Google My Business Profile Optimization - Ultimate Tutorial for 2023 (Every Secret Revealed!)

[@TashaMartin-f6c]

I am so confused as to how this video doesn't have a billion views. My first time here, and you just got my whole life together. Thank you, and yes, I liked, shared, and subscribed.

[@rankingacademy]

Many thanks Tasha. Much appreciated

[@Lovelyhen1]

This is the comment I was looking for

[@creatorlinda]

Haha same thing I was thinking!

[@mountholidayofficial]

I found this is the most relevant information on youtube.

[@rankingacademy]

Many thanks

[@biszverse]

Totally agreed

[@cheychi4633]

No lies detected

[@klassickeys5031]

I can't tell you enough how helpfully this video was. Took my listing from something ordinary to stunning. I am a believer sir and cheers to you and all of your work.

[@rankingacademy]

You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful

[@diego.santos]

Took me about 4 hours to get through this video because I was updating my profile along the way. Thank you for all the useful information and ideas!

[@rankingacademy]

You're very welcome!

[@vanessamcviety2973]

Love this, straightforward demonstration with visuals and instructions, steady pace and broken up into manageable sections. I have spent several hours updating 6 listings and this has been stress free, thank you so much.

[@rankingacademy]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching vanessa

[@tommywvcacher]

Thank you for this video! Used your tips earlier today, and already received a phone call from a customer!

[@rankingacademy]

Fantastic! So glad it helped

[@tylercambre]

Where would we be without you?! I need to sign up for a consultation with you soon to fine tune my rankings. What a wealth of information you are my man!

[@rankingacademy]

Wow, thank you Tyler

[@tylercambre]

@Ranking Academy 3 business I Market for and manage their GBP want to leave me a review, but their reviews aren't showing up on my GBP. Is it because I'm a manager on their accounts?

[@pvillepat]

I just set up my LLC last week and I can't thank you enough for this amazing video!

[@rankingacademy]

You're so welcome! Thanks for watching Patrick

[@wash713]

If I can’t see a option to add questions do I need to log on via a pc ?

[@BenNelson-p6x]

Liked and subbed! I was just tasked with adding a GBP at my job. This was a master course and I feel confident now!

[@rankingacademy]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@St.broganStudios]

This is only my second video on this topic, both by the same user & I feel so informed .. GREAT VIDEO !!!

[@rankingacademy]

Glad you liked it!! Thanks for watching

[@sunnybharat1934]

It took 2.5 hours, thank you man for valuable stuff👍👍

[@rankingacademy]

2.5 hours well spent. Thanks for watching Sunny

[@framefilmstudio]

Thanks for the video , I'm not sure exactly what is the difference between each phases

[@tobaoduwaiye]

I'm watching, following the guidelines and editing my listing. Thank you for this video

[@rankingacademy]

You're so welcome!

[@Nergy-Web-Design]

This was powerful... I finally fill up the blank pages on my listing. Much appreciated sir

[@rankingacademy]

Fantastic! Thanks for watching

[@kenanklovitch8117]

Thanks for sharing your secrets, I have learnt so much from watching. Now to watch again slowly and implement your valuable secrets.

[@rankingacademy]

Wonderful! Glad it was helpful

[@Nnip9]

Super video! The video has so much info. packed in, I've discovered that setting the playback speed to 0.75 is very helpful.

[@emilyrestored]

Thank you, this is awesome. I was able to fill in where I was missing opportunities to optimize my listing. Thank you!

[@rankingacademy]

Fantastic! You're so welcome

[@zenseekerEric]

Thank you for making this video. That was super helpful for me! I'm going to watch all of the content on your channel. Cheers! 😁

[@rankingacademy]

Awesome, thank you Eric and welcome on board

[@immobilienzimmermann6470]

Thanks for best gmb content, greetings from germany. Because of you - I learnt alot for my own business!

[@rankingacademy]

Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching

[@senthuvive]

Very good content and thanks for the step by step!

[@rankingacademy]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching and commenting

[@ZisisKardianos]

That was the most comprehensive tutorial I've ever wathed on any subject. Lot's of new tips and info I had no idea about. I was surprised learning that the listing's description has zero effect on ranking. I thought that it was there where you add the most important keywords for your profile. And the question arises, if not there where? Where do we add keywords in GBP?

[@rankingacademy]

The only place where you can add keywords to help rankings is in your business name. Anywhere else will be a waste of time. For more info on this topic watch this short video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hnbTdpWPZpxqabM

[@shadowblade420x]

the ultimate GMB Tutorial video, thank you sir

[@rankingacademy]

My pleasure!

[@mehrantagar]

Man, what a brilliant video very well explained and to the point. Thank you so much

[@rankingacademy]

You're very welcome!

[@guidokamanzi7920]

Thank you very much for this video. I just found out how it is important to write posts on google my business. Thank you for your help

[@rankingacademy]

You're very welcome! Thank Guido

[@tombnguyen]

Thanks for making this. Your video was mostly a refresher for me, but it gave me some new ideas. I’m going to use my 3rd party appointment url as the appointment link. I add a UTM parameter to separate the GMB visits from regular organic Google visits in Google Analytics. I disabled the messaging feature because I was getting too much spam, but I may ask clients if they want to use it. For e-commerce stores, would you recommend adding the products on GMB with a link to the product page?

[@rankingacademy]

Hi Tom. Thanks for watching. Yes I would add a link to the product page.

[@andymunday4712]

Excellent tutorial as always Luc and all for FREE all business owners should discover your channel I for one always tell businesses that I know to sign up to Ranking Academy.

[@rankingacademy]

Many thanks Andy

[@sustainability2]

This video was a life saver, excellent content and guidance. Thank you!

[@rankingacademy]

You're welcome!

[@Heather-sw2hn]

Great information! The video is broken into easily digestible segments. Thank you!

[@rankingacademy]

You're welcome!

[@TalhaNusratHussain]

Great video Sir, a must watch for every business owner who wants to grow through GMB ❤

[@rankingacademy]

So nice of you

[@bextabeats3368]

I love your content man !! I’ve gone from last in the list to the first position in 3 months but it seems as I’ve capped off in a 5km radius 🤛🏽👍🏽

[@rankingacademy]

Great stuff. Sounds about right. Depending on how competitive your niche is, it will be difficult to expand your visibility beyond your 5 k radius unless you create more locations (if you can) or target additional locations through organic results via your website

[@MIjibrealbo9]

Sir, your videos are the best learning videos i have ever watch on youtube. Thanks for educating me in an easy and perfect way sir. I have liked and subscribed

[@rankingacademy]

So nice of you. Thanks for watching

[@mmfromh]

Awesome content. Best video I've seen on Google Business optimization.

[@rankingacademy]

Wow, thanks!

[@louisekirby2527]

This was fantastic. Thank you so much. I've made so many helpful changes to my profile and learnt a lot.

[@rankingacademy]

Great to hear it louise, i'm sure it will pay off

[@bluebellformentino6072]

Really enjoy your content, have been subbed for a while - all the best keep em coming!

[@rankingacademy]

Thanks, will do!

[@jasonrossrealty]

You have motivated me to work on my business profile. Thank you!

[@rankingacademy]

Glad to hear it Jason. It will be worth it

[@jasonrossrealty]

@@rankingacademy Now I just gotta figure out why Google "Not Approved" every single photo I added about my business.

[@davidg5629]

I'm only 5/8ths through this and my GMB looks way better. Subscribed. Is there a way to choose which of my photos appears on my profile? Thank you, Luc.

[@rankingacademy]

Great stuff David. You can choose your cover photo

[@nswashhddhdjdjssnzm2887]

Simple and insightful approach, Thank you, dear!

[@rankingacademy]

You're so welcome!

[@BillSklodowski]

Excellent! Thanks... Setting up shop in a new city... this will definitely help.

[@rankingacademy]

Glad it was helpful Bill.

[@STEVENSMEX]

Thanks!

[@rankingacademy]

Thank you so much Steven. Much appreciated

[@sidvillan4745]

Thank you for all the information you are providing. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@rankingacademy]

You are so welcome

[@ErnestYturriaga]

Thank you!!! That was very helpful! Much Appreciated!!! 🙏🏼

[@rankingacademy]

You are welcome Thanks Ernest

[@afzalsaleem2790]

Thanks Luc Durand. I am sure you covered everything which is important for GMB Ranking. After watching this video, no need to buy any GMB course. Can we use our services (like cleaning etc) as products also?

[@rankingacademy]

Glad to hear it Afzal. If the option is available on your dashboard then use it

[@lindamyers5660]

I would like to give you a 10-star review for this video. Thank you so very very very much. Excellent, fantastic job. Well done.

[@rankingacademy]

Wow, thanks so much.

[@rockerstockton]

Hi, do you offer to optimize profiles for small businesses? And if so, what would you charge to optimize a google my business profile?

[@silentjellybean]

Another very insightful and clear to fullow totorial, really appreciated!

[@rankingacademy]

You're very welcome!

[@ITSALLFORKIDS1]

GREAT content as always Luc - Another Masterclass! Question you may be able to answer for me. If I am to dedicate some time each month to "push reviews" for a client as part of an overall service I provide to them currently and lets say that day I am proactively requesting customers to give the business a review & they start getting a number of reviews in on the same day, does google have a "review limit" which they look at as " review spam". I don't want to do the hard work to end up getting penalised because of the amount of reviews I got in though my hard work? Thanks in advance.

[@infinitemodestydesigns]

Love it..watch yesterday and am back today for me.. smile,,

[@rankingacademy]

👍

[@himanshukhaneja1735]

thanks for information in details.

[@rankingacademy]

Welcome

[@BriannaIsaac]

Your context is top notch! Thank you for all the info. You are amazing as you are helping lost people like me fulfilling her dreams I hope you are getting the same positivity back. God bless you.

[@rankingacademy]

Wow, thank you! I'm glad you find my videos helpful. Thanks for watching

[@us-chishti3664]

Very Helpful. Guys Must Watch this!

[@rankingacademy]

Thanks a ton

[@ManojGupta-us9vy]

Awesome info! 1) for a business based in Karama ( a locality in Dubai) in the GMB services section, should we name services as 'Keratin Treatment' or 'Keratin Treatment in Karama" or 'Keratin Treatment in Dubai' or "Keratin Treatment in Karama, Dubai'? 2) say I have 2 secondary categories. can a service mentioned under Primary category be included under secondary categories? or are the services under P category and S categories totally disjoint? Thnx for your videos.

[@rankingacademy]

Services in GMB section don't impact rankings so you should name them exactly as they are. In this example "Keratin Treatment". Organise you service in a logical way. It's for the benefits of users, not Google

[@ManojGupta-us9vy]

@@rankingacademy Thanks. But the text for services ( 300 char) with some kw does help the GMB to rank?

[@STEVENSMEX]

Great ideas and reasonable concepts It is a reality we need to embrace 😊

[@rankingacademy]

Indeed. Thanks for watching Steven

[@symplemynd57]

Lots to learn but well explained. Thanks Luc.

[@rankingacademy]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@igorwillyans8053]

I enjoy your vídeos men! Appreciate you share your Knowledge!

[@rankingacademy]

Glad you like them! Thanks Igor

[@AdamMoss-gf6bh]

Love this video - very helpfull and usefull Thank you Ranking Academy

[@rankingacademy]

You're very welcome!

[@NormaBusbeerealestate]

Thank you so much for all the useful information and ideas, really appreciate.

[@rankingacademy]

You are so welcome!

[@UnwindMusic_]

This video was so amazing! Subscribed for sure

[@rankingacademy]

Thank you so much and welcome on board

[@AffordableFacilityServices]

You answered my long going question . THANK YOU

[@rankingacademy]

Happy to help!

[@catherinesaid2464]

Great video, so clear! Thank you so much!

[@rankingacademy]

You're very welcome! Thanks catherine

[@pejuemmanuel2137]

Worked for me- thank you!

[@rankingacademy]

Glad to hear it. Thanks for watching

[@umeshmysoreshivaraju26]

You have done a very nice and useful video man. Thanks. Help us further in using Google My business for daily , monthly exploit. May be uploading intelligently the photos, videos, new updates and others about the business. Also suggest new ideas please.

[@rankingacademy]

Thanks, I'll add your request to my list

[@jetlife1112]

Thank you for this video, it was very insightful and helpful

[@rankingacademy]

Great to hear.

[@chinemeremazubuike5120]

Shout out to Uncle Luc!! 🤗 Thank you so much for inspiring insights and tutorials

[@rankingacademy]

My pleasure!! Thanks for watching

[@gmbeverywhere3093]

Absolutely love the content . Very effective for GMB users :)

[@rankingacademy]

Thanks so much William

[@angelsboudoir]

I've only had one problem: I can't post my business pictures. Google Business deletes them every single time I upload them. Context: I'm a boudoir photographer I've been following your recommendations and my business started to move forward. I can't find the words to express how grateful I am.

[@rankingacademy]

Thanks, watch this video, hopefully it will help with your photos.

[@giacomodisabato444]

Awesome content thanks for your help

[@rankingacademy]

No problem 👍

[@mariuszbal7816]

Hello - love your video - and agree with most of it - you are doing a great job spreading knowledge in regards to GBP - but I cant agree with your claim that business description does not influence the ranking factor... do a simple experiment - remove your business description and watch how your position is changing. In my opinion, it is one of the most important sections - as you inform Google what you do.

[@rankingacademy]

Hi Marius, I'm sorry to say you're completely wrong on this. If it did matter every business owner would spam their description to death with keywords. Check this article from the highly reputable search engine land: searchengineland.com/no-the-google-my-business-description-does-not-impact-ranking-329176

[@Shadypoolguy]

You got a new sub and these videos are gold! I’ve been struggling for so long, one question I have though I set up my gmb before I was serious about my business. How do I change the email associated with my gmb?

[@rankingacademy]

Thanks for the sub! To change the email address go to the business profile setting>> Managers >>Add a user and transfer ownership

[@smallhacksplay]

Great list well explained. thanks for amazing and easy to learn content

[@rankingacademy]

My pleasure!

[@muhammedshabeer987]

Great video, hats off dear!🤘💯

[@rankingacademy]

Many thanks Muhammed

[@diligentlynoted]

Thank you for the information that you provided! Are you able to assist with how to add a website that has not been indexed by google? Also what to do to make your website visible if you have already added it to Google Search Console and requested your website to be indexed? I created a Canva Website but I am having problems with Google recognizing it.

[@rankingacademy]

Try getting some links from somewhere that point to your site. If you have a google listing hopefully it links to your site. Try other popular directories to. Google will crawl those sites and eventually yours.

[@ryanmccain1158]

Great stuff. I can't begin to imagine how long it took to put all this together.

[@rankingacademy]

Thanks Ryan. About two weeks, it was a real grind 😉

[@thepatrickandlunashow]

You are a Godsend- Thank you so much for your actionable insights! Kudos!

[@rankingacademy]

😊 Many thanks

[@folly9]

Thank you for sharing the valuable information ^ ^

[@rankingacademy]

My pleasure!

[@sweetpeas_9249]

such a great video! I own a service business and one of our competitors has swept the city with using their employees homes as locations. We are following the rules but man it bites when they are ranking across the city :(

[@rankingacademy]

I'm sure it does. I suggest you report them using the redressal form: support.google.com/business/contact/business_redressal_form

[@sweetpeas_9249]

@@rankingacademy thank you Luc! I have just done this (they have 6 homes across the city!) I will keep my fingers crossed! Thank you! I am watching all your videos avidly to get more knowledge- I think I'm learning more than my web/marketing company! LOL! Thank you!

[@m_reis]

great 👍 content Luc, as always 😊thank you so much

[@rankingacademy]

My pleasure! Thanks Miguel

[@tareentareen5435]

Hello, could you please this question. If I create a website and sell product online and the product will be also in other some websites, since suppliers are from China same product will be available, will google accept my website or will my website will go life?

[@rankingacademy]

There is no reason why google shouldn't accept your site

[@vanessaolmos7178]

Super helpful!!! Game changer!

[@rankingacademy]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching Vanessa.

[@chhatrasalrathore8890]

excellent Presentation.

[@rankingacademy]

Many many thanks

[@coeliac.disease.dietitian]

Fantastic tutorial - so clear and easy to follow thanks so much. :-) Will be subscribing!

[@rankingacademy]

Many thanks

[@livinginseawa]

awesome information! Thanks so much!!!

[@rankingacademy]

You are so welcome!

[@VideoShareTV]

Amazing content! I will use everything in this. I have been looking for you! ❤❤❤ Thank you!

[@rankingacademy]

Great stuff, Thanks so much

[@leezee9]

Thank you, this has been very helpfull

[@rankingacademy]

You're very welcome! Glad to hear it Zyn

[@nehan8552]

Online small business don't have office address apart from their home address then will that be ok?

[@faridrottigni]

What a Gentleman, thanks

[@rankingacademy]

My pleasure

[@gavrailovart9618]

Very detailed review, really pleased, thank you

[@rankingacademy]

Thanks for watching!

[@ericcraigo3432]

Great content! This was very helpful

[@rankingacademy]

Glad you think so! Thanks Eric

[@AmalfitaniMoles]

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[@rankingacademy]

I have absolutely no idea, sorry

[@thebullet9586]

Excellent & Appreciate

[@rankingacademy]

Many many thanks

[@EdenJoyTucay]

Thank you so much for making such a useful, detailed, great video about this. I hope you will continue to create more of this. Congrats!

[@rankingacademy]

Thanks so much Eden. I’ll try my best

[@GaryBox]

I'm hardly an SEO novice but thought I'd ask a Google business profile question. I have a client where Google changes the business hours every week. Google support won't tell me where the change is coming from. I suspected a competitor was suggesting the change but I'm not convinced most competitors are that knowledgeable about SEO. On our local schema and all directory listings we use the same opening hours but still Google change it every week. The change means the business is showing as closed at most times of the day and therefore lower in local listings. In this particular niche I also found many competitors were adding keywords to their business name even though they did not use these keywords elsewhere. I suggested change and Google did remove the keywords.

[@rankingacademy]

Interesting. I agree, I am very doubtful someone would take the time to change the hours all the time. There are plenty of other things they could do to make it difficult for your clients. In most cases it will come from a third party source Google has found elsewhere, keep digging

[@GaryBox]

@@rankingacademy I've been unable to find any third party source and what's frustrating is the correct hours must be listed on at least 20+ sources. I'm tending to feel it's a Google glitch and what's annoying is that Google support is next to useless. They won't give any help about how to prevent it.

[@ManojGupta-us9vy]

Hi Luc, A kw optimised GMB services description does help in boosting the GMB?...right

[@rankingacademy]

Nope it doesn't

[@helery.]

I have a question about publishing business hours on Google My Business. What is your recommendation for a small business whose opening hours vary based on appointment requests? Thank you!

[@rankingacademy]

Hi Helery, if you hours vary based on appointments Google recommends you don't provide them. It's not ideal but there isn't really a away around it. For more information check the guidelines here: support.google.com/business/answer/3038177#zippy=%2Cbusiness-hours

[@helery.]

@@rankingacademy Thanks!

[@fabiola24126]

Thank you for helping me❤❤❤

[@rankingacademy]

My pleasure fabiola

[@unsopken0623]

I believe Google now allows the use of a Facebook page as a website link, which was previously marked as an error if i try to add my page link, but now I can add it.

[@rankingacademy]

Nope. Although you may have been able to add a link, It's still against the guidelines: support.google.com/business/answer/3038177?hl=en-GB#zippy=%2Cwebsite-phone

[@aldinetree]

Hi Luc, thanks for sharing yet another excellent video! I noticed earlier this week KZbin is allowing channel owners to add Posts. Do you plan to publish a Best Practices video on this? Thanks for letting us know, Delfino

[@rankingacademy]

Hi Delfino I wasn't planning on covering this topic but I'll still add it to my list. Just in case.

[@aldinetree]

@@rankingacademy Thanks Luc. I'm sure there are best practices for this, however since it's only been released to commoners like myself in the past few days, I'd prefer to learn from those who better understand how to potentially use it best.

[@Nailsoupmedia]

Great video. Thank you. What are premium rate numbers? appointment link I suggest going to your website page with calendly embedded so your website's FB and google ad network retargeting pixels kick in

[@rankingacademy]

Premium-rate telephone numbers are telephone numbers that charge callers higher price rates for select services. A portion of the call fees is paid to the service provider, allowing premium calls to be an additional source of revenue for businesses. Nice tip about the calendar link, thanks

[@radicalstreetwearsmokeshop2150]

Hi, Regarding adding product. clicking on edit product does not open the old GMB dashboard, also the edit profile does not show option for adding Products.

[@rankingacademy]

Looks like you won't be able to add products then

[@bobcollopy8786]

Great video! For the business locations I was thinking of getting an office with its own suite number that has a common area with shared front desk staff, and does receive customers at that location. Are you saying this won’t rank? So if I don’t have signage then GMB will not rank that office? Does the signage have to be exterior or interior? We would have signage on the door where it’s allowed.

[@rankingacademy]

Hi Bob, Is this a co working space?

[@SuriyaWetzler]

Thank you very much for such as this descriptive video....and about booking or calendar...🙏🌺……why we shouldn't use google calendar for booking?!……………

[@rankingacademy]

Google calendar is not fit for purpose and won't look very professional

[@leonardoicandelariojr9090]

I am a new wedding officiant you said not to use stock photos so what can I use if I haven’t gotten a my photos as of yet?

[@rankingacademy]

It's much better to use your own photos but if you don't have any yet just use stock ones then remove them later and replace them with your own.