Your Google Business Profile categories can make or break your local rankings.
In this video, Jordan from Sportsman Creative and Nearby Calls walks through one of the most important Google Business Profile optimization steps: choosing the right primary and secondary business categories.
Your primary category tells Google what your business is most relevant for. If you choose the wrong one, Google may not show your business for the searches that actually matter. If you add too many unrelated categories, you can also dilute your relevance and make it harder for Google to understand what your business really does.
In this tutorial, we cover:
• Why your primary Google Business Profile category matters
• How secondary categories can help or hurt your rankings
• Why changing categories can sometimes trigger re-verification
• How to research competitor categories
• How to use GMB Everywhere to analyze top-ranking businesses
• Why you should only choose categories that truly match your services
• How your website pages can support your GBP categories and services
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