{"id":257,"date":"2020-04-24T09:56:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-24T02:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/blog\/?p=257"},"modified":"2020-04-24T09:56:26","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T02:56:26","slug":"list-my-business-on-google-to-boost-visibility-for-your-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/blog\/list-my-business-on-google-to-boost-visibility-for-your-business\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;List my business on Google&#8221; to boost visibility for your business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Google My Business offers a way to boost visibility for your business by displaying your hours, phone number, and location in Google Search and Maps results. By connecting your site to Google My Business, you can manage it and other social media connections from one central location.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Go to your &#8211; <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cheapdomainregistration.com\/\">Cheap Domain Registration<\/a>. com<\/strong>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/account.secureserver.net\/products\/\" target=\"_blank\">product page<\/a>.<\/li><li>Open your site.<ul><li>For Websites + Marketing: Scroll down to\u00a0<strong>Websites + Marketing<\/strong>\u00a0and select\u00a0<strong>Manage<\/strong>\u00a0next to the website you want to change.<\/li><li>For Digital Marketing: Scroll down to\u00a0<strong>Online Marketing<\/strong>\u00a0and select\u00a0<strong>Manage<\/strong>\u00a0next to the site you want to change.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Open Google My Business.<ul><li>For Websites + Marketing: From your dashboard, select\u00a0<strong>Marketing<\/strong>\u00a0>\u00a0<strong>Google My Business<\/strong>.<\/li><li>For Digital Marketing: From your dashboard, select\u00a0<strong>Social &amp; Listings<\/strong>\u00a0>\u00a0<strong>Campaigns<\/strong>.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Select\u00a0<strong>Create Listing<\/strong>\u00a0if you don&#8217;t have an existing Google My Business listing.(Select\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/27311?prog_id=Ifindhost\">Connect a Listing<\/a>\u00a0if you already have a Google My Business listing.)<\/li><li>When asked how you run your business, choose the option that best describes your business type and select\u00a0<strong>Looks Good<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong><em>See\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/27346?prog_id=Ifindhost&amp;locale=en\">Is my business eligible?<\/a>\u00a0to see if your business qualifies for Google My Business. Basically, you need to serve people locally, either brick-and-mortar (a store people can walk into) or a face-to-face service (like a photographer or dog walker.) If your site doesn&#8217;t qualify, you&#8217;ll be prompted to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.secureserver.net\/help\/article\/20110?prog_id=Ifindhost\" target=\"_blank\">improve your website&#8217;s SEO<\/a>\u00a0instead.<\/em><\/li><li>Fill out the form, including what business category best describes your site, and select\u00a0<strong>Next<\/strong>. You can add to this later.<\/li><li>Google looks for existing businesses similar to yours. Since we are starting fresh, choose\u00a0<strong>No, create a new listing<\/strong>.<\/li><li>Sign into an existing Google Business account (you&#8217;ll be prompted to let IFindHost &#8211; Cheap Domain Registration. com interact with your Google account), or select\u00a0<strong>No, I don&#8217;t have an account<\/strong>.<\/li><li>You&#8217;ll be prompted to verify your phone number and other contact info.<\/li><li>It will take a few days for Google to verify your business information. After you are verified, return to this screen to manage your hours, create a post, and more.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google My Business offers a way to boost visibility for your business by displaying your hours, phone number, and location in Google Search and Maps results. 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