The way people do business today is quite different from the way its used to be some years back. The invention of the Internet and social media have open up many ways by which people can show case what they are producing or the services they are rendering to the outside world, and this actually give business owners that leverage on these development an edge over others they are still practicing things in the old way.
One of the most common methods of showcasing your business profiles or details to the outside world is through google listing, and I will try as much as possible to show you ( most especially those that are just setting up their business or those that are already doing business but are looking for ways to beat their competitors ) how you can easily get enlisted, and how you can rank up fast in the google listings.
If your business is yet to claim its spot on google map, you can start from there and book your spot on the google map, make sure your address is very correct, fill in the days and time you open, the name of your business, the category of the work or service you render the time you close, your phone numbers.
your website, then add some pictures of your business in the spaces provided too.
Then you can proceed to claim the business on google map and this will take you to google my business, fill in your details correctly and after this a verification code will be sent to the address you gave within 14 days. After you get the verification code, fill it in the appropriate space and start filling your business information on the google my business site.
But note this that your details most especially your business name, address and phone number must be consistent through out, if not, you will be confusing google about the authenticity of your details and you will not be ranked high on the google listing. Another thing you should put into consideration is the keyword that is attributed to your business line, you must always input these keywords so that it will be very easy for people to locate you when they type such keywords on the search engine.
HOW DO YOU RANK FAST ON THE GOOGLE LISTING?
Out of many factors to consider before you can be ranked fast on the google listing, I will only discuss two for now, the other ones will be discussed in details in my next articles.
1. Link Building.
One of the things that will rank you fast on google listing are the numbers of links pointing to your website. If your website links are contained in some other relevant websites or blog posts, they give a positive impression on google that you can be trusted and you can get ranked fast.
But note this, the quality of the website consisting the link that led to your website matters a lot, therefore, google places quality websites over quantity, like if your website link is found on sites like amazon, Forbes, you stand a chance of being ranked higher than those that only have theirs on websites that doesn't command much respect, therefore, you need to work on your backlink.
2. Domain Authority.
Under this, what you need to consider is how good your content is, how old your website is, is your website search engine friendly? The number of backlinks you have. What makes up good content is the inclusion of keywords that are very relevant to your business, so that anytime anyone type in the keywords, they will be linked to your Website.
If you want your website to be search engine friendly, focus more on your website title page (h1), it should convey much information and key words that customers will be looking for and always keep it short. Then your page description too is very important, make sure you don't repeat your business description on another page of your website, each page description must be unique and posses the relevant keywords then make sure your NAP (name, address and phone number) is consistent with what you provided on google business.
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