How to add your business address to Google Maps

Adding your address to Google Maps is something every business should do as early as possible. It promotes your brand effectively and helps people find your information quickly and easily. So how do you add your business address to Google Maps? In this article, MONA Media will walk you through it in detail below.

After pinning your address: use the checklist 9 steps to manage Google Business Profile to check permissions, categories, hours, reviews and where your leads come from.

Why list your business address on Google Maps?

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Before you start adding your business address to Google Maps, every business should work out whether it should do so and what it gains.

Registering your business address on Google Maps brings benefits such as:

• Your business appears on Google Maps at your address, google.com/maps making it easier for people to find you.
• A detailed map appears in search results for some queries that include a province or city.
• Your business looks more professional in its promotion.

Listing your address on Google Maps lets you reach customers quickly without going through a website, since directions and a phone number come with the map. For businesses that rely on a hotel website, restaurant website, or travel website, listing your address on Google is a top priority.

One important note: before you add your address to Google Maps, your business needs an an SEO-ready website. Only a site that meets SEO standards is rated highly by search engines, ranked at the top and gives users a good experience. So what is an SEO-friendly website, and how do you optimize one? You'll find the answer when you CLICK the button below.

What to prepare before adding your business to Google Maps

Before you add your business address to Google Maps, prepare the following:

• Your official logo or profile image.
• Photos of your team or business activities.
• An accurate address, so you can receive the verification PIN from Google. Depending on the country, it takes about 5-15 days.

Google's terminology changes constantly. So the instructions for adding a business address to Google Maps may not be accurate at every point in time.

That's why, to make sure your brand SEO succeeds and to get your address to the top of Google, you can consider choosing a brand SEO service from a reputable provider such as MONA Media.

When you choose MONA's brand SEO service, you get benefits such as:

• A complete brand identity, from brand positioning and logo design to how the brand responds to customers.
• Development and optimization of your website to professional SEO standards.
• A varied, comprehensive marketing strategy for your business.
• Brand-building campaigns for your company and for individuals.

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How to add your business address to Google Maps

To add your business to Google Maps accurately and quickly, follow these steps with MONA:

Step 1: Create a business Gmail account

First, create a Google.com or Google.com.vn account for your business. MONA's advice is to use an account on your business's own domain, because:

• A business Gmail account gets priority from Google over an ordinary personal account, so interactions are faster.
• What's more, a business account Google Business also gives access to many free Google services, which helps with Google Maps SEO, one of the key methods in full-scope SEO services.

Step 2: Add your business address to Google Maps

• Sign in with the business Gmail address you registered in step 1.
• Accessibility https://www.google.com/maps.
• Enter your business address in the Google Maps search box.
• Select “Add a missing place” as shown below.

Step 3: Enter your business details for Google Maps

Fill in your business details in the form provided. Make sure the information is accurate.

• Company name: When you list your business name on Google Maps, use your brand name plus a keyword for the service or product you offer.
• Address: It must be exactly right.
• Category: Choose the category that matches your line of business.
• Phone number: Your business's official phone number, the one you use for business.
• Website: Your business's official website.
• Days and hours: Your business's opening and closing hours.

Once you've filled in everything above, check it before you submit.

Step 4: Verify your business

You can see the full Google My Business registration process in this video from MONA:

This step matters: once Google verifies your business, it gives you priority. When the information you submit is correct and consistent, Google treats the address as trustworthy.

During verification, Google shows you a series of windows so you can check and confirm your information once more.

After this step, Google sends a verification letter to the business address you registered. It takes about 2-4 weeks depending on the country to receive the letter with the PIN from Google.

When the letter arrives, it explains how to activate. Just follow those steps. Once activation is done, your registration is complete and your business will appear.

MOST IMPORTANT NOTE: Letters from Google often get lost because of a wrong postal code or other problems, and many never arrive.

IF YOU DON'T RECEIVE THE LETTER AFTER 14 DAYS, follow the steps below:

Step 1: go to the Support.

Step 2:  Enter your request. Here I'll write: “I can't verify my business“.

Step 3: Select the reason you can't verify.

Step 4: Choose how Google can contact you, by email or by phone

Then fill in your full business details, including:

• Name
• Email
• Business name.
• Your business's URL on Google My Business (open your unverified business page and copy the URL from the address bar; Google's support section also has illustrated instructions).
• Select your country
• Enter a contact phone number
• Upload photos of your business, including a shot from outside (showing the sign and address), the storefront and the interior,…
• Your relationship to the business: owner or employee,…
• Then click “Submit“.

A few hours later, a Google specialist emails you to confirm. Once they've checked a few things along with the photos you sent, your Google My Business is verified. Good luck!

Huy treats Google Maps as an essential part of SEO for any business. In this video Huy shares real experience so you can get the most out of Business Profile. Watch it carefully.

Common mistakes when adding a business to Google Maps

When registering your business on Google Maps you may run into common errors such as:

Still no letter after 14 days

Many businesses run into this. If you haven't received the letter from Google after 14 days, it may not have been delivered, may have gone to the wrong post office, or may have been held up for another reason.

Most of the time it's because, in the “Postal code” field, people tend to type the familiar code, 100000 for Hanoi and 700000 for Ho Chi Minh City. The letter may then reach a post office that isn't the one nearest you, so you never get it.

To fix this, look up the correct postal code at: https://www.geopostcodes.com/Vietnam and follow the steps below to update the information and return to the verification page so Google sends a new letter.

• Step 1: Go to “information” and click the edit icon as shown below.

When the notice appears, click continue to go to step 2.

• Step 2: Leave the business address as it is and change the postal code (the one you looked up in the previous step).

Then go back to the business verification page and follow the instructions. Changing the postal code helps Google send the letter to the right post office.

Fixing wrong business information on Google Maps

One common error when adding a business to Google Maps is entering wrong information. You can't receive the code, so the business can't finish adding its address to Google Maps.

Wrong information also affects how customers find you, which hurts your business. So fix it quickly by:

• Signing in to Google's management dashboard for your business.
• Next, open the information section and find the address field.
• Then correct the information to resolve the error.

That covers how to add your business address to Google Maps, and we hope the detailed information just MONA shared helps you register your business on Google Maps faster and more accurately. Doing so will help your business perform better. Good luck.