Guides · Google and reviews
The Google map is the biggest sign your business owns.
How to show up when they search your trade nearby, how to ask for reviews without being awkward, and what to do when it goes wrong. Free, and it comes first.
11 guides
- Passing Google's video verificationOne continuous take, at least 30 seconds, filmed live from your phone. No edits, no voices, and permanent signage.
- Setting your service area on GoogleTwenty areas maximum, and if you work from home you are required to hide your address. Getting this wrong is a common reason for suspension.
- When your business appears twice on GoogleTwo listings split your reviews and your ranking between them. Which one to keep is decided before you remove anything.
- Why your competitors show up before youThe six real reasons, how to check which one is yours, and which fix this week.
- How to show up in "near me" searchesWhat decides the three-pack, why it changes with the searcher's location, and what you can control.
- Local SEO, explained without the jargonWhat decides who shows up on the map, what you can fix yourself, and what isn't worth paying for.
- Google Business Profile suspendedWhy it happens, how to get it back step by step, and what to do in the meantime.
- What to do with a bad reviewHow to reply, when it can be removed, and why one bad review sinks nobody.
- How to get more Google reviewsWhen to ask, how to ask and what words to use. Including the direct link almost nobody knows exists.
- Photos on your Google profileHow many, of what, how often, and why stock photos actively hurt.
- Which Google category to useThe heaviest decision on the whole listing, how to find the right one, and what to do with secondaries.
Got a question that isn't here? Call and we'll answer it, whether you buy or not.