How do I get my business to show up on Google?

Set up Google Business Profile

1. 1Go to Google Business Profile and sign in with your business Google account.
2. 2Add your business name, category, address or service area, phone number, hours and website.
3. 3Complete verification using the method Google offers you.
4. 4Add real photos of your premises, team and work, and keep hours updated for holidays.
5. 5Post updates and answer questions from the profile occasionally so it stays active.

Help Google find your website

1. 1Add your site to Google Search Console and verify ownership (a domain property covers all versions of your site).
2. 2Submit your sitemap; WordPress SEO plugins, Shopify, Wix and Squarespace generate one automatically, usually at /sitemap.xml.
3. 3Use the URL Inspection tool to check that important pages can be indexed and request indexing if needed.
4. 4Check the Pages report for pages Google cannot index and why.

Give Google something to rank

• Create one page per main service, written the way customers search, for example "AC repair in Surat".
• If you serve several cities, make a genuinely useful page for each rather than copies with only the city name changed.
• Write a unique page title and meta description for every page.
• Keep your business name, address and phone number identical on your site, Google profile and directories such as Justdial or IndiaMART.

Reviews and patience

Ask satisfied customers to leave a Google review and reply to every review, including negative ones, politely. New sites and pages can take weeks to be indexed and longer to rank, so keep publishing useful content rather than changing everything at once.