If you're a local business offering services—plumbing, landscaping, accounting, or coaching, for example—your GBP is a critical platform for encouraging potential customers to take action. Let’s look at the top [...]
A strong online presence is no longer optional for service-based businesses—it’s essential. Whether you’re a plumber, electrician, solicitor, or consultant, your Google Business Profile (GBP) is one of the first [...]
For local businesses aiming to attract and convert potential customers online, visibility is only part of the equation. A well-optimised Google Business Profile (GBP) can significantly improve your chances of [...]
For any business aiming to attract local customers online, having a well-optimised Google Business Profile (GBP) is essential. But beyond visibility in search results, Google now offers tools to enhance [...]
Citations (online directory listings) play a hugely important role in any online marketing campaign. Not only do they help to provide respected areas of confirmation for your business details, but [...]
When your business information is verified on Google, you can keep your business's online presence current with accurate and timely information. If you still need to claim and verify your [...]
Footprint Digital offers expert services to help you create and manage your GMB listing effectively. In this blog, we'll explore the top five reasons why having a Google My Business [...]
In the ever-evolving digital realm, local businesses need to leverage every available tool to stand out, and one such powerful tool is Google Maps. This guide will provide a comprehensive [...]
In this article, we will explore the advantages of using Google Maps for small businesses and how Footprint Digital can help enhance your presence on this platform. From increasing visibility [...]
Are you looking to increase your online visibility and attract more customers to your business? Look no further than Google Maps. With its vast user base and ability to showcase [...]
Are you a small business owner looking for effective strategies to boost your online presence and attract more local customers? Look no further than Google Maps. With its user-friendly interface [...]
If you are a business that places great importance on its local area, ensuring you have a verified GMB profile should be the very first step that you take to [...]
Google My Business (GMB) offers small businesses an effective and free way to increase online visibility and boost local SEO. Establishing a GMB account makes the most out of your [...]
Many business owners spend a lot of time and effort crafting the perfect website, but there’s one other way to get noticed online – Google Posts. With Google Posts, you [...]
As a small business owner, you know that visibility is key for success. To reach the most customers, you must be present in the right places, and one of those [...]
As technology continues to advance, it is becoming increasingly important for businesses to stay abreast of the latest developments in order to remain competitive. One of the most significant developments [...]
In this article, we'll take a look at how a Google My Business listing can help your small business. We'll cover how to get your page optimised, how to make [...]
Google Maps and Apple Maps are constant companions for more people and help them find their way around all kinds of interesting places and some pretty dull ones too. But [...]
Did you know that features like 'Google’s Local Search' results have been created to help provide a list of nearby businesses offering the products/services relating to your search? This in [...]
If you own or manage a business that appears on Google Search, you may be informed that you need to finish the verification process, claim ownership of the Business Profile [...]
Did you know that your customers can get in touch with you in real-time from your Business Profile on Google? You can answer questions, tell your story, and attract more [...]
It has recently been announced that Google will be allowing certain accounts based in the US and Canada to keep track of phone calls from your customers on Google Search [...]
With Christmas rapidly approaching, many customers have already started their Christmas shopping. If your shop is open for in-store shopping or dining, it's important to make sure your customers can easily [...]
How important are local customers to your business? If increasing the visibility of your business in the local area is critical to ongoing success, creating a Google Maps (Google My [...]
Did you know?? 60% of consumers said local search results with good images pushed them towards a decision* Businesses with photos receive 35% more clicks through to their websites than [...]
Whilst search engines are incredibly intuitive, they still need a (not so little) nudge in the right direction. All of the major engines constantly work towards improving their technology to [...]
Google has announced this week that it has temporarily removed a number of features from Google My Business as due to limitations caused by the COVID-19 situation. “During the unprecedented [...]
The premise behind 'Google Maps marketing' is basically taking the steps required to ensure that your business presence is optimised on Google Maps with a simple goal in mind - [...]
Google's local algorithm has always been based on 3 factors: Relevance Prominence Proximity Whilst this may seem fairly self-explanatory, without ticking these three boxes, your business is unlikely to appear [...]
There can be little doubt that Google My Business (GMB) offers one of the most powerful tools in the local SEO arsenal and is a great way to improve online [...]
Street View, by Google Maps, offers a virtual representation of surroundings on Google Maps. Made from millions of panoramic images Street View’s content comes from two sources - Google and [...]
To add your business information to Google Maps, Search and other Google properties, create a Google My Business listing (or get access to one, if it exists). Use Google My [...]
The creation of the ‘Google Local Guides’ programme offers a great way of being able to review local businesses on a regular basis whilst also developing a level of trust [...]
Google Street View technology provides the opportunity to give visitors to your Google Maps listing and your website the chance to take a 'virtual tour' through your premises before even [...]
If increasing the visibility of your business in the local area is crucial to ongoing success, creating a Google My Business listing is absolutely essential. Google My Business (GMB) – [...]
With the news of another data leak, the borrowed time that beleaguered platform Google+ faced has been reduced even further and will now close for consumers in April, rather than 4 [...]
With Google trying to provide search results based upon the location of the person making the search, Google Maps listing have never been more important. Does your business have a [...]
There can be no doubt whatsoever regarding the potential offering by Google My Business listings for any business. If you can achieve a first page ranking for any of your chosen [...]
Google My Business can be a very powerful tool for any business with a focus on their local area. If you can achieve a first page ranking for any of your [...]
Have you ever wondered how to get your business to appear in the Google Maps listings which appear at the top of many search results? The image below highlights just [...]
Without Google, the world would be a very different place. Its ability to as a search engine is well known but did you know that simply finding the results which [...]
It is a common misconception that if you do not have a website, you will be unable to make your presence felt on the internet. The good news is that [...]
Did you know that online marketing is for everyone? A common mistake for many businesses is making the assumption that if they don’t have a website, they have no way [...]
A Google Maps listing only gets lots of hits if there are lots of people making location specific searches for your product or service. For some products and services there [...]
