Visibility and your website
Where customers look for your company before they call — and what you can fix along that path yourself.
Before anyone dials your number, they check you in several places at once: in search, on a map, sometimes with an AI assistant, and finally on your own website. This section follows that path in order — from the listing people see first to the page where they decide.
The largest group of articles covers the Google Business Profile, because it stands in for a homepage more often than not: the name and categories, photos and posts, verification and getting a suspended profile back, the service area for a business without premises, and the statistics that are easier to overrate than to read. Alongside it sits Apple Maps, where a card for your company can exist without your involvement, and reviews as a topic of their own — how to ask for them within the rules, and what to do when a demand for payment arrives instead.
The second half is your own website seen through the eyes of a machine and of a customer holding a phone: structured data, language versions, loading speed, and moving to a new address without losing traffic. There is also the line past which separate pages per district stop helping and start doing harm, and the question every owner now asks: do AI assistants recommend your company, and how do you check that yourself.
Questions this category answers
- Why did Google suspend my business profile, and how do I appeal?
- How do I choose the primary category in a Business Profile?
- Can I add my city and service to the business name on Google?
- How do I ask customers for reviews without breaking Google's rules?
- What can I do when someone blackmails my business with bad reviews?
- How do I change domains without losing search traffic?
- Do AI assistants recommend my company, and how can I check?
Who it is for. For the owner who wants to be found: through search, a map, an AI assistant, and a customer with a phone in hand.
What is not here. You will not find tool choices or formal obligations here — those are the Tools and systems and Law and compliance sections.
Articles in this category — 25 articles, Page 2 of 3
Your business name on Google: why no keywords and what to use instead
City, district and service in the profile name are tempting — the salon next door calls themselves 'Hair Salon Downtown Best Prices 24h' and it looks like it works. Google's rules don't allow it, though.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 16 min readLanding page for a Google Ads campaign: matching the ad and the landing page experience rating
Learn how Google evaluates landing pages in Google Ads campaigns, what affects Quality Score, and which errors block ads. Ready-made checklist for ad-page alignment.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 12 min readGoogle Business Profile categories: how to choose the primary and additional ones
Choosing categories in Google Business Profile affects local ranking. Google recommends the minimum number of categories — one primary and up to three additional. Changes may require re-verification.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 10 min readOne page or a separate page for each service: deciding by what customers actually search
One page or separate pages for each service? Google is clear: it's not the number of pages that matters, but whether they answer real customer questions. Learn the intent test, content threshold, and decision matrix.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 11 min readGoogle Ads location options: Presence or Presence or Interest for a local business
The default Google Ads location setting also shows your ad to people merely interested in a place, not only those present in it. We show the difference between the options and how to measure the real scale of the problem.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 10 min readLocalBusiness structured data step by step: JSON-LD for a small business and how to test it
Correct JSON-LD code doesn't guarantee an enhanced result in Google, but without it a machine reads your business data by guesswork. The type, a facts table, a ready example, and testing step by step.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 13 min readApple Business: how your company appears in Apple Maps, Siri and Spotlight after the 2026 change
From 14 April 2026 Apple Business replaces Apple Business Connect: rich place cards in Apple Maps, Safari and Spotlight, with account data migrating automatically. How to check your Apple card against your Google profile and website in 40 minutes.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 11 min readGoogle review extortion: how to collect evidence and report it
Imagine: you open your Google Business Profile and see several new reviews with one- or two-star ratings. You read them — and the texts suggest that paying will make them disappear. This is not a dissatisfied customer. This is an extortion attempt.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 12 min readBookings from your Google Business Profile: your own link or a provider, and where foreign buttons come from
Google allows adding a booking button to your business profile. You can use your own link to the booking system or connect a provider through Reserve with Google. Learn which option to choose.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 13 min readHow to ask customers for Google reviews: link, QR code and what the rules forbid
Learn how to legally collect Google reviews: link, QR code, text templates, and a list of prohibited practices. Avoid profile blocking.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 13 min readHow to check whether AI recommends your business: a test protocol for ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews
Does ChatGPT, Gemini or AI Overviews recommend your business? Learn the visibility test protocol with 15-25 queries in four categories. Find out what affects appearance in AI answers and how to prepare your business.
Read article → September 14, 2026 · 12 min readCore Web Vitals for business owners: what LCP, INP and CLS mean and what to fix first
LCP, INP and CLS are three metrics that measure how the client feels on your site. Learn what they mean, how to read them in PageSpeed Insights and what to fix first.
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