Leaving your current listing to the Google bots to manage means you can’t optimize it for local SEO purposes and your business information might be inaccurate. Don’t leave your GMB listing in the hands of fate or Google bots. To claim your Google My Business listing, there are a couple of steps to take. 1. Find Your Business Go to Google Maps and type in your business name or a keyword phrase that will bring up your busi- ness listing. You might have to do some digging around to find it, but if you saw it before, it’s there. 2. Claim Your Business Once you have found your business listing, it’s time to claim it. Somewhere on the listing should be a button for “Claim this business”. Click on the “Claim this business” button. You’ll be taken through a step-by-step claiming process for the listing. Obviously, you’ll want to be using a Gmail account in order to access your GMB listing. Follow the steps presented to you and fill out the accurate information for your business. Include your business’s name, address, phone number ( NAP ), and any other information to get you started. 3. Reclaim Your GMB Listing Perhaps you created a Google My Business listing a while back and forgot about it? Or maybe someone on your team created a GMB listing and it was left alone for a while? If there is a chance that either of these scenarios (or another one) occurred, then you should claim your GMB. Either try to find the email and password to access the listing and you can work with it from there or you can click the “Claim this business” button and use a new email address. Create a New Google My Business Listing
If none of the above scenarios occurred and you don’t currently have a Google My Business listing for your business, then create a new one. 1. Log Into Google My Business Using your Gmail account, log in to Google My Business. Click on “Manage Now”.
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