How To Claim My Business On Google Maps
Google My Business is always being spoken of, but how do you Claim your Business On Google Maps?
Is it a simple registration on the Google My Business dashboard or is there more too it. If you havent claimed your business yet, you may know about it as any local search on Google will now show you the results for local businesses. If you can get your business to show in these results, you will have a free trickle of traffic and potential clients. Very fruitful indeed for a 5 minute registration!
You need to GRAB Your Google My Business Location Today!
Are you wanting to know how to claim my business on google maps in 2020? Or are you aware you can add your Google my Business location 3 different ways? Today’s tutorial is aimed at businesses that either havent claimed or want to know the easiest way to claim their google my business listing. Surprisingly almost half of the business have NOT been claimed. It’s surprising as it free and very easy to do.
How To Claim My Business On Google Maps : Video
Video timestamp : How To Claim Your Business
- 0:00 Introduction to Google maps for business
- 0:50 Google maps
- 1:56 Google Search
- 2:34 Google My Business
- 3:26 How to verify your business
To add or claim your business listing Then try 1 of the following 3 ways
1. Go to Google maps and click “Claim this business” after typing in your company name. Just visit https://www.google.com/maps
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2. Use Google search and type in your business. You should then see a side listing if your business has been registered fro you. Click” Own this business?” on https://www.google.com/ and follow the process
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3. Go to the Google Business home page at https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/bus… and register your business. Click Claim this business.
In all cases you will be taken to a manage now page where you can identify yourself through your Google account and select a verification option, and follow the on-screen steps.
Then depending on the type of business you will need to verify using one of the following:
- Phone
- Postcard
- Verify instantly using Google Search Console – If you are registered with Google Search Console and sign into Google My Business with the same email account, you may be able to verify your profile instantly
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Before You Go : Verification Without Postcard – Is It Possible?
Conclusion
In Conclusion, Google wants business listings claimed by their owners and then accurately completed. Why does google care? Relevancy for the public. If the public find maps useful then Google is relevant and can then make money by selling adverts. Google uses this thought process behind everything it does and to date is hugely successful.
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Most businesses havent claimed their business though. So now is still the time to get ahead of the competition. Don’t be put off by the Google My Business requirements. If you want to know more or have this done by a professional then take a look at what I do and I’m sure I can help you grow your business.
