# Bulk Optimization > The audit finds the same gap on profile after profile. Bulk optimization pushes the fix across every location you select, in one action. Source: https://localrankchecker.co/tools/bulk-optimization/ Site: Local Rank Checker Updated: 24 August 2026 --- Bulk optimization # Fix the same problem on every profile in one step. The audit scores each location and lists what is missing. Bulk optimization takes those fixes and applies them across the locations you choose, so a problem shared by thirty profiles gets solved for all thirty. [Start your free trial](https://app.gbppromote.com/register)[See pricing](/pricing/) Audit first, fix secondAcross selected locationsBuilt for large portfolios ## The short answer Bulk optimization applies profile improvements across many locations at once instead of fixing each listing on its own. The audit checks every connected profile and produces a prioritized list of what is missing or wrong. Where the same gap shows up on many locations, you fix all of them together. That is what makes optimizing dozens or hundreds of profiles realistic. What it is ## Why does fixing profiles get harder the more you have? Optimizing one profile is not hard. You read the fix list, you fill the gaps, you are finished in twenty minutes. The trouble starts at thirty profiles. Twenty minutes each is more than a full working day, so it gets postponed, and profiles sit half finished for months. Bulk optimization means you do the work once, however many profiles need it. You spend the twenty minutes on one location, then apply it to the twenty eight others that share the problem. one missing service, 30 profiles Fixed one at a timeTWO DAYS Postponed againWHAT USUALLY HAPPENS Pushed to the groupONE ACTION Scale is the whole problem 01 · The audit comes first ## You cannot push a fix you have not found. Every connected profile is audited, and each one comes back with a health score and a prioritized list of what is holding it back. Wrong categories, missing services, too few photos, blank fields. The list is written in plain language, so the fix is obvious before you change anything. [See the GBP Audit →](/tools/agency-gbp-audit/) audit output Profile health scorePER LOCATION Prioritized fix listPLAIN ENGLISH Guessing where to startNONE The audit comes first 02 · Fixes across the group ## Select the locations, push the improvement. When the audit flags the same thing on many profiles, you do not work through them one by one. You select the group and push the improvement to all of it. Twenty eight locations then take one round of work instead of twenty eight separate sittings. [See Multi Location Management →](/tools/multi-location-management/) one push Locations missing services28 Selected for the fix28 Pushed togetherDONE Fixes across the group 03 · What gets improved ## The fields that decide local visibility. Categories, services, business information, attributes and media are the profile details Google reads when it decides which businesses to show in local results. None of that is cosmetic. A missing main service or a wrong category can be what holds back a profile that otherwise looks fine. [See GBP Optimization →](/tools/gbp-optimization/) improved in bulk Categories and servicesCORRECTED Business informationFILLED IN Attributes and mediaADDED What gets improved 04 · Not a job you finish ## Profiles drift, so the check repeats. Staff edit a listing, Google adjusts a field, a service gets added at one branch and nowhere else. Three months later your locations no longer show the same information as each other. So the audit keeps running and the list keeps refreshing, and the bulk push is there whenever the same gap turns up across the group again. [See Brand Consistency →](/tools/brand-consistency/) three months later New gaps found6 Locations affected19 Cleared in one pushYES Not a job you finish 05 · Who it is built for ## Agencies, franchises and brands with real numbers. At five locations you could manage without this. At fifty, editing them one at a time loses to the calendar every time. Bulk optimization keeps every profile at the same standard, instead of ten good ones and forty nobody had time for. [See the Portfolio Report →](/tools/portfolio-report/) quality across 50 profiles 10 optimized by handUNEVEN All 50 pushed togetherEVEN Profiles left behind0 Who it is built for What you get ## The bulk optimization toolkit ### An audit on every profile A health score and a fix list for each location. ### Prioritized, not dumped Ordered by what affects visibility most. ### Apply to selected locations Check the locations, apply the fix. ### The fields that matter Categories, services, information, attributes, media. ### Repeat as profiles drift Run it again and the new gaps are what you see. ### Made for large portfolios The same effort at fifty locations as at five. How it works ## How to run it - **Connect the profiles.** One location or several hundred. - **Run the audit.** Each profile scored, each gap listed. - **Read the shared gaps.** What is missing on many locations at once. - **Select and apply.** The fix goes to every location you checked. - **Check again later.** New gaps appear, and the same push clears them. portfolio, optimized Profiles audited50 Shared gaps fixedIN BULK Weeks of manual work0 Even quality, everywhere One flat price ## Included in the one plan - Bulk optimization and all 41 other tools - Rerun the audit as often as you like - All 42 tools included at every plan size - No extra charge for fixing many locations at once - Three day free trial, no credit card needed From 8 locations$5.33 per location / month 1 location $16 · 2 to 7 flat $37 · [full price list](/pricing/) [Start your free trial](https://app.gbppromote.com/register) FAQ ## Questions people ask **Q: What does bulk optimization actually change?** Whatever the audit flagged on those profiles. The useful habit is to find the gap that appears on the most locations and clear that one first, because it is the one costing you the most. **Q: How is this different from a bulk update?** A bulk update starts with you deciding on a change, such as new hours. Bulk optimization starts with the audit telling you what is wrong. Applying it works the same way in both. **Q: Do I have to accept every suggestion?** No. The audit lists what it found and you choose what to apply. Some suggestions will not suit a particular location, and those simply stay out of the selection. **Q: Does it work across different clients?** Yes. Agencies keep each client in its own workspace and work through one client at a time, so nothing crosses from one account into another. **Q: How often should I run the audit?** Monthly suits most portfolios. Run it sooner after anything that touches many listings at once: a rebrand, a change to your service list, or a batch of new openings. **Q: Is it useful for a single location?** Yes, though the saving is smaller. You get the same audit and the same ordered list, and you work through the items yourself instead of checking off a group. The bulk part starts paying off around the tenth location. ## A fix list nobody has time to work through is not a plan. Audit every profile, find the problems they share, and clear them across the group together. From $5.33 per location each month, three day trial. [Start your free trial](https://app.gbppromote.com/register)[Browse all 42 tools](/tools/)