Google My Business & Google Maps Are really Important For Local Businesses. Here Are 7 Reasons Why My Business Is Not Showing in Google Maps…With Fixes!
Annoyed, agree, confused, are all the feelings many business owners express when they wake up to find they can find their business on Google Maps. Ok being number one is one expectation, but not being around at all! Not good. Today’s article will help you see how you can understand what may have happened and some of the simple fixes you can try in your Google My Business dashboard.
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- Google My Business Not Showing Up Due to Verification
- Google My Business Not Showing On Maps Due To Suspension
- Not Aware Of Business Relocation on Google Maps
- Google Maps No Address
- Shared Address For Business Can Cause Google Maps Issue
- Google My Business Needs Location Authority
- You Can’t Rank Everywhere On Google Maps, So Consider Proximity
- Conclusion and What Next
Why My Business Is Not Showing in Google Maps Video 7 Tips Tutorial
7 Fixes for Google My Business not showing video timestamps
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- 0:00 INTRODUCTION
- 1:40 VERIFICATION
- 4:02 SUSPENSION
- 8:39 RELOCATION
- 9:54 NO ADDRESS
- 13:05 SHARED ADDRESS
- 14:40 AUTHORITY
- 17:55 PROXIMITY
Click any of the timestamps above and it will take you directly to the part of the video tutorial you need.
Google My Business Not Showing Up Due to Verification
Reason 1. VERIFICATION
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Some businesses aren’t verified. In effect, you need to claim your business. Normally a phone call or a postcard is needed to the address for it to be verified with Google. It must be verified on Google My Business or Google Maps. It will barely show against competition if it’s not verified. Low competition in your business is probably the only way it will be seen in the results.
You need to put your postal address in to verifiy your busienss with Google if you want an easy and safe journey. Any other way starts to complex matters, muddies the waters and doesnt always end in a pleasant way.
Google My Business Not Showing On Maps Due To Suspension
Reason 2. SUSPENSION
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Google My Business suspended has to be one of the worst reasons to find a no-show. Google suspension is one of the most common reasons for not appearing on Google Maps or search engine results. It can be down to all sorts of reasons, but from my experience is often down to someone in the business adding more than one listing for the business. A sad but easy mistake to make.
Additionally, if you have a marketing or SEO agency involved in the past, they may have added multiple locations to get immediate results. This only gives a short term boost and will at one point or other trigger alerts at Google. However, don’t forget that even your competition can report any violation as a way to bring down your company a peg or two.
Google always pulls the primary listing and all other listings down if it feels there has been a violation. It afterwards sends out a message that is pretty vague and tells you very little. Your account has been suspended for violation of Google policy or suspended due to quality issues. You then have very little direction and help to locate what caused this violation.
Ultimately you will find its Google’s way of making sure you totally clean up the listing. Reinstating a suspended account for violation of Google My Business policies is a slow process.
For extra information visit and links
Google My Business Suspended Due To Quality Issues (soft and hard suspension)
Solving Suspensions & Issues the Right Way!
Google My Business Errors and reports are quite common. But more businesses are finding a small error is now leading to a potential suspension.
Not Aware Of Business Relocation On Google Maps
Reason 3. RELOCATION
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Have you relocated your office in recent months? Maybe with the busy move, you have yet to update your location on Google My Maps. Why isn’t my old address still showing though?
You need to manually update any business location move via your Google My Business dashboard.
“If you move your business, you need to let Google My Business know”
Zanet Design
Having said that, Google is quick to remove your company if a local reports your vacated office as no longer open. Surprising how it works one way but not the other. So if you do leave a facility an empty shop, do take control.
Google Maps No Address
Reason 4. NO ADDRESS
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Some Business Owners are paranoid about giving out there address. If you don’t want Google to know your address it’s understandable. Owners of private homes aren’t generally wanting visitors calling during the day time or office hours. Especially 24 hours a day services
Create A New Business: https://business.google.com/create?gmb
The key is to make good selections when you register your business. Just choose service not shop when you set it up – see my video below for a full explanation.
Service Area or Shop?
Shared Address For Business Can Cause Google Maps Issue
Reason 5. SHARED ADDRESS
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Shared office space can be a very cost-effective and positive experience. Especially for a startup business. The downside is other businesses have registered the same address in the past and this can mess up any efforts to kickstart your Google Business listing.
You really need a unique address for a business registration
Google My Business Needs Location Authority
Reason 6. AUTHORITY
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In Google or Google My Business, your business may not appear because it lacks location authority. Location authority can be made up of several factors including:
- Geo Location
- Ratings
- Rankings
- NAP
- Links out
- Links In with relevancy
- Branding
- …and so on
Domain authority makes up around 16% of what Google measures your business with and that quite a large proportion to lose or gain on
You Can’t Rank Everywhere On Google Maps, So Consider Proximity
Reason 7. PROXIMITY
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If you are too far from the search area or the potential clients IP address, you could be out of luck.Why? Because you are missing out on PROXIMITY
To see how you rank in Google Maps in different locations then you will find this free tool from BrightLocal is really useful at https://shrsl.com/2b1m5
Conclusion and What Next
In summary, you need to be aware of Google importance on keeping maintaining and updating the correct location. It’s a big value in Googles eyes and often overlooked by business ownwers.
So you now know what those 7 traps are, why they happen, and how you can fix them once you understand them. I hope these videos and suggestions have been really helpful. Please let me know below if you have any questions in the comments below.
What Next?
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