{"id":464,"date":"2017-06-15T21:50:53","date_gmt":"2017-06-15T21:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/insurancewebsitebible.com\/articles\/?p=464"},"modified":"2017-07-04T02:22:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T02:22:33","slug":"google-profile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/insurancewebsitebible.com\/articles\/google-profile\/","title":{"rendered":"Optimize Your Google My Business Profile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-614 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/insurancewebsitebible.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/place-optimization.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"http:\/\/insurancewebsitebible.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/place-optimization.png 200w, http:\/\/insurancewebsitebible.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/place-optimization-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Google My Business is a Google-operated program that allows you to maintain a profile of information about your agency. Google uses this profile to learn what your agency does and how to display your agency in the search results. Claim your profile and provide 100% accurate information. Answer every question they ask with as much detail as possible making sure to use keywords you want to rank for where it makes sense.<\/p>\n<h2>Helpful Resources:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/business\">Click Here to Add Your Agency to Google<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insurancesplash.com\/websites\">Google Friendly Insurance Websites<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insurancesplash.com\/insurance-seo\">Search Engine Optimization Services for Insurance Websites<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google My Business is a Google-operated program that allows you to maintain a profile of information about your agency. Google uses this profile to learn what your agency does and how to display your agency in the search results. 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