Google Business Profile optimisation in Dubai
When a facilities manager searches for a contractor near their building, or a buyer searches for a supplier in their emirate, Google shows a map and three listings. Being in those three is worth more than most of what agencies sell.
Google Business Profile is what used to be called Google My Business. Google renamed it — the listing is the same one, and it remains the most under-used asset most UAE B2B companies own. If you have been quoted for “GMB optimisation”, this is that service.
Who this matters most for
Contractors, technical services, facilities management, and any trading company with a warehouse, showroom or office a buyer might search near. If your customers are location-sensitive, this is often the highest-return item on this entire site.
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Where your profile should be sitting.
What our optimisation includes
- Profile setup, or claiming an existing listing
- Verification support — we prepare documentation and guide the process
- Category selection, the single biggest lever and the one most often wrong
- Services, description and business information written properly
- Photo and post planning, so the listing looks active rather than abandoned
- Review request process and professional responses
- Alignment between listing and website, so Google sees one consistent business
- Monthly reporting on calls, direction requests and website clicks
What we will not do
We do not buy, fabricate or incentivise reviews. Beyond breaching Google's policies, it is the fastest route to a suspended listing — and reinstatement in the UAE is slow and uncertain.
We also cannot guarantee a top-three map position. Rankings depend on relevance, distance from the searcher, prominence and competition. Anyone promising position one is selling something they cannot deliver.
Questions we get asked
Our profile is suspended. Can you fix it?
We can review it for guideline issues, prepare the evidence and guide the reinstatement request. Google makes the final decision and nobody can guarantee the outcome.
Can you set this up if we have no physical office in the UAE?
Google requires a genuine business presence for a verified listing. If your situation is unusual, tell us at the audit and we will tell you honestly whether it is possible.
Is this the same as SEO?
Related, not the same. The map listing and your website rank through different systems. They work best managed together, which is why we usually do.
Is Google My Business the same as Google Business Profile?
Yes. Google renamed it. Same listing, same place in Search and Maps.
Get your profile audited free
Send us your business name. We will tell you what is missing and what is costing you the map position.
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