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Google Business Profile categories
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iWhat do creators repeatedly say about Google Business Profile categories?
Google Business Profile categories affect Map Pack visibility, and a competitor-category audit can reveal relevant categories missing from a profile.; Google Business Profile primary and secondary categories should be checked against local-pack competitors because category mismatches can affect local rankings.
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Google Business Profile categories affect Map Pack visibility, and a competitor-category audit can reveal relevant categories missing from a profile.
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Google Business Profile categories affect Map Pack visibility, and a competitor-category audit can reveal relevant categories missing from a profile.
Open GMB Spy, and you can see all the categories they have. These are big ranking factors in the map pack. Go back to your profile and add any you're missing to match.
OpenGoogle Business Profile primary and secondary categories should be checked against local-pack competitors because category mismatches can affect local rankings.
If their primary category is different than yours, it's super important. You get that fixed because that's a huge ranking factor. Secondary categories help as well. So make sure to add any you're missing.
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Google Business Profile categories affect Map Pack visibility, and a competitor-category...
If you have a Google Business Profile, check this ASAP. Go to your profile, hit edit, and go to business categories. Go to Chrome Store and search GMB Spy. Download it and go to Google Maps. Search your service and city, and click on the competitor ranking number one. Open GMB Spy, and you can see all the categories they have...
OpenGoogle Business Profile primary and secondary categories should be checked against...
Google Business Profile tricks, you should know part one. If you go to your Google Business Profile, click edit and go to categories, look at your primary and secondary categories to make sure you have the best ones download the GMB spy Chrome extension, then open Google maps and search for your service, open the extension and go to local pack and then...
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If you have a Google Business Profile, check this ASAP. Go to your profile, hit edit, and go to business categories.
Go to Chrome Store and search GMB Spy. Download it and go to Google Maps.
Search your service and city, and click on the competitor ranking number one. Open GMB Spy, and you can see all the categories they have.
These are big ranking factors in the map pack. Go back to your profile and add any you're missing to match.
Comment SEO if you want help ranking higher.
Google Business Profile tricks, you should know part one. If you go to your Google Business Profile, click edit and go to categories, look at your primary and secondary categories to make sure you have the best ones download the GMB spy Chrome extension, then open Google maps and search for your service, open the extension and go to local pack and then look at all their categories.
If their primary category is different than yours, it's super important. You get that fixed because that's a huge ranking factor.
Secondary categories help as well. So make sure to add any you're missing.
Common SEO for more help rank and hire.
I mean, there's a lot I could say about this website. It is not good.
But you are a local business, so we are gonna look at local search results. Let's see who's ranking.
You're not in the top 3 results. Cause anyone that doesn't go further than this and just clicks on these guys.
Already not seeing you. Where are you?
You are position 5. Okay, why are you calling yourself a home improvement shop?
No one else here is doing that. I mean, actually pressure washing there are even more off base.
You've got more reviews than almost everyone ranking above you. But as you can see, the majority of them have got a category of property maintenance.
Makes sense. Home improvement shop.
And your other category is service establishment. Oh my goodness.
Like, what were you thinking when you were putting this profile together? LWR Group is a property maintenance company.
Well, they clearly don't think so because they haven't put it as their category.