Tips to improve your local ranking on Google
This lesson is a guide published by Google Business Profile Help.
Read the guideWhat you'll get
Google's own help page on how nearby businesses are ranked in Maps and search names relevance, distance and prominence as the factors, and says a better local rank can't be bought or requested. It lists what you control: verifying your profile, keeping your address, hours and category complete and accurate, replying to reviews and adding photos.
Do this week
Search for your kind of work plus your town the way a customer would, then fix anything missing or wrong on your Google Business Profile, starting with verification, hours, category and photos of real jobs.