Our Tools to Build Your Local Authority
This page comprises all the tools we’ve built to make you locally famous.
Positive Mentions Tool
Positive Mentions Dashboard
Search for mentions across multiple platforms
Google News
Enter a search query and click "Search Mentions"
YouTube
Enter a search query and click "Search Mentions"
Twitter/X
Enter a search query and click "Search Mentions"
Knowledge Graph Claim Tool
Knowledge Graph Explorer - Beta
How to Use
Enter any entity name (business, person, place, brand, etc.) to search Google's Knowledge Graph API.
Click "See on Google" to open the Knowledge Panel that Google is currently showing.
If it's the correct knowledge panel, click on the 3 dots and verify the knowledge panel.
Click "Save Entity" to store it into your personal KG dashboard.
About These Tools
Our tools exist for one reason: to help local service operators see exactly where their reputation, visibility and authority stand today — and what to fix first. They’re the same diagnostic tools we use for the Maps Visibility component inside the Home Service Growth System, exposed as free utilities you can run on yourself or a competitor in under a minute.
What each tool measures
- HVAC Scorecard — a 30-second snapshot of how an HVAC business stacks up on Google reviews, Google Business Profile completeness, and visibility against local competitors. Pulls publicly available signals; no install needed.
- Knowledge Graph Explorer — checks whether you (the owner) and your business are recognized as entities by Google’s Knowledge Graph. This is the precondition for a Knowledge Panel and for being cited by AI assistants like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini.
- Reputation MRI (delivered after you join) — the full audit version of the Scorecard: review velocity, sentiment, response rate, photo cadence, Local Services Ads health, schema completeness, owned-media coverage and citation accuracy.
How operators use them
Most owners we work with run a tool on themselves first, then on their two strongest local competitors. The gap is almost always larger than they expect — and the gap is precisely what we close inside the Home Service Growth System. Tools surface the problem; the complete system fixes it.
If your tool result shows you ranking outside the top 3 in your service area, or your Knowledge Graph result comes back empty for the owner’s name, that’s a strong signal to start with a Quick Audit.
What People Say (Positive Mentions)
The tools help discover candidates. The definitive positive-mentions method is the master process for verifying, scoring, and publishing them. Run Gather and process positive mentions in the Task Library.
The public view currently shows named mentions and videos, with Who / Where / What context.
Verified mentions, candidates, and appearances are separated so discovery is not mislabeled as endorsement.
Independent endorsements, hosted testimonials, interviews, and first-party case studies are labeled separately and linked to their sources.
A podcast booking is an appearance candidate, not automatically praise. A screenshot without an original link is a lead to verify, not publish-ready proof.