Google Business Listings

A Google Business Listing is essentially a free advertising listing on Google.  To achieve this, businesses need to submit their details and images to their newly created Google Business Account.

Any business can use this service for free; it’s not limited by anything other than how many search results per page they want their information shown on.

How to use Google Business Listing

Google has a pretty easy and simple process for submitting your business information. Here are the steps you need to take in order to make sure you set yourself up with a listing.

This will help ensure your business is ranking well and gets noticed by people searching Google.

1. Create an Account

Go to Google’s business listing website, and click the “Sign In” button located right on the top right of the page.

Here are some tips.

Use a business email address, not a personal email address. Write any company slogan you may have, but don’t use your personal slogan.

Don’t use abbreviations or slang for your company name; write out your full name. Don’t use simple passwords; use long and complicated passwords that include numbers and special characters.

Don’t use the same password for multiple accounts.

2. Submit Your Information

Once you have an account and are signed in, click on the “Submit your Listing” button found on Google’s Business Listing page.

Then search for your business name, click “Get started” on the next page and fill out the form with your business information.

Here are some tips.

Fill out your company description, address, phone number, website and logo.

Attach a photo of your store or office if possible; this will help your image show up in the search results.

3. Check Your Listing

Once you submit your information it will take a few days for it to be verified, so check back and make sure everything shows up properly on the listing page.

When you are all set a welcome email will arrive in your inbox. Check this email and make sure you click on the link to verify your account.

This will let Google know that all the information you submitted is correct and show them that the listing will be as expected.

4. Use Your Business Listing

Once Google sees that all your information is correct, they will automatically provide it to their customers and make it available to them when they search for your name.

What are the advantages of having a Google Business Listing for your Business?

There are several benefits to having a Google Business Listing. Some of these may be lost on you but they are important to know.

1. Improve Your Company’s Image:

More customers will visit your store if it shows up on the first page of Google. You’ll get more business and make more money because your company will seem better known and more trustworthy if you have a listing on Google’s site.

2. Search Engine Optimization

Having a Google Business Listing helps increase your company’s visibility – particularly when people directly enter your business name into Google search engine.

The more people that see your business, the more business you’ll get. Of course it won’t have an immediate affect and you may not even notice it happening but over time you’ll realize that you’re getting more customers than before.

And this will result in more traffic to your website and higher rankings on search engines like Google and Yahoo.

3. More People Will Visit Your Website

Having a Google Business Listing will give you more people visiting your website. This is because it may show up on the top of the first page (if your business name has uniqueness) when someone searches for your businesses name on Google.

When you have more people visiting your site and when they see that the website is professional with a well-taken photo, they are likely to visit it again.

4. More Advertisements

Google will have more advertisements for your business, and this is a great way to make more revenue for your business.

5. Safety

The Google Business Listing page was designed to ensure that your information is safe and there are no chances of it being wrong or tampered with by someone.

All of your submissions will be checked and verified again and again before they’re added to the website.

This protects you from getting in trouble with the law or breaking any rules or laws because everything is approved before it’s placed on Google’s website.

6. Easy to Change

It’s very easy to change your information on the Google Business Listing page. All you have to do is go on the website and make the changes you want.

This is because all of the information on this page is up-to-date so there’s no need for you to worry about updating it yourself.

7. Great Customer Service

Google has great customer service because there are many people working at Google and someone will always be available to help you.

If you have any questions or concerns, you can make a call on their phone number and get immediate answers. Just like this website, Google will never stop supporting its customers with anything they need.

In conclusion, Google has made it easy for you to get a listing for your company on Google’s Business Listing page. It’s very fast and simple. Plus, you can always change your information or submit more information to have your business listed.