Usually at the top
Local search
- The map and the businesses listed on it
- Shows Google profile listings, not websites
- Needs a complete, regularly optimised Google Profile
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- What it is
- The map and the short list of Google Profiles shown with it, sometimes called the map pack. Which profiles appear depends on how relevant they are to what the customer searched for.
- What shows
- Google Business Profiles, not websites. Each one has the must-have business details (reviews, photos, opening hours and buttons to call or get directions), plus other fields that can be optimised to help you rank above the competition.
- How Google ranks it
- Google says it looks at three things: how well a listing matches the search, how close the business is, and how credible it looks across Google and the rest of the web, from reviews to other listings and mentions.
- What you need
- A complete, regularly optimised Google Profile. You don't need a website, but having one helps: it's one of the other sources Google checks when judging how credible your business is.
This is what Get Found on Google covers.
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