How to get your business on Google and Google Maps
The free way to put your business on Google Search and Maps: claim or create your Google Business Profile, verify it, and fill in the five fields customers read.
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Plain answers to the questions owners actually type into Google. Each one takes a few minutes to read and ends with something you can do today.
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How to get Google reviews, and your review link
Find your Google review link in two clicks, then use the one sentence ask that works for a small business. What is allowed, and what gets you penalized.
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How to get your website to show up on Google
A five minute test that tells you whether Google has your website at all, then the free fixes in order: Search Console, a sitemap, the padlock, and plain words.
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Google Business Profile not showing up? Six reasons and the fix for each
Your Google Business Profile is not showing up in search or on Maps. The six most common causes, from an unfinished verification to a quiet suspension, with fixes.
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Google Business Profile suspended? Why it happens and how to get it back
Why Google suspends a Business Profile, how to tell a soft suspension from a hard one, what to fix before you appeal, and what to send with the appeal.
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Google Business Profile disappeared? Where it went and how to get it back
Your Google Business Profile was there last week and now it is gone. The six things that make a profile vanish, how to check each in a minute, and the fix for each.
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Google Business Profile verification stuck or pending? What to do
Verification has said pending for days, the postcard never came, or the code expired. How each method works, how long each takes, and the fix at each stuck point.
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Two Google listings for one business? How to fix a duplicate profile
Two Google listings for one business split your reviews. How to find the duplicate, which one to keep, how to report the other, and what happens to reviews.
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Can you get a Google review removed? What actually works
Which Google reviews can be taken down, how to report one, how long it takes, and the reply that protects you when removal fails. For a small business owner.
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How do I get clients when it is just me?
Before ads, before a marketing plan: the five places a new client checks you before calling, and what each needs to say. For a one or two person local business.
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Free website for a small business: what free actually gets you
Google Business Profile's free site, free builder tiers, and the one page you actually need. What a free website can and cannot do for a local business.
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Google Business Profile for plumbers: the fifteen minute version
The parts of a Google Business Profile that decide whether a plumber gets the emergency call: service area, categories, phone, hours, and photos of the work.
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