Hiding Your Home Address in Google My Business (GMB)
Here’s is the detailed breakdown of how to blur your identity or home address in Google My Business (GMB):
- Sign in your GMB listing via your Google account.
- Choose the Info tab in your account.
- Locate the home address option and select the little pencil to modify the address as mentioned above.
- Find the Clear Address section and select it to delete any piece of information.
- Select the “Apply” tab.
- Now, move to the Service Area option and select the little pencil.
- If you can’t find any information there, you may add cities for the various areas in which you operate your business or simply select the Zip codes.
- Choose the “Apply” option to have changes saved.
That’s all! Congrats, your office or home address is now blurred on Google Maps, whereas you should still be reachable or searchable for local clients provided your service area is accurately set.
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Israel17
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Hey Eva, most welcome on board! Yeah, it should be a top-up for the webinar as similar ideas are being discussed. While you can leverage your Google My Business listing to build traffic to your site, you aren't violating Google's guidelines for operating such a business if you try hiding your address from customers. The red box is there right on Google Maps to drop your address in to prevent customers from reaching out to you via that address.
However, hiding your address doesn't imply you're violating the guidelines, but you're choosing to deliver goods and services at the customer's location. Thanks for stopping by!
Israel Olatunji
However, hiding your address doesn't imply you're violating the guidelines, but you're choosing to deliver goods and services at the customer's location. Thanks for stopping by!
Israel Olatunji
Israel17
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Hey Eva, note that you can localize your national website and business using your Google My Business listing. Just enter your website address while signing up a GMB account and make sure to verify your GMB listing. You'll start reaching more potential customers in no distant time. Thanks for your passion in building a profitable online business!
Israel Olatunji
Israel Olatunji
Israel17
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Hey Chris, in response to your question regarding Google My Business listings and in relation to getting traffic through that to your website, I wish to inform you that you can drive lots of traffic to your site from an ideal GMB listing even though it's meant for a 100 percent local business.
Note that you're eligible to have good standing with Google running a Google My Business (GMB) listing even if you have a website added to your listing. It doesn't mean that you aren't eligible. However, you won't be eligible if and only if you don't have a real street address through which people can reach out to you physically.
In the light of that, hiding your physical address using Google Maps won't ever stop you from staying secure with your listing. No penalty for hiding your physical address! You are not removing it from your listing! You're only hiding it by dropping it in the red box as described in the previous training regarding Google My Business listing setups.
Israel Olatunji
Note that you're eligible to have good standing with Google running a Google My Business (GMB) listing even if you have a website added to your listing. It doesn't mean that you aren't eligible. However, you won't be eligible if and only if you don't have a real street address through which people can reach out to you physically.
In the light of that, hiding your physical address using Google Maps won't ever stop you from staying secure with your listing. No penalty for hiding your physical address! You are not removing it from your listing! You're only hiding it by dropping it in the red box as described in the previous training regarding Google My Business listing setups.
Israel Olatunji
