08/02/2026
🚨 Business owners, be careful what you’re being sold.
We came across an ad recently promoting a strategy that sounds pretty appealing:
Create multiple Google Business Profiles.
Get into the Top 3 on Google Maps.
Pay nothing for ads.
Guaranteed results.
There’s just one problem.
Creating additional Google Business Profiles simply to manipulate local rankings is against Google’s guidelines.
There are legitimate situations where a company can have multiple profiles, such as separate staffed locations that individually qualify. But creating duplicate or fake locations just to take up more space in Google Maps can result in profiles being suspended or removed.
And that can mean losing the reviews, visibility and leads you worked hard to build.
Unfortunately, there are plenty of companies selling marketing strategies that sound good in an ad but leave out the risk involved.
We don’t want business owners falling into that trap.
So what should you actually be doing?
✅ Fully optimize your legitimate Google Business Profile
✅ Choose the correct categories and services
✅ Keep your business information accurate and consistent
✅ Earn real reviews from real customers
✅ Add quality photos and keep your profile active
✅ Build strong local website content
✅ Earn relevant local links and citations
✅ Strengthen your website’s local SEO
✅ Make it easy for Google to understand where you operate and what you do
And one more thing:
Nobody can legitimately guarantee that your business will always rank #1 or appear in the Top 3.
Google Maps results can change based on relevance, competition, the person searching and where that person is physically located.
Good local SEO isn’t about finding a loophole.
It’s about building enough trust, relevance and authority that Google has a reason to show your business.
If a marketing offer sounds too good to be true, ask questions before putting your Google Business Profile at risk.
That profile may be one of the most valuable lead-generation assets your business has.
Protect it. Build it the right way.
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