25/05/2022
📍Is your business profile on Google visible in the service areas you selected?
Listen up!
Having multiple service areas listed on your Google Business Profile DOES NOT MEAN that your business will be visible in those areas.
Here's what I mean...
Let's say you are a real estate business located in Lekki Lagos and you serve customers in all the major cities & states in the country (Nigeria)...
Listing multiple countries and areas far away from your actual business location (like Abuja, Ibadan, ogun, sokoto, PH, USA, Kenya etc ) will not show your business to people in these areas.
In fact, your business listing will not even show up to customers who are searching for an estate property managers in Abuja for example or in the US.
Why?
Because Google's focus with GBP is to help potential customers easily find and connect with local businesses who are close to them.
Here's my recommendation...
👉🏼 When selecting service areas, the boundaries of your overall area should not extend farther than about 2 hours of driving time from where your business is based.This will increase your chances of being found in those regions.
Now do this
👉🏼 Go into your GBP dashboard and check the service areas you have listed.
Will your business be visible in the service areas you selected?