks and PR mentions are gold for Map Pack authority. See which outlets have covered your industry in your city lately - a ready-made outreach list.
Searching the news index (this can take ~15s)...
Turn a mention into a ranking backlink.
Getting covered is step one - the link and the Map Pack authority is what moves rankings. We handle local PR + citations for you.
Articles come live from GDELT, an open global news index, matching your industry term and city over the last 90 days. It's a broad keyword match, so scan for the genuinely local, relevant outlets (they're sorted to the top) and skip the occasional unrelated result. The index is occasionally slow or busy; when it is, we say so rather than showing nothing useful.
Local press & backlinks FAQ
Why do local press mentions matter for SEO?
A link or mention from a local news outlet is a strong local-authority and citation signal - exactly what helps you climb the Google Map Pack. It also builds trust with customers.
Where does this data come from?
GDELT, an open index of global news. We match your industry and city over the last 90 days and sort the most locally-relevant outlets to the top.
Some results look unrelated - why?
GDELT is a broad keyword match, so a few off-topic articles slip in. The outlets and headlines naming your city are the real outreach targets and are listed first.
How do I actually get covered?
Pitch a genuinely local, newsworthy angle to the outlets listed. Or have us run local PR + citation building for you - book a free audit.