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All guidesClaiming and Verifying Your Google Business Profile
An unclaimed profile is a record nobody vouches for, and you cannot fix categories, hours or photos on a listing you do not control. How to claim it, verify it, and recover one someone else holds.
Google Business Profile Categories, Explained
Your primary category decides which searches you are eligible for. Secondary categories widen the net without diluting it. How to choose both, and the mistakes that cost queries.
Google Business Profile Optimization: 2026 Checklist (4 Steps)
Category, claiming, reviews, completeness: the four fields that decide your place on the map and whether ChatGPT names you. In the order that matters.
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The Google Reviews That Actually Move AI Answers
Review count is the number everyone watches, but recency and steadiness carry information a total cannot. What to aim for, and why chasing a round number is the wrong target.
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