GOOGLE BUSINESS PROFILE
OWN YOUR GOOGLE LISTING
Your Google Business Profile is the first thing local customers see — and usually the most neglected asset you own.
Most businesses claim their Google My Business listing once and never touch it again. That single fact is why a competitor with a worse reputation sits above you. We run a full GMB audit, rebuild the listing around what people actually search, and keep it active every month.
What's inside
Full GMB audit
Categories, services, service areas, hours, attributes, duplicates and suspension risks — scored against the competitors outranking you.
Categories & services
The single biggest lever on Google business search optimization. We choose the primary category deliberately and write every service around real search terms.
SEO for the listing itself
Business description, products, services and attributes written for search engine optimization on Google My Business — not filler copy.
Photos & posts
Fresh geo-tagged photos and weekly posts. Google rewards active profiles and buries dormant ones.
Reviews that move rankings
Automated review requests, negative feedback intercepted, and every review answered — the strongest lever after proximity.
Q&A and messaging
We seed and answer the questions customers ask, so your listing answers objections before a call happens.
How it works
Audit
We score your listing, compare it to the businesses ranking above you, and send a plain-English gap list.
Rebuild
Categories, services, description, photos, attributes and review flow — all rebuilt in the first two weeks.
Maintain
Weekly posts, new photos, review requests and replies, with map position tracked by postal code every month.
LET'S TALK
Ready to ignite local growth?
A 20-minute demo. Real strategy, no pressure. See exactly how we'd plug into your business.
WHY THE PROFILE WINS
For local searches, your listing outranks your website.
When someone searches a service plus a city — or just taps "near me" — Google leads with map results, not websites. That block of three listings takes the majority of the clicks and almost all of the phone calls. Which means Google My Business SEO isn't a side task next to your website; for local demand it is the main event. Pair it with Google Maps SEO and a strong local SEO program and you compete on every part of the page.
GOOGLE BUSINESS PROFILE FAQ
Questions owners ask us
What does Google Business Profile optimization actually include?+
A full audit of the listing, then the work: primary and secondary categories, every service and product written around real searches, service areas, hours and attributes, a keyword-informed business description, geo-tagged photos, weekly posts, answered questions, and review generation with replies. Then it's maintained monthly — an active profile outranks a dormant one.
What is a GMB audit for local SEO?+
It's a line-by-line review of your Google My Business listing against the factors Google uses to rank it: category accuracy, information completeness, duplicate or suspended listings, review volume and velocity, photo freshness, post activity, and how your name, address and phone appear across the web. We send it back in plain English with the fixes ranked by impact.
Is Google My Business the same as Google Business Profile?+
Yes. Google renamed Google My Business to Google Business Profile, so 'GMB', 'Google My Business optimization' and 'Google Business Profile optimization' all describe the same listing and the same work.
How long before Google Business Profile optimization shows results?+
Basic fixes like categories, services and information completeness can shift your map position within two to four weeks. The compounding levers — reviews, posts, photos and local links — build over two to three months.
Do I need a website for Google Business Profile SEO to work?+
You can rank a profile without much of a website, but you'll cap out fast. Google cross-checks the profile against your site, so search engine optimization for the Google My Business listing works far better when a matching service page backs it up.
Can you fix a suspended or duplicate listing?+
Usually, yes. We identify the cause — address issues, category abuse, a previous owner's listing — gather the documentation Google asks for, and handle the reinstatement or merge.
Which cities do you do this in?+
Barrie, Newmarket, Aurora and Vaughan, plus the surrounding Simcoe County and York Region towns.
How much does Google Business Profile optimization cost?+
It's included in our local SEO programs, and available on its own for businesses that only need the profile handled. Book a call and we'll quote against what your audit actually turns up — no packages you don't need.
FREE LOCAL SEO AUDIT
See where you actually rank in your city.
We'll pull your Google rankings, Google Business Profile health, and overall local visibility — then show you exactly what's costing you calls.
What we look at
- Organic + Map Pack rankings for your top services, by city and neighbourhood
- On-page SEO gaps on the pages that should be ranking
- Google Business Profile completeness & optimization gaps
- Citation & directory consistency (NAP across the web)
- Review volume, velocity, and response health
- Backlink profile from local & industry sources
Audits are delivered in 2–3 business days. No obligation, no auto-enroll into anything.
SERVING
Local SEO for your city.
Dedicated local seo pages with neighbourhood-level targeting, local schema, and FAQs tuned to each market.