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Google Maps ·

Why isn't my business showing up on Google Maps? 9 reasons and how to fix each

Your customers search, your competitors appear, and you don't. Here are the nine most common reasons a local business is missing from Google Maps, in the order you should check them.

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Websites · 3 min

Do I need a website if I have a Google Business Profile?

Your Google profile can bring in calls on its own, so is a website still worth it? Here's when a profile is enough, when it isn't, and what a website does that a profile can't.

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Local SEO · 3 min

How long does local SEO take? An honest timeline

Anyone who promises page one next week is selling something. Here's what really happens in the first weeks, the first three months and the first year, and what makes it faster or slower.

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Reviews · 4 min

How to get more Google reviews (without breaking Google's rules)

Reviews help you rank on Google Maps and win the call. Here's how to get a steady flow of genuine reviews, the exact things Google prohibits, and how to reply to bad ones.

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AI Search · 4 min

How to get your local business recommended by ChatGPT and other AI assistants

More people now ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Google's AI who to call. Nobody can buy a recommendation, but you can make your business easy for AI to find, understand and trust. Here's how.

A map with three highlighted business pins at the top of a local results list

Google Maps · 4 min

How to rank higher on Google Maps: what Google actually says

Google names three things that decide local rankings: relevance, distance and prominence. Here's what each one means in practice, and the work that moves a local business up the map.

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Google Maps · 3 min

Should you hide your home address on Google? A guide for service-area businesses

If you work from home and go to your customers, you probably shouldn't show your address on Google. Here's who can hide it, how to do it, and how to set your service area so you still show up.

Un mapa con tres negocios destacados en los primeros lugares de Google Maps

Google Maps · 3 min

Cómo aparecer primero en Google Maps: guía para negocios latinos en Canadá

Si los clientes buscan lo que usted hace y aparecen otros negocios, esta guía explica en español qué revisa Google, qué puede mejorar esta semana y qué errores pueden costarle su perfil.

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Websites · 2 min

Five things to check on your own website tonight

You don't need an audit to find most of what's wrong with a small business website. Open it on your phone and check these five things in ten minutes.

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Websites · 2 min

Landing page or full website? Which one your business needs

They do different jobs. Here's the plain answer to which one fits your situation, and the most common expensive mistake owners make.

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Process · 2 min

What's in our free visibility audit (and what isn't)

Most free audits are a sales call with an automated PDF attached. Here's exactly what ours checks, what you get back, and why it's useful even if you never hire us.

Find out where you rank — free.

Tell us your business and the area you serve. We'll check Google Maps, regular search and AI answers, then send back what's holding you back and what we'd fix first. Useful whether you hire us or not.