Four Changes Made to Google My Business That May Affect Your Auto Repair Shop’s Listing

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Google, perhaps the most widely-used website around the world, was created in 1996 by two Stanford University Ph.D. students named Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Since 1996, the search engine has blown up and is the No. 1 search engine to find anything and everything on the internet. 

An important factor in search engine optimization for your auto shop lies in Google’s local listings, called Google My Business. The mission of Google My Business is to attract new customers with a free local listing on Google. This listing appears when people are searching directly for your business or for a local listing similar to it. It is a great way to get the word out about small business and also is helpful in your search engine ranking. Since the beginning of 2017, Google My Business has undergone some changes. Check out are four changes that will affect your auto shop’s Google My Business listing: 

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The 10 Most Important Online Directories for Your Auto Repair Shop

The 10 Most Important Online Directories for Your Auto Repair Shop

Why Your Auto Repair Shop Needs Online Directories

Remember when customers used phonebooks to find you? You know, those brightly-colored yellow books that used to be our go-to resource for local services? For years, simply paying for your listing in the yellow pages was enough to keep the business coming in. It seems like that all changed overnight, as there is no arguing the Internet forever transformed the way customers search for, find, evaluate and ultimately decide on a local service provider to do business with.

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