Google My Business, What is it?
Have you ever searched for a company on Google and all their information came up? Well, that doesn’t just appear (Google isn’t that clever .. YET), people ‘claim’ ownership of the business and submit their details through, you’ve guessed it, Google My Business!
What information is needed for Google My Business?
Google may already know quite a bit about your company from ‘crawling’ (scanning through) your website. The information it wants to know for Google My Business is:
Company Name
Trading Address
Contact Number
Website Link
Opening Hours
Once you’ve submitted this information Google can make sure that when someone searches for you, or companies like yours that you’re showing up and it’s really easy for people to find you and contact you.
How to get started?
Getting started with Google My Business is really simple. All you have to do is Google ‘Google My Business’. The first link (Google My Business - Manage Your Profile) will take you to the home page where it will explain in more detail exactly how Google My Business can assist your business.
When you’re ready to get going, simply click ‘manage now’ and go through Google’s simple step-by-step setup!
Here is a direct link to Google My Business - https://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/business/
