BrightLocal was founded in 2009 by Ed Eliot & Myles Anderson. Having spent 10+ years working for large media & internet businesses they wanted a change & relished the chance to use their knowledge to help local businesses grow through effective use of search marketing. BrightLocal started out as a search agency providing local search services to a range of local businesses in & around London (UK). However, they soon ran into issues as they tried to grow the business and take on more customers. They felt swamped by the scale of daily tasks facing their team. They needed to automate repetitive tasks such as running audits, tracking rankings, identifying citations, submitting to local directories & monitoring reviews. They looked around to find specialist tools to help us but they couldn’t find any. Sure there were lots of general SEO tools but none which focused on the needs of local businesses & local agencies.

BrightLocal was founded in 2009 by Ed Eliot & Myles Anderson. Having spent 10+ years working for large media & internet businesses they wanted a change & relished the chance to use their knowledge to help local businesses grow through effective use of search marketing. BrightLocal started out as a search agency providing local search services to a range of local businesses in & around London (UK). However, they soon ran into issues as they tried to grow the business and take on more customers. They felt swamped by the scale of daily tasks facing their team. They needed to automate repetitive tasks such as running audits, tracking rankings, identifying citations, submitting to local directories & monitoring reviews. They looked around to find specialist tools to help us but they couldn’t find any. Sure there were lots of general SEO tools but none which focused on the needs of local businesses & local agencies.