A Local Result Pack is the complete, ordered list of business results RankGear records for a single point on a Local Grid — every listing the map provider returned for the tracked query at that exact coordinate, kept in the order it was served.
| Term | Local Result Pack |
|---|---|
| Category | Local SEO and Maps |
| Also known as | Point Result Pack |
| Where it appears | Local Grid point audit |
What it means in RankGear
Every point in a Local Grid audit produces its own result pack. When RankGear samples the tracked query from one coordinate on the grid, it captures the businesses the map provider returned there and stores them in the order they were served. That stored, per-point list is the Local Result Pack, and it is the raw evidence behind the whole grid: the tracked business’s position at a point is read straight out of its pack, while points marked “not found” are simply packs where the business never appeared, and points marked as errors are packs that could not be retrieved.
How to interpret it
A result pack only means something once you know exactly how it was collected. Before reading rank patterns across the grid, confirm the coordinate center, the provider, the grid spacing, the capture depth, and the business identity being tracked. Two packs are comparable only when those settings match: a pack captured three results deep will show gaps that a twenty-deep pack fills, and a pack pulled from a different provider is a different data source rather than a better or worse score. Read a single pack as one honest snapshot of one spot, and read the grid as the pattern those snapshots form together.
| What each pack pins to | Why it matters |
|---|---|
| Coordinate center | The exact point the query was sampled from; proximity drives the result |
| Provider | The map data source that returned the listings |
| Capture depth | How many results the pack recorded before stopping |
| Order | The provider’s returned ranking, preserved as served |
| Tracked business | The listing whose position is read out of the pack |
Example
A coffee roaster is tracked across a five-by-five grid. At the point two blocks north of the storefront, its Local Result Pack lists nine competitors before the roaster shows up in position 10. One point east, the same roaster sits at position 3. At a point on the far edge of the grid, its pack does not contain the roaster at all within the captured depth, so that point reads “not found.” Laid side by side, the three packs show how sharply visibility falls off with distance — the audit is not a single rank but a map of packs.
Important considerations
- Map rankings are highly proximity-sensitive: the same query sampled a few hundred meters apart can return very different packs, and they also shift with zoom, provider data, and time.
- A “not found” point is a statement about that pack’s captured depth, not proof the business is invisible everywhere nearby — increase the depth and it may reappear further down.
- A provider error yields an empty or incomplete pack; treat those points as missing data, not as a zero ranking.
- Positions inside a pack are the provider’s comparative ordering, not a Google ranking score. A strong pack position is an indicator of local visibility, not a measure that makes the business rank.
Related terms
Part of the RankGear glossary · how RankGear measures · the 870 factors.