Getting your business name on a Google Map?

[Gavin.Atkinson]

How do you get your business name to appear on Google Maps? See attachment. What's the process to get this to happen? I have a Google Local listing, but that doesn't seem to be enough.

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[Mark.]

Hi,

You can add a place manually with Google MapMaker, but it is not available in every country (see this list). For more information, see this support page: https://support.google.com/mapmaker/answer/1096044?hl=en

Alternatively you could use the option "send feedback" on Google Maps when you search for your location. Here you can add a missing place with all your business information. Hope this helps you.

[Fuel]

Hi there,

Agree with Mark on his suggestions. Also, if you have not done so:

• Make sure you verify your page, either by phone (not always available) or via postcard (this usually takes 1-2 weeks to arrive)

• Update / fill out all of the page information (summary, hours, website, images, phone number, etc.)

• Make sure you created a Google My Business Listing and not a Google+ page

Here is another help article to help troubleshoot: https://support.google.com/business/answer/145585?hl=en

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Tony,

What you are asking about is a 'Place Label'. Here's Google's official page on those: https://support.google.com/business/answer/6056435 Hope this helps!

[Gavin.Atkinson]

Thanks for the very helpful responses here. I am still a bit unsure what I've done, because at the end of the day I seem to be on Google Plus either way. But I presume if I can see my page listed on https://business.google.com/manage/#/pages then it is a business page and not a Plus page? Is that right?

I received a postcard from Google a month or so ago and used that to verify my page. The page has address details and phone number and photos and videos and posts, which I would have thought covers off on the "rich content" requirement.

This is a link to my page taken from the above "pages" link: https://plus.google.com/b/101693763581475613867/+QlddronesAu/posts?gmbpt=true&hl=en-GB

[MiriamEllis]

Hi Tony,

This is a Google+ page:  https://plus.google.com/b/101693763581475613867/+QlddronesAu/posts?gmbpt=true&hl=en-GB

It is not a Google My Business listing.

I am not able to turn up a GMB listing for your business searching for its name + Bellbowrie Australia.

To get a Google My Business listing, you'd be starting here: https://www.google.com/business/

I confess, I'm a bit confused about your mention of postal validation, though. That sounds like you DO have a GMB listing. Here's an example of one in the USA:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Whole+Foods+Market/@34.4392639,-119.7453563,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x66264a82c405f0ea!8m2!3d34.4392639!4d-119.7453563

Do you have a maps-based link like this for your business?

[Gavin.Atkinson]

I have this:

https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Queensland+Drone+Photography/@-27.4678042,152.8889523,11z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sqld+drone+photography!3m4!1s0x6b914dad2b40df69:0x6c4ea8347f585873!8m2!3d-27.5639479!4d152.882636

and this http://imgur.com/xwkI9om

and this: https://www.google.com/search?q=Queensland Drone Photography 24 Montanus Drive Bellbowrie&ludocid=7804360147707910259&hl=en-GB

[MiriamEllis]

Oh, my, I'm totally laughing at myself right now. I read your business name off your initial screenshot as 'OLD' rather than 'QLD' so I was searching for the wrong name. Hahah!

I was seriously wondering what 'old drone photography' was!

Okay, so yes, this is a GMB listing:

https://www.google.com.au/maps/place/Queensland+Drone+Photography/@-27.4678042,152.8889523,11z/data=!4m8!1m2!2m1!1sqld+drone+photography!3m4!1s0x6b914dad2b40df69:0x6c4ea8347f585873!8m2!3d-27.5639479!4d152.882636

Looks like you've got some work cut out for you earning reviews, Tony, and the Google trust that goes along with them. Let me link you here to our Local SEO Checklist so that you can methodically go through any problems that might be holding your business back in Google's eyes, as well as helping you create a strong strategy for locally marketing your company.

Hope this helps!