Local business data collection is sampling the listings, hours, ratings, and map pack a household in that city actually sees — not a datacenter’s national average. Maps and directories cap results per query and localize to the searcher’s location, so a country-US exit returns a valid page that still describes the wrong metro. Aethyn Premium is the pool for national directory sweeps where city does not change the card. Elite adds a city username suffix when the object is the local pack, franchise coverage, or store-level NAP. Sticky sessions (1–1440 minutes, default 30) hold one rotating-pool IP for a Maps pass — search, scroll, place details — then you rotate for the next metro. This is not SERP tracking (organic URL order) and not generic market research (category pages). Pair it with the city-SERP protocol when you also need rank overlap, and with the Maps and NAP guides when you are ready to grid and dedupe.
Key Benefits
The Challenges We Solve
How It Works
Pin Elite city (or Premium country for national directories) on the username.
Verify the exit city before the first Maps or directory request.
Hold a sticky session for one metro pass — search, scroll, open places.
Dedupe on NAP or place_id, then rotate to a new session for the next metro.
Premium or Elite for this job?
This use case usually needs Elite — higher-reputation exits plus city and ISP targeting. Premium still works for volume on easier hosts.
Premium for volume. Elite when anti-bot is the job.
| Premium | Elite | |
|---|---|---|
| Targeting | Country | Country, city, ISP |
| Session | Rotating or sticky | Rotating or sticky |
| Best for | Scale crawls, SEO, pricing | Cloudflare, Akamai, DataDome |
