Why does local SEO get harder with every location you add?
Near-identical location pages that differ only by city name split the same authority and compete for the same searches. A single sitewide ranking report hides which markets are strong and which are invisible. The more locations, the more the averages lie. It shows up first in healthcare marketing, where clinics in one metro compete for the same patients, and in home service marketing, where dozens of branches share one website.