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Free SEO Entities Checker: Find the Local Entities Your Competitors Use

🌐 Up to 6 sites, 30 pages each📍 Services, places, credentials🧩 Reads JSON-LD schema✅ Free, no signup

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What Are Entities in SEO and Why Do Competitors Look More Relevant?

Entities in SEO are the real things Google can identify.

  • Entities, not just keywords

    Google connects your pages to things it already knows, like a service, a city or a certification.

  • Local signals add up

    Neighbourhoods, service areas, a visible address and LocalBusiness schema all tell Google where you work.

  • Trust is an entity too

    Licenses, warranties, awards and review profiles show customers and Google that you are real.

What one check gives you
Your site and up to 5 competitorsUp to 30 pages each
Entities found per siteListed
Gaps you are missingRanked
Semantic words to useListed
CSV with Done and PendingIncluded

Google understands a local business through them: the services you offer, the places you serve, the brands you work with and the proof you show.

If competitors name these clearly and you do not, their pages look like the better match.

How to Use This Entity SEO Tool in One Check

Add every competitor at once, because each check crawls all sites together.

  1. Enter your website

    Type your home page or the service page you want to improve.

  2. Add your competitors

    Paste up to 5 competitor websites that rank in your local pack or organic results.

  3. Let the crawl run

    The tool reads up to 30 pages per site, service and location pages first. It takes about a minute.

  4. Review the gaps

    See which entities 2 or more competitors use that your site does not, sorted by how many use them.

  5. Export and fix

    Download the CSV, mark each row Done as you add it, and only add what is true for your business.

10 Types of Google SEO Entities and Semantic Words We Check

Every entity is found with clear rules, so you can see where it came from.

Services

Service names from headings and Service schema, like AC repair or duct cleaning.

Locations

Cities and neighbourhoods from City, State mentions, areaServed and your service area pages.

Trust and credentials

Licensed, insured, NATE, BBB, warranties, free estimates, 24/7 service and more.

Business details

Visible phone, street address, opening hours, email and an embedded Google Map.

Schema types

Every JSON-LD type, from LocalBusiness subtypes to FAQPage and Review.

Profiles and citations

Links and sameAs to Google Maps, Yelp, Facebook, BBB, Angi and other profiles.

Brands

Equipment and product brands you install or service, like Carrier, GAF or Kohler.

Niche terms

Equipment, customer problems and industry terms from 50 hand-written niche packs, like condenser or slab leak.

Semantic words

Phrases competitors use in their page copy, plus terms the tool has learned for your niche from earlier checks.

Entity Based SEO for Your Niche: 50 Packs and a Learning Database

Pick your business from all 4,038 Google Business Profile categories, or let the tool detect it from your schema.

50 deep niche packs

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, dentists, lawyers, auto repair and many more, each with services, equipment, problems, terms, brands and credentials.

Page by page

Your service pages are compared with competitor service pages, your home page with theirs, and so on.

Copy, not just menus

A term only counts as used when it appears in your page copy, not only in a menu or heading.

Self-learning database

Phrases seen on 5 or more different sites in one niche are added to that niche automatically. Known terms are skipped.

What Free Means on This Entity SEO Checker

It is free with no account.

Checks per day

3

Add all competitors in one check to get the most from each one.

Competitors

Up to 5

Plus your own site, all crawled together.

Pages per site

Up to 30

Service, location and about pages are read first.

Export

CSV

Every entity with status, competitors and where to add it.

Each check is heavy because it crawls several sites, so there is a daily limit.

Entities are found with rules (schema, headings, text patterns and US place names), not AI. Place names outside the US are found from City, State text and schema only.

The learning database stores phrases and counts only, never your URLs or page text.

Entity Optimized Content: How to Add Missing Entities the Right Way

A gap is a prompt to check, not an order to copy a competitor.

Only add what is true

Never claim a license, brand or service area you do not have.

Give services their own page

A service used by most competitors usually deserves a page, not just a mention.

Name real places

Mention the neighbourhoods you serve on city pages, with real jobs and photos.

Back it with schema

Add services, areaServed and sameAs to your LocalBusiness JSON-LD.

SEO Entities FAQ

13 answers about limits, results and how the tool works.

What are entities in SEO?

Entities in SEO are things Google can identify as unique: a business, a service, a place, a brand, a person or a certification. Google connects pages to these entities through its Knowledge Graph, so pages that name them clearly are easier to understand and match to searches.

What is entity based SEO?

Entity based SEO means building pages around the things a topic is about, not only around keywords. For a local business that means naming your services, service areas, equipment, brands and credentials clearly, and backing them with schema.

Entity SEO vs keyword SEO: what is the difference?

Keyword SEO targets the words people type. Entity SEO makes sure Google understands what those words refer to. Both work together: keywords bring the match, entities prove the page covers the topic.

What are local SEO entities?

They are the real things Google connects to a local business: the services it offers, the places it serves, its address and phone, its brands, credentials and online profiles. Clear entities help Google match your pages to local searches.

How does this SEO entities checker work?

You enter your site and up to 5 competitor sites. The tool reads up to 30 pages of each, finds entities in schema, headings and text, and lists the ones that 2 or more competitors use that your site does not.

Is the entity checker free?

Yes. There is no signup. You can run 3 checks per day, and each check covers your site plus up to 5 competitors, so add all of them in one go.

Does it use AI or Google's NLP API?

Not in this version. Entities are found with clear rules, so every result can be traced to schema, a heading or a text pattern on a page. A Google Natural Language option with salience scores is planned for a later version.

Should I copy every entity my competitors use?

No. Add only the services, places, brands and credentials that are true for your business. A gap is a prompt to check your content, not a list to copy.

Which pages are crawled?

Up to 30 pages per site, found from the sitemap and internal links. Service, location, area and about pages are read first because they hold most local entities.

What is the difference between entities and semantic words?

Entities are specific things Google can identify, like a service, a city, a brand or a certification. Semantic words are the related phrases that show a page covers the whole topic, like energy bills or same day service. The tool checks both.

Does the tool learn new terms for my niche?

Yes. After each check, phrases that competitors use in their page copy are counted for that niche. Once a phrase has been seen on 5 different websites, it becomes a learned term and is checked for every later user in that niche. Only phrases and counts are stored.

Can I choose my business category?

Yes. Type or pick from all 4,038 Google Business Profile categories. If you leave it empty, the tool detects your niche from your schema and page content.

Can I export the results?

Yes. The CSV lists every entity with its category, status, how many competitors use it, your page count, where to add it and a Done or Pending column you can update as you work.

Cover What Your Competitors Already Cover

Find the services, places and trust signals your competitors show and you do not, then add the ones that are true for you.

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