Can You Pay Google to Rank Higher on Maps?
from Smoke & Receipts
Your business is not showing up on Google, so can you just pay Google to move you up? Google's own help pages say no, and we walk through what actually fixes it. Start with one test. Search your exact business name and town on Google Maps and in regular search, then search the way a customer would from inside your service area. If your name finds nothing, the profile is missing, unowned, unverified, suspended or not eligible. Google says verification reviews take up to five business days, and changing your name, address or category while waiting on a postcard cancels the code. Suspended profiles cannot be seen by the public, and Google says an appeal can only be submitted once. Keyword stuffed names, duplicate profiles and big edits all at once are common trip wires. If your name finds you but you are buried, Google ranks local results on relevance, distance and prominence. Google says there is no way to request or pay for a better local rank. Verdict is smoke. Fix the profile if it is missing, work the three ranking factors if it is buried, and check that your website is indexed. Receipts and sources: https://clickflame.com/blog/business-not-showing-up-on-google
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Your business is not showing up on Google, so can you just pay Google to move you up? Google's own help pages say no, and we walk through what actually fixes it.
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