Optimizing the Google my Business listing of your villa can have a massive impact on your business.
A well optimized top 3 villa listing gets 2-3 times the number of enquiries as compared to competitors.
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Here’s how you should optimize your villa’s GMB listing in 2022
Access your villa’s GMB listing on Google and click on ‘Edit Profile’.
- Business Name
- Having the right keyword in your villa’s name can have a dramatic impact on the google ranking.
- Google has strict guidelines to use the exact name of your business, if you legally register your villa’s business name with the keyword. It can really boost your rankings!
- Note: Do not add a keyword in your business name, if it isn’t legally present in other registrations too. Abuse of Google’s policies may lead to suspension of your listing.
- Business Category
- Choose the right primary category based on what other villas ranking in your area are using. Mostly, the best choice is to use “villa”.
- Make sure you use the same keyword in your website as well.
- It is also important to add all additional categories that apply to your business. Go through all of them and add all the relevant ones. Eg. Hotels, Holiday Home Rental
- Use GMB Everywhere chrome extension to find out the business categories used by your competitors.
- Description
- While it is important to include your villa’s relevant details in this section. It is possible to include keywords as long as they are used naturally.
- eg. Villa in [Location]
- Photos
- Add photos of the villa’s exterior, interior, common areas, team (caretaker).
- Use the best photos of your villa as the logo and cover photo.
- Reviews
- Always try to collect positive reviews from your happy customers. This not only helps your ranking, but also helps new customers trust you.
- Note: Incentivizing customers for a good review is against Google’s policy and may lead to suspension.
- Quality Backlinks
- It is important to get backlinks to your villa’s website from local bloggers and travel related websites. This helps google trust your villas listing and in turn boost your ranking.
- Having a dedicated website for your villa helps because you can post blogs that can get you backlinks.
- Question & Answers
- Search for your keyword on google and more often than not you will find a “people also ask” snippet. Pick up the relevant questions and answer them in the context of your own villa.
- search for [ Book villa in Location ]
While optimizing your villas google business listing try to prioritize your customer & provide accurate information.
