Help Center › Finding Leads
Running a Search
Fill in New Search, see what happens after you click Search, and fix a short list or a failed search.
- How do I run a new search?Click New Search in the sidebar, type a business type in Keywords and a city in Location, pick the problems you can fix, then click Search. …
- Why does my city not appear in the Location suggestions?The suggestions under Location are only a shortcut, so you never need one to search. If your city is not listed, type the city and region yo…
- What does Only show leads with an email address found on their site do?With Only show leads with an email address found on their site ticked, a business only makes it into your results if the live website audit …
- What does a search actually do behind the scenes?When you click Search, Legiit Leads asks Google Places for real, operating businesses matching your keywords in your location, up to 60 of t…
- How long does a search take?There is no fixed time. A search audits up to 60 websites live, 6 at a time, so a full market usually takes minutes rather than seconds. You…
- What do the search statuses Running, Complete and Error mean?Every search has one of three statuses. Running means Legiit Leads is still getting businesses from Google and auditing their websites, so n…
- Why did my search fail with an error?A search fails when Legiit Leads cannot get the list of businesses from Google Places, because Google could not be reached or refused the re…
- Why did my search return few or no leads?Every search starts from up to 60 open businesses that Google supplies for your keywords and location, and that ceiling is the same on every…
- Does Legiit Leads work outside the US?Yes. Searches use Google's worldwide business listings with no country restriction, so you can search any city Google knows, and the Locatio…
Choosing Problems
Agency types, how the problem filters pick leads, and what each of the 28 filters means.
- What are the agency type buttons on New Search?The row of buttons above the problem cards narrows the 28 problem filters down to the ones your kind of agency sells. All Agency Types shows…
- How do the problem filters decide which leads I get?A business makes your list when it has at least one of the problems you ticked, not all of them. Each ticked problem it has adds 20 points t…
- What do the SEO Agency problem filters mean?The SEO Agency button on New Search shows 15 problem cards covering on-page SEO, site health, tracking, video and AI visibility. Each one is…
- What do the Web Design / Dev problem filters mean?The Web Design / Dev button on New Search shows 8 problem cards for businesses that need a website built, rebuilt or fixed. Each one is flag…
- What do the Local / GMB Agency and Reputation Mgmt problem filters mean?Local / GMB Agency shows 4 problem cards and Reputation Mgmt shows 2, and all of them come from the business's Google listing rather than it…
- What do the Ads / PPC Agency problem filters mean?The Ads / PPC Agency button on New Search shows three problems: Not Running Ads, No Meta Pixel and No Analytics. All three are read from the…
- What do the Social / Influencer problem filters mean?The Social / Influencer button on New Search shows two problems: No Social Presence and No Video / YouTube. Both come from the social links …
- What do the Email / CRO Agency problem filters mean?The Email / CRO Agency button on New Search shows four conversion problems: No Contact Form, No Email Capture, No Online Booking and No Chat…
- What do the AI Automation Agency problem filters mean?The AI Automation Agency button on New Search shows three problems: Invisible to AI Search, No Chat Widget and No AI Chatbot / Receptionist.…
AI Agent and Won-Deal Cloner
Build a search from one sentence, or find more businesses like a deal you already won.
- How do I build a search with the AI Agent?Click AI Agent in the sidebar, describe who you sell to, where they are and what you sell in one sentence, then click ✦ Build My Search. The…
- Why did the AI Agent fail to build my search?When the AI Agent cannot build a plan, a red box appears under the form with the reason. Most of the time the fix is to rewrite your descrip…
- How do I find more leads like a deal I already won?On the Pipeline board, every card in the Won column has a ⧉ Find More Like This button. It opens New Search with that deal's business type a…
Resurrect a List
Upload an old CSV and have every business on it audited live.
- How do I resurrect an old lead list from a CSV?Open Resurrect a List in the sidebar, load your CSV file, check which columns hold the business name, website and phone, give the import a n…
- What CSV format does Resurrect a List accept?Resurrect a List accepts any comma-separated (CSV) file whose first line is a header row. Only a business name column is required; a website…
- What happens to each row when I resurrect a list?Every row with a business name becomes a lead. A row with a website gets the same live audit as a lead from a normal search, then its emails…
- Why does my imported list have no ratings, AI check or Market Report button?An imported list only audits the websites in your file. It never looks the businesses up on Google and never asks an AI assistant about the …
- Why did my list import fail?When an import is refused, the reason shows in red just under the Resurrect N Rows button, and nothing is created. The usual causes are no r…
Results and Exports
Read the results table and the live ticker, act on a lead, and export your leads to CSV.
- How do I read the results table?Each row in the results table is one business, sorted by score so the best opportunity is at the top. The columns are Score, Business, Conta…
- What does the live ticker above the results show?The bar above the results shows three running totals for the search: leads found, verified problems and est. sellable pipeline. While the se…
- Why does a lead appear without the problem I searched for?The audit saw signs of the problem you searched for but could not confirm it. The lead still qualifies for your search, but the problem is n…
- Why did my leads' problems and scores change after the search said complete?Two checks keep running in the background after a search says complete. Google's PageSpeed test loads up to 25 of the leads' websites for re…
- What does the + Pipeline button on a result row do?+ Pipeline adds that lead to your Pipeline board without opening it, so you can shortlist leads straight from the results table. Once clicke…
- How do I export my leads to a CSV file?On the results page of any search, click Export CSV ▾ and pick Full Lead Data (Generic), Instantly.ai Import or Smartlead / Lemlist Import. …
- How do I get my search results emailed to me as a CSV?On New Search, tick Email me the results as a CSV when the search finishes before you click Search. When the search completes, Legiit Leads …
Search History
Find, reopen, understand and tidy up your past searches.
- How do I find and reopen my past searches?Click Search History in the sidebar. Your searches are listed there, newest first, with their keywords, location, lead count, status and the…
- How do I delete a search, and what happens to its leads?Open Search History, click Delete on the search's row and confirm. The search and every lead it found are deleted for good, including leads …
- Can I rerun or rename a past search?Not from Search History: each row there has only View and Delete, and a search cannot be renamed. To run the same market again, start a new …
- Why do I see searches in my history that I did not run?Some features add searches to your history for you. Your branded audit link saves every prospect who asks for their full report into a searc…
- What does the purple star next to a search mean?The purple ✦ marks a search that the AI Agent built and started for you, rather than one you filled in on New Search. Hover over the star in…