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2026-10-26
The Wrong Google Category Puts the Shop on the Wrong Shelf
…or calls with the wrong request. The primary category is the shelf your shop stands on in Google Business Profile. A tyre fitter who picks car dealer does not show up for a tyre search. He shows up for…
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Set Holiday and Bayram Hours Before the Day
…regular week. Bayram, New Year's Day, 23 April, 19 May, 30 August, 29 October, and the neighbourhood fair are not a regular week. If the profile looks open and the shutter is down, the person on the pav…
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A Logo Photo Does Not Show the Work
…u repair shoes or sell phones. On the map the photo is the sentence people read before the name. If the shop next door shows a boot with a new sole and you show a gold icon, the eye moves there. A shoe repa…
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Staff Photos Without a Portrait Gallery
…or hold the scissors. A run of selfies does the opposite. The work photos sink, and the profile looks like a personal album. A cleaning crew had uploaded forty selfies from the van. People asking for a q…
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Moving the Shop to a New Address
The pin is a promise about a door. After you move, every old copy of the address keeps sending people to the old street. Opening a second profile for the new sh…
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Mark the Business Temporarily Closed
…is the wrong one if you plan to return. A butcher closed for six weeks of works and left the hours as usual. Delivery drivers kept coming. He switched to temporarily closed, wrote the week he hoped to op…
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A Campaign Price Needs a Clear End Date
A reduced price is written once and stays where it was put. The notice fades in the window, the same sentence stays on the site, and the catalogue figure i…
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Merge a Duplicate Business Profile
Two profiles for one door split the stars, the photos, and the calls. The cause is usually simple. A member of staff opened the second, or an old directory listing is still alive…
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Accessibility, Payments, and Who the Shop Serves
…ticks under the profile. Step-free entrance, card, toilet, by appointment only, and who the shop serves. A tick is a promise. An empty block makes people phone for what the door could have said. A hairdr…
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Keep a Same-Day Promise You Can Actually Meet
…mise that wears out fastest in a small shop. It is easy to give in the morning, and impossible to keep once the counter fills in the afternoon. A promise that is not kept turns into a price argument with…
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Allergens and Contents on a Menu Page
A person with an allergy looks at what is inside before they order. The place they look is not a sheet in the kitchen. It is the menu page on their phone. If the page holds on…
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Match the Category to the Words People Search
…he word that was spoken. 1. Type the customer's sentence into the category box and make the closest true label the primary category. The box does not search for your title, it searches for the customer'…
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The Business Name Must Match the Sign
The profile name is the sign, written down. If the sign says Ayse Kuafor and the profile says Ayse Kuafor plus best and a city, you have two names. The customer who looks for the sign does not mat…
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A Plain Privacy Notice for a One-Person Shop
A person who writes a name and a phone number into a form wonders where that information goes. A long legal page does not settle the wonder. In a smal…
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Seasonal demand: cooling, tyres, and moves
…e same pace all year. Cooling piles up in the first hot week, tyres in the rain and the winter-tyre period, moves at the start of the month and in school weeks. If the page still shows last season's sent…
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Ask for a Review When the Job Is Finished
The right moment comes when the job is finished and the customer has seen the result. A short ask, once, with the link that opens your review box. A discount, a free extra…
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A business that is open at night
…a shift, a late bus, or a person setting out early wants to be sure of the hour and where the door is. If the page still says nine to six, the person thinks you are closed and goes to the place on the ne…
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Reply the Same Day If the Rating Falls
…new low star sits at the top of the profile. The next customer reads your reply before they read the description. Waiting a week looks like you do not look. A fight in the reply looks like the visit will be…
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An Honest Line After a Complaint
If a complaint arrived, the page cannot stand as if it never happened. The mistake is to try to delete the review or to write a long defence. Deleting leaves a sense…
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The Profile and the Website Must Tell One Story
…ustomer believes the one that wasted the trip. Hours, phone, address, services, and photos should tell one story. A tyre shop's profile said open on Sunday. The site said shut on Sunday. A driver crossed…
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