Whats the Factors that higher-level of GMB
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Hello my name is kyo- in japan.
I saw the information on the elements contributing to the high-level display of GMB.
The thing I wondered is the following items.
What does this mean?・Physical Address in City of Search
→Is the searched area name entered in GMB?・Consistency of Citations on the Primary Data Sources
→whats the" the Primary Data Sources"?・Consistency of Citations on Tier 1 Citation Sources
→whats the"Tier 1"?A site that everyone knows?・GMB Primary Category Matches a Broader Category of the Search Category (e.g. primary category=restaurant & search=pizza)
→In Japan, the size of the category is not set. Italian restaurants are only Italian restaurants. Should I set a restaurant instead of an Italian restaurant?・Quantity of Inbound Links to Domain from Locally Relevant Domains
→Is this an LP inbound link?
What is the locally relevant domain?・Quantity of Inbound Links to Domain from Industry-Relevant Domains
→Is this an LP inbound link?
What is the Industry-Relevant Domains?・Quantity of Citations from Locally Relevant Domains
→What is the Industry-Relevant Domains?Prominence on Key Industry-Relevant Domains
→I do not know what this means.Quantity of Citations from Industry-Relevant Domains
→What is the Industry-Relevant Domains?Geographic (City/Neighborhood) Keyword Relevance of Domain Content
→I do not know what this means.Driving Directions to Business Clicks
→Driving Directions set?Enhancement/Completeness of Citations
→I do not know what this means.Proper Category Associations on Aggregators and Tier 1 Citation Sources
→whats the Aggregators and Tier 1 Citation Sources?Quantity of Inbound Links to GMB Landing Page URL from Locally Relevant Domains
→How is this measurement done?Overall Velocity of Reviews (Native + Third-Party)
→How is this measurement done?Proximity of Address to Centroid
→I do not know what this means. -
To make your business more likely to appear in Google My Business results, you need to build many business citations, you need to gain reviews from your customers, plus, also, make sure all the information is complete on your Google My Business account is all filled in and complete, this is how we got a bristol company to appear on GMB in bristol.
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Hi yamayamax,
Did you see Miriam's response to your question? Please let us know if that helped answer your question or not. Thanks so much!
Christy
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Hi Kyo,
Please, check out the illustrated guide to the Top 20 Local Search Ranking Factors, which I wrote in 2017. It provides a thorough explanation of the most important ranking factors listed in that survey. I hope this helps you out with definitions, and if any questions remain after you've read through it, please let us know. Thanks!
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