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Manage your service areas for service-area and hybrid businesses

Google · support.google.com Free Beginner

How a business that visits customers, or works from home, hides its address and lists the areas it serves instead.

  • If customers do not come to you, clear the address and set service areas.
  • A hybrid business can show its address and its service areas together.
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The question it answers

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

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