Still learning all the ins and outs of TH-cam. I’ll look into it 👍. I do have another Local SEO video coming soon that covers GMB and best practices for your website layout/content.
I build websites for local businesses and a lot of them don't have a physical location that are service businesses. Examples: Pressure Washers, Remodelers, Painters. What do you do for the place of business on the maps for google my business? Right now just have the areas they serve but no physical location. What would you suggest to do for their businesses?
I would list their business as a service area rather than a physical location. Google gives you around 20 service areas but I wouldn’t stuff all of them, just use the few most relevant areas you service. Google will generally require an address to verify the business. I would make this address wherever their “office” is. Often that is their home. It’s best if the office can be in the city limits they are looking to do business in. Hope that helps!
I am about to start doing this in the UK. How are you getting on? Any tips? Which particular types of businesses are easier to engage with? Im looking to target people on GMB who don't have a website by calling them and having a template ready so I can just add their logo and show them on a live call what it would look like and just take it from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I thought I saw in one of your videos you recommended a chrome extension to help with google my business? Could you tell me what that was or did i mishear that lol.
Do you have to have your house pinned on google maps? I don’t want to let thieves know i have lawn equipment hiding on my property? I don’t have a business location elsewhere. Does it hurt you to not have it pinned?
2:00 'Optimize for your business name.' My wife's business name and URL are slightly different. Does it make a difference? The URL is more descriptive by one word.
Google says to use your businesses “real name” as it is shown on your business signage and branding. I’m not 100% sure if a URL qualifies but if you want to be safe I would just stick with whatever is on your wife’s logo and branding.
The business description on GBP has zero impact on rankings / seo. Geo tagged photos have zero impact on rankings. This has been proven time and again.
Hi Tim, Im a freelancer from asian country and my client is from U.S. barber shop ..can I use upload images using location tag using my computer here in asia? How will it affect my clients ranking? thanks for great content..
I'm unclear about the strategy mentioned in step three regarding using a co-working space for your business address. As an example, let's say I'm a dentist with a practice in a suburban area, and I aim to appear in Google Maps results for city residents. This way, I can broaden my patient base beyond the suburb. I'd appreciate clarification on how this strategy works.
His second tip be very careful if your company's branding, stationary and website are not using that keyword you cannot use it in the listing it will get your listing suspended if your service is called Big Mike's Gardening and Landscaping on the website and if you have a registered LLC you can use those keywords, if it's called Big Mike's in your logo website and actual company name and if you use those keywords that will get your listing suspended other than that spot on advice this is exactly what you should do
Duplicate business creation from same geographical location blocked original business from showing on keyword search. Now two days before duplicate business removed. Now original business appear if map is enlarged enlarged again and again.But business name not appearing and map doesnot bring instantly business.How long will it take for the original business to appear on keyword search after removal of duplicate business??
Great video and an easy-to-understand tutorial! I look forward to watching more. I want to use Google more effectively, I just want to share my experience so far. It's easy when you just fit into Google. I have offered two different category services, mentoring and hiking, that overlap but have different customers, so I initially send customers to direct landing pages rather than my site. My customers are either teens who don't leave reviews or several people with disabilities whom I have worked with for over a year or two. It's too personal to leave reviews, which I respect; I wouldn't want to either. I am already busy and I just want to raise my profile.
Great Video Good Information Very Concise and to the point. It makes cents that turns into good dollar$$$. Thanks for the advise. Can not wait to streamline this train.
What page do you link your GMB to? I have a local service company. My home page targets a specific keyword, I feel it may be better to create a city page to link my gmb to. My address is in a suburb, so do I link the GMB to the suburb city page, or the actual big city page that is 15 miles away? Does a GMB landing page need to briefly cover all the info covered in the GMB listing, like the categories, services, locations?
This is a REALLY fantastic video and I've used all your tips to optimize my business's page. One question though: Any tips for someone like me whose business is located in a place where I don't actually operate my business? What I mean is I'm an international tour operator based in Rockford, IL, but my tours are actually run all around the world (Cuba, Antarctica, Asia, Europe and others). Any thoughts on this? Thanks again!
sir geo tag doesnt work anymore and the things with matter in Google Business Profile is optimised business name , centalised address and attributes and reviews and daily activity for both buisiness owner and customers end i.e posting photos
How are you able to give your business exposure as just in a website and for the whole country to be able to see you. I am asking in regards to the remote business aspect? By the way great content for a starter I am subscriber number 265 for you but with this great start up content you will reach 100k in no time.
Thanks for subscribing! We write separate and in depth pages for each service we offer and location, which brings in lots of targeted and niche traffic. Multiple GMB locations is harder. They can all be classified as “service areas” but each one has to be verified with a business office or location that is “staffed during business hours” according to Google.
Thanks for asking. Im not doing any one-on-one coaching or memberships at this time but I will be putting everything I know on TH-cam. Let me know if there’s a specific topic you would like to see a video on.
Your videos are very useful and provide lots of information. I have received lots of help after watching this post, please continue to share this kind of information. Thank you.
If your company is who I think it is, I absolutely love (and hate for personal competitive reasons) your site. Been evolving from messy snowflakes in the background to a real solid site that probably is going to be number one eventually. I'm curious what your thoughts on service area vs office location are with someone of your experience.
If you are a service business and don’t service people at your location I would go with service area. Just be aware that even if you put a large service area, google is still going to mainly just show you to searchers who are closest in proximity to the address you use for verification.
I have always built my sites myself on Wordpress. Lots of learning from mistakes. If I ever need help or advice I generally look for a small local company or individual in my town who does web development. Haven’t had the best experiences with large companies and places like Upwork have been hit or miss for me. Hope that helps.
Sure does! I’ve worked in sales for over 6 years with a company named Housecall Pro and know field service business’s and there needs. So I know some what of the problematics that it comes with. I will venture into this and let you know how it goes. Thanks! Your videos are great.
Great tips thank you so much . How do I even get my business to show up in a google search though? what is the step before this? not sure what to ask because I don't know what I need to do to show up in a google search - right now when I google my business name I don't show up at all? I don't know what SEO means - where do I get info to start before this video please ? really basic, easy to follow, step-by-step directions? don't leave any step out kind of video. thank you !
I will plan to make an SEO "search engine optimization" for beginners video. Your website likely won't rank when first staring out so this Google Business listing is what will show up in google in the beginning.
I believe the geotagging works as in where the review was posted from. If it’s posted in city name a,b,c and d by the customer using a pressure washing business, it helps
Really good advice! Thank you for the insights.
Nice video, but I wish you would have given more nuggets. This was not 7 tricks to rank. It was the 7 basics to help out.
Mr Tim Richard please make A playlist for Local Seo ❤🎉
Still learning all the ins and outs of TH-cam. I’ll look into it 👍. I do have another Local SEO video coming soon that covers GMB and best practices for your website layout/content.
I build websites for local businesses and a lot of them don't have a physical location that are service businesses. Examples: Pressure Washers, Remodelers, Painters. What do you do for the place of business on the maps for google my business? Right now just have the areas they serve but no physical location. What would you suggest to do for their businesses?
I would list their business as a service area rather than a physical location. Google gives you around 20 service areas but I wouldn’t stuff all of them, just use the few most relevant areas you service. Google will generally require an address to verify the business. I would make this address wherever their “office” is. Often that is their home. It’s best if the office can be in the city limits they are looking to do business in. Hope that helps!
I am about to start doing this in the UK. How are you getting on? Any tips? Which particular types of businesses are easier to engage with? Im looking to target people on GMB who don't have a website by calling them and having a template ready so I can just add their logo and show them on a live call what it would look like and just take it from there. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Precise and to the point thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you!
Buddy taxi companies sometimes have no locations then what to do
I thought I saw in one of your videos you recommended a chrome extension to help with google my business? Could you tell me what that was or did i mishear that lol.
Yes. GMB Everywhere is the plugin I think you are referencing.
If I have an “uncle” in the USA could I use his house as a virtual office per say haha 😅
Do you have to have your house pinned on google maps? I don’t want to let thieves know i have lawn equipment hiding on my property? I don’t have a business location elsewhere. Does it hurt you to not have it pinned?
2:00 'Optimize for your business name.' My wife's business name and URL are slightly different. Does it make a difference? The URL is more descriptive by one word.
Google says to use your businesses “real name” as it is shown on your business signage and branding. I’m not 100% sure if a URL qualifies but if you want to be safe I would just stick with whatever is on your wife’s logo and branding.
Geo targeting doesn't work anymore
thanks for showing not how to do it!
I'm clueless to what you're talking about
The business description on GBP has zero impact on rankings / seo. Geo tagged photos have zero impact on rankings. This has been proven time and again.
This was a solid and well crafted video with really useful tips! Super actionable! Kudos to you!
i cant seem to understand point 7. can someone explain that in a dumbed down way with examples thanks.
Thanks for the new video! I’m looking forward to seeing what other content you post! Always good to learn as much as you can!
Very informative I appreciate the gems! 💪🏾
Great information Tim, thank you for your advice and tips to help us ad value for businesses! Kudos!
Hi Tim, Im a freelancer from asian country and my client is from U.S. barber shop ..can I use upload images using location tag using my computer here in asia? How will it affect my clients ranking? thanks for great content..
I'm unclear about the strategy mentioned in step three regarding using a co-working space for your business address. As an example, let's say I'm a dentist with a practice in a suburban area, and I aim to appear in Google Maps results for city residents. This way, I can broaden my patient base beyond the suburb. I'd appreciate clarification on how this strategy works.
why does the place i work at the gmb category doesnt pop up but it shows the category on google maps?
Can i have your service
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Nice explanation in layman's terms without the googly tech speak Tim,
thank you!
Putting the business service in the business name will
Get you suspended , than you are screwed . It’s called spamming
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great take brother! thank you very much for your contribution,, you got a new subscriber here and cheers from the City of Knowledge @ the Panama Canal
Where do i download gmb everwhere
Good video. Although, adding keywords to your business description doesn't help you to rank. There have been several studies that prove this
His second tip be very careful if your company's branding, stationary and website are not using that keyword you cannot use it in the listing it will get your listing suspended if your service is called Big Mike's Gardening and Landscaping on the website and if you have a registered LLC you can use those keywords, if it's called Big Mike's in your logo website and actual company name and if you use those keywords that will get your listing suspended other than that spot on advice this is exactly what you should do
thanks for this!
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Hi Tim, can I ask you to explain the last point on Backlinks, how it works etc. Great video btw
Duplicate business creation from same geographical location blocked original business from showing on keyword search.
Now two days before duplicate business removed. Now original business appear if map is enlarged enlarged again and again.But business name not appearing and map doesnot bring instantly business.How long will it take for the original business to appear on keyword search after removal of duplicate business??
I follow these 7 tricks but my GMB RANKING is not increasing !!
Great content! Thanks....very informative.
nice video but I run my DBA moving service out of my apartment because all of my work is in the streets
I learned so much in one video .Thank you.
Art the tip still the same since things moved to what’s called google business profile?
Great video and an easy-to-understand tutorial! I look forward to watching more. I want to use Google more effectively, I just want to share my experience so far. It's easy when you just fit into Google. I have offered two different category services, mentoring and hiking, that overlap but have different customers, so I initially send customers to direct landing pages rather than my site. My customers are either teens who don't leave reviews or several people with disabilities whom I have worked with for over a year or two. It's too personal to leave reviews, which I respect; I wouldn't want to either. I am already busy and I just want to raise my profile.
Great Video Good Information Very Concise and to the point. It makes cents that turns into good dollar$$$. Thanks for the advise. Can not wait to streamline this train.
What page do you link your GMB to? I have a local service company. My home page targets a specific keyword, I feel it may be better to create a city page to link my gmb to. My address is in a suburb, so do I link the GMB to the suburb city page, or the actual big city page that is 15 miles away? Does a GMB landing page need to briefly cover all the info covered in the GMB listing, like the categories, services, locations?
Great video, can you do a step-by-step tutorial on how to do these thing?
Tim, do you want more clients? Do you offer phone calls or Zoom meets to assist the older fellows? Do you offer consults for pay?
Great idea Tim!
This is a REALLY fantastic video and I've used all your tips to optimize my business's page. One question though: Any tips for someone like me whose business is located in a place where I don't actually operate my business? What I mean is I'm an international tour operator based in Rockford, IL, but my tours are actually run all around the world (Cuba, Antarctica, Asia, Europe and others). Any thoughts on this? Thanks again!
I had same issue but thomethic helped me it can be so frustrated but thomethics will fix it for you he is a verified Meta agent
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Thanks for a good video and lots of good tips
Very helpful, thank you!
Hello sir
Gmb listing kerani hai
Battery ke liy
Gurgaon me in India 🇮🇳
Props to having so many locations!!!!
Good, but very basic information. I do much more with my client's profiles and they have seen great results.
Do you have any tips you can give?
Thanks great video
sir geo tag doesnt work anymore and the things with matter in Google Business Profile is optimised business name , centalised address and attributes and reviews and daily activity for both buisiness owner and customers end i.e posting photos
I always believe that assisting Google in understanding where you operate can only help you.
Description was the odd one out 😊
Idid nt found this video Handy
How do you do step #3
How are you able to give your business exposure as just in a website and for the whole country to be able to see you. I am asking in regards to the remote business aspect?
By the way great content for a starter I am subscriber number 265 for you but with this great start up content you will reach 100k in no time.
Thanks for subscribing! We write separate and in depth pages for each service we offer and location, which brings in lots of targeted and niche traffic. Multiple GMB locations is harder. They can all be classified as “service areas” but each one has to be verified with a business office or location that is “staffed during business hours” according to Google.
How can I contact you for advice? Or paid membership possibly? Ty
Thanks for asking. Im not doing any one-on-one coaching or memberships at this time but I will be putting everything I know on TH-cam. Let me know if there’s a specific topic you would like to see a video on.
Thanks for you!! Video very Useful!
Your videos are very useful and provide lots of information. I have received lots of help after watching this post, please continue to share this kind of information. Thank you.
I'm interested in learning how you structure your website to target different geographical areas. Do you have geo specific pages or sites?
I have one site with separate pages for each location we service.
thank you very much for the info
Having trouble editing my profile information because Google don’t accept edit please is there any solution on that ?
Still having this issue? If yes , take ke note of the handle I'll post below this , they're on Instagram.
*WHITEWATERTECH* They got mine resolved .❤
Thank you sir 🙏
It's a pleasure to watch.
I follow your steps in this video, and now i must verifed by the google video! You must say what may happen !
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@@a1newlife hiiiii tnk you for answer, can you tell me please what or who is thomethics?
If your company is who I think it is, I absolutely love (and hate for personal competitive reasons) your site. Been evolving from messy snowflakes in the background to a real solid site that probably is going to be number one eventually. I'm curious what your thoughts on service area vs office location are with someone of your experience.
If you are a service business and don’t service people at your location I would go with service area. Just be aware that even if you put a large service area, google is still going to mainly just show you to searchers who are closest in proximity to the address you use for verification.
How do I choose my business address if I’m doing it virtual
Will give it a try . Thanks
Do you create the website yourself or who do you recomend getting a website from?
I have always built my sites myself on Wordpress. Lots of learning from mistakes. If I ever need help or advice I generally look for a small local company or individual in my town who does web development. Haven’t had the best experiences with large companies and places like Upwork have been hit or miss for me. Hope that helps.
Sure does! I’ve worked in sales for over 6 years with a company named Housecall Pro and know field service business’s and there needs. So I know some what of the problematics that it comes with. I will venture into this and let you know how it goes. Thanks! Your videos are great.
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Used Wordpress it worked great!
Thanks
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Thank you! Cheers!
Thank you Tim! Very well explained
Great tips thank you so much . How do I even get my business to show up in a google search though? what is the step before this? not sure what to ask because I don't know what I need to do to show up in a google search - right now when I google my business name I don't show up at all? I don't know what SEO means - where do I get info to start before this video please ? really basic, easy to follow, step-by-step directions? don't leave any step out kind of video. thank you !
I will plan to make an SEO "search engine optimization" for beginners video. Your website likely won't rank when first staring out so this Google Business listing is what will show up in google in the beginning.
Geo tagging has been completely disproven as a Local SEO factor. Waste of time.
Appreciate the input. I just believe that anything that assists google in understanding where you operate can only help.
I believe the geotagging works as in where the review was posted from. If it’s posted in city name a,b,c and d by the customer using a pressure washing business, it helps
@@sikkinixxmc if you believe that, you are running your tests wrong.
@@pauls1883 I have nothing to back it up because I may be ranking in those areas anyway. Just thought google may use it because it’s harder to fake
"7 tricks to rank #1 in Google maps" is a LIE. Anything to get views and mislead people 🤦♂️
Damn, for real???