Video · 16 min

Google Business Profile Set Up: 2026 Step-by-Step Tutorial

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Google Business Profile Set Up: 2026 Step-by-Step Tutorial

A screen-by-screen walkthrough of creating, verifying and filling in a Business Profile, useful to keep open while you set yours up.

  • Follow along screen by screen as you create the profile.
  • Fill in services, photos and hours before you ask anyone for a review.
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The question it answers

  1. How do I set up a Google Business Profile and get reviews on it?

Read with it

  1. Google's own guidance on what decides where a business shows in local results: a complete, verified profile, accurate hours and... support.google.com Article · 5 min Tips to improve your local ranking on Google Google
  2. Google's own steps for creating a profile at business.google.com/add or claiming one that already shows on Maps. It confirms... support.google.com Article · Help page Add or claim your Business Profile (Google Business Profile Help) Google
  3. The official page on verification: phone or text, email, live video call, video recording or postcard, with Google choosing... support.google.com Article · Help page Verify your business on Google (Google Business Profile Help) Google
  4. How a business that visits customers, or works from home, hides its address and lists the areas it serves instead. support.google.com Article · Help page Manage your service areas for service-area and hybrid businesses Google
  5. Google's page on generating a review link or QR code from your profile, with where to use it: receipts, thank-you emails, the... support.google.com Article · Help page Create a Google link or QR code to request reviews Google
  6. Google's guidance on asking for reviews and replying to them, including how to answer a negative review without making it worse. support.google.com Article · Help page Tips to get more reviews and write better replies Google
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