{"id":2986,"date":"2020-10-23T20:36:54","date_gmt":"2020-10-23T20:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/?p=2986"},"modified":"2020-10-23T20:36:54","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T20:36:54","slug":"business-not-showing-up-on-google-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/business-not-showing-up-on-google-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Why is My Business Not Showing Up on Google Maps?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

One of the most important parts of managing your business online is making sure your customers can easily get to you. So, what do you do if you\u2019re not seeing your business on Google Maps?<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Most Common Reasons a Business Isn\u2019t Showing up on Google Maps<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a few reasons why your business may not be showing up on Google Maps. Here are the most likely reasons:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Your business location isn\u2019t verified<\/li>
  2. Your location or account was suspended by Google<\/li>
  3. Your business has no location authority<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Let’s dive into the details of each reason why your profile may not be showing up on Maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    1. The business location is not verified<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    When you don\u2019t verify your Google My Business listing, it prevents you from editing your business information and accessing your profile data analytics. But, it also prevents your profile from being seen by the public! This includes having it show up on local Maps and Search results. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You can verify your business<\/a> in several ways: by snail mail, email, phone, or Search Console. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Click here to learn how to verify your GMB profile and get your business on Google Maps.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Your location or account was suspended<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    While not a particularly fun realization to come to, having your account suspended isn\u2019t uncommon. You can be suspended for any number of reasons, usually involving breaking Google\u2019s Guidelines<\/a>, or being wrongfully suspended by Google. You will find out your account has been suspended by one of two ways: getting an email directly from Google or seeing a red notification the next time you log into your GMB profile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    When your account is suspended, you won\u2019t have your Posts tab or access to any of your Insights and Analytics. You also lose the ability to reply to your reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    One of the most common GMB guidelines to get broken is when businesses enter incorrect names for their business in an effort to get some extra SEO keyword points. Entering in rich keywords or city descriptors when they\u2019re not part of your legal business name violates Google\u2019s rules. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Another common broken guideline is entering in a false address. If your business is online only or has virtual offices, entering in a physical address isn\u2019t allowed by Google. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Whether you were wrongfully suspended, or got caught by Google for trying to play the system, you can submit a ticket here<\/a> to argue your case or contact us<\/a> to step in and help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    3. Your business has no location authority<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    Another common reason that your profile may not be showing up in Maps is because your business has no location authority! And that means that your listing hasn\u2019t been enhanced and optimized enough for Google to show potential customers by ranking it highly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Just like with Google Search results, you might have to go a few pages of results deep because your business doesn\u2019t have location authority. This is obviously not <\/strong>ideal because people tend to pick a business to go with from the first 4 results they see in Maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u26a0\ufe0f So, your business not having location authority should be treated like a major problem. \u26a0\ufe0f<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To pull yourself out of the quicksand, you\u2019ll need to take the time to really<\/em> get your hands dirty and optimize your profile. You need to go through every nook and cranny of your profile and enter high-quality information and photos that would make someone want to do business with you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Once you fill in all the information and upload all the photos you can, you\u2019ll need to focus on reviews. Getting more reviews is essential since Google values profiles with a lot of (good) customer feedback \u2013 which means you\u2019ll gain more location authority to rank higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    According to Maps, location authority is also built by distributing your local business data \u2014 sometimes referred to as your business name, address, phone number, and website URL (NAP), or location business citation<\/a>. This information is spread across local business directories or other resources related to your business category. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    You can reassure Google of your business NAP by submitting this information to reputable business directories across the internet such as Yelp, Angies List, Yellow Pages, Yellow Book, as well as any local or industry-specific directories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    So\u2026 What Can You Do if Your Business Isn\u2019t Showing up on Maps?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    Now that you might know why <\/em>your business isn\u2019t showing up on Maps, you have to make steps to resolve the issue! The first step is reaching out to the Google My Business team directly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Need to contact Google? Click here to learn how to contact Google My Business! <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Google, while an incredible multi-billion dollar innovative company, is notorious for lacking a robust customer service system. It can take a long time for anyone to get back to you, and it tends to be a drawn-out, tedious process to get anywhere worthwhile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Not interested in dealing with it? We don\u2019t blame you \u2014 that\u2019s why our team is here to help! Contact us<\/a> to learn how to get started with our expert GMB management services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    One of the most important parts of managing your business online is making sure your customers can easily get to you. So, what do you do if you\u2019re not seeing your business on Google Map? In this edition of Ask The Gorilla, you’ll learn the top 3 reasons why your profile isn’t showing up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gmbgorilla.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}