Privacy Policy
We operate a local SEO agency focused entirely on the Fort Wayne market. You trust us to handle your Google Business Profile, fix your local citations, and drive organic calls. That trust extends to how we handle your personal data. We wrote this privacy policy in plain English. Legal jargon hides the truth. We prefer transparency.
This document explains exactly what information fortwaynelocalseo.com collects. We detail how we store it. We explain who sees it. Effective date: May 18, 2026.
The Information We Collect
You visit our site to learn about map pack rankings or to request an audit. During that process, we gather specific information. We divide this into two categories. Information you give us directly. Information we collect automatically.
When you request a local SEO audit, you fill out our contact form. You hand over your name, your business email address, and your direct phone number. You also provide your Google Business Profile URL and your target Fort Wayne service areas. We need this exact data to evaluate your current search visibility. We run this information through our auditing tools to see why your competitors outrank you. We cannot build a 90-day ranking strategy without it.
We also collect automated behavioral data. This happens the second you load fortwaynelocalseo.com. We log your IP address. We identify your browser type. We track your navigation path through our site.
How We Use Your Data
We collect your contact details for one primary reason. We need to communicate with you about your local search presence. If you ask us why your HVAC company is stuck in position four on Google Maps, we use your email to send you the answer.
We use your business data to run baseline ranking reports. We check your NAP consistency across local Indiana directories. We evaluate your review velocity. We analyze your proximity signals. We do not use your phone number to make unsolicited cold calls. We hate spam just as much as you do.
Analytics and Content Quality
We rely heavily on Google Analytics 4 and Google Search Console. We monitor this data obsessively. We do this to improve the quality of our content.
If we publish a massive guide on building local relevance in Indiana, we want to know if you actually read it. We track average engagement time. We monitor scroll depth. If 85 percent of visitors abandon the page when we start explaining citation building, we know the writing failed. We rewrite that section. We clarify the concepts. We strip out the fluff.
Analytics dictate our editorial calendar. We see exactly which local SEO topics Fort Wayne business owners search for. We build content to answer those specific queries. We track this data strictly to make our site more useful to you.
Honest tracking creates better resources.
Cookie Policy
Our website uses cookies. These small text files sit on your hard drive. They remember your preferences. They keep our site functioning properly.
We use essential cookies to maintain basic site security. You cannot opt out of these. They prevent cross-site request forgery attacks. They keep your session stable while you read our case studies.
We also deploy analytical cookies. These feed data back to our GA4 dashboard. They tell us if you are a returning visitor or a first-time reader. You have full control over these non-essential cookies. You can block them in your browser settings. You can clear your cache. The site will still load perfectly. You just become an anonymous statistic in our traffic logs.
Third-Party Data Sharing
We run a lean operation. We do not build our own server infrastructure. We partner with established technology vendors to keep this site fast and secure.
We share necessary data points with these specific partners. Cloudflare handles our DNS routing and provides our web application firewall. They see your IP address to block malicious bot traffic. WordPress serves our content management system. Google Workspace handles our agency email communication.
We never sell your personal information. We never rent your email address to third-party marketers.
Data brokers get nothing from us.
External Links and Citations
We teach local SEO. That means we constantly link out to external resources. We link to Google Business Profile guidelines. We link to the Fort Wayne Chamber of Commerce. We link to major citation directories like Yelp, YellowPages, and Angi.
We do not control these external websites. We do not dictate their privacy protocols. Once you click a link and leave fortwaynelocalseo.com, our privacy policy no longer applies. You must read their specific data policies to understand how they track your behavior.
Data Retention Timelines
We refuse to hoard old