Keyword Research for Local Business (2026): Find What Customers Really Search

Turn a service list into a keyword map: real searches in your customers' words, checked against the live results and Keyword Planner, sorted by intent, with exactly one page for every keyword. Updated October 2026. Steps are checked against the platform's own help pages — screens change, so if a button moved, use the official links below. Chapters 0:00 Intro 0:43 Make the list 1:27 Read the live results 1:49 Get the numbers 3:20 Sort by intent 4:06 Build the keyword map 5:06 Common mistakes 5:30 Check your work Official help pages • Google Ads Help — Use Keyword Planner: https://support.google.com/google-ads... • Search Console Help — Performance report (Search results): https://support.google.com/webmasters... • Google Search Central — SEO Starter Guide: https://developers.google.com/search/... Narrated with an AI voice. The photos are AI-generated illustrations, and the screens shown are simplified diagrams, not live screenshots. Made by VIS Mountain — step-by-step guides for local businesses and healthcare practices.