Google Business Profile Help Lara

WHERE TOWN LISTINGS SLIP

Three things we fix on Lara listings.

Mostly on businesses that have been in town for years and set up the listing once.

It doesn’t say Lara

The address reads Geelong, or the business name and description never mention Lara, so the listing looks like it’s somewhere else.

Reviews stopped years ago

Twenty good reviews, the newest from 2021. A newer business with fewer reviews looks more active.

A number nobody answers

The listing still shows an old mobile or a landline that rings out, so the call goes to the next business.

WHAT IT COSTS

A missing listing sends them out of town.

When nobody in Lara shows up for a search, people widen it to Corio or Geelong. The work you could have had leaves town with them.

WHAT WE DO

A listing that looks like you are open for business.

We confirm you own the listing, fix the address and category, add recent photos and set up a steady way to ask for reviews.

An address that says Lara

The address checked against what Google shows, and Lara in the description where it belongs.

Reviews that keep coming

A simple way to ask every customer, with your direct review link on invoices and texts.

A number that gets picked up

The phone number, hours and website link checked and kept the same everywhere Google can see them.

BEFORE YOU ASK

The questions we get.

Google takes the locality from your address. Check the suburb and postcode on the profile; if they’re right, Google may take a while to update what it shows.

There’s no magic number. A steady stream of recent reviews counts for more than a big pile from years ago.

Ask every customer soon after the job, with the direct link from your profile. Google doesn't allow rewards for reviews.

Google ranks local results on relevance, distance and prominence. Nobody can promise a spot. The right category and a complete profile help relevance, and reviews build prominence.

It helps when you have something real to share, like new work or changed hours. Customers see the posts on your profile.

No. We look after listings across Geelong, the Surf Coast and Golden Plains.

Read before you decide.

Guides and blog posts that go into more detail.

How to get more Google reviews, within the rules Where to find your Google review link, when to send it, how to answer a bad review, and what Google and the ACCC say you can't do to get more. Read the guide The first weeks of a brand-new Google Business Profile Notes from a call with a new small business whose Google profile had just gone up. How long it took to appear, getting the first review, and what to post. Read the post from 24 October 2026 Two good Google ratings with a review problem Two local businesses had strong star ratings but no new Google reviews in most of a year, and both were slipping in local results. What we told them to do. Read the post from 16 October 2026

Three places to go before you get in touch.

Listings outside Lara We look after Google profiles across Geelong, the Surf Coast and Golden Plains. Google Business Profile help The website behind it Where customers land when they tap Website on your listing. Web design in Lara Judge the work Every project we have worked on, in one list. See the work

See your listing
the way Lara does.

We'll look up your business on a phone and show you what someone in Lara sees before they call.

Call us

We reply within one business day.

Your Lara Google listing, ahead of the drive to Geelong.