Is Google My Business Good Enough for Local SEO?

Optimizing Your Google My Business Page for Local SEOGoogle earns majority of its revenues from advertisements-of the US$ 110.9 billion it made in 2017, ads alone contributed US$ 95.4 (or 86%). No wonder, Google is the most popular search engine in the world, processing 1.2 trillion searches globally every year. That very statistic is a burning instance of the search engine’s earnest attempts to keep all its users happy.
In order to enhance the visibility of your business across the net, Google continues to introduce cutting-edge tools and techniques periodically. Google My business for instance, is one such tool that strives to bolster local SEO so as to help businesses to become more visible in their immediate surroundings. But can ‘Google My Business’ help achieve your business goals?

What exactly is Google My Business?

The Google My Business tool not only lets you display your business across all the search engine’s platforms and interfaces but also enables you to control the manner in which the same is visible. Registering for the app (via App Store or Google Play) is easy as you simply have to fill in a few mandatory details for gaining access to several versatile features.

Benefits of listing your business with Google My Business

1. Sweeping visibility

Since innumerable third-party portals bank on Google for obtaining relevant info, you can bet your firm’s visibility will significantly perk up. Once you’re listed on Google My Business, the likelihood of your site showing up on third-party website will increase manifold. Also, business categorization will lead to users landing at your site via local SEO search.

2. Steady NAP consistency

If you key in the correct name, address, and phone number (NAP consistency) of your business while signing up for Google My Business, you can take it for granted that Google will show exactly the same info. Also, make sure that you enter the actual operation hours so that your customers can contact you or vice-versa.

3. Analytics data helps fine-tune visibility

You’ll have the added advantage of reviewing your business performance by exploiting specific metrics such as Google Analytics. By using Google Analytics, you’ll be able to determine the traffic volume, total number of users, and so on. The interface ‘insights’ will let you find out the proportion of users who found you through organic searches and paid searches.

4. Impress customers with stunning visual content

Since attention-spans of users nowadays are extremely short, you can make an indelible first-time impression on your prospective customers and/or users by uploading eye-catching footages and snapshots. Google My Business offers you the opportunity of uploading of exhibiting your online storefront apart from videos and photographs.

5. Online bookings

In case you are a dentist or a veterinarian, listing with Google My Business will allow your patients to make appointments directly from your site. The advantage of booking online is a win-win situation-you’re assured of a visit (read consultation fee) and your customers is spared from the hassle of having to wait in a queue at the chamber for an appointment.

6. Intuitive blog posts

Needless to say, you’ll have to compete with many other businesses or professionals for the same number of customers. So, how do you make your business stand out from the crowd? Of course, by posting creative and original blogs describing your product or service as well as through promotional and seasonal offers. And Google My Business is definitely your best web-based platform for showcasing your business.

7. Interactive reviews

Google My Business provides you with the incentive of establishing an intimate rapport with your customers by responding to their feedbacks. You’ll surely be able to take your business to the next level if you pay heed to your users’ feedbacks.

The drawbacks

Perhaps the only downside of exploiting Google My Business is that you’ll have to put in a lot of effort to maintain the goodwill of your brand. However, there is no online business management tool that allows you to publicize your business effortlessly.

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