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A Google Business Profile is the listing Google shows on Search and Maps. These guides cover categories, hours, photos, services, posts, duplicates, and service-area businesses. Ninja helps with those fields after you connect Google. Posts use the posting add-on. Ranking is not guaranteed.
16 guides
What a Google Business Profile management service does, how published plans charge per location, and how human services, hands-off AI and approve-first drafts compare. Details dated.
7 min readUpdated Oct 20, 2026
Compare BrightLocal, Moz Local, Localo, Merchynt Paige, Podium, Birdeye, Yext and Ninja by job, by who does the work, and by published price. Sources dated.
6 min readUpdated Oct 16, 2026
A 20-minute Monday pass for Google Business Profile: NAP, hours, categories, photos, reviews, posts, and insights. Not 40 vanity metrics. Ranking is not guaranteed.
12 min readUpdated Oct 12, 2026
Your primary Google Business Profile category is the strongest local-pack factor you control. Changing it can drop you from searches you already win. This is the 48-hour check — not a ranking guarantee.
10 min readUpdated Oct 4, 2026
A suspended Google Business Profile disappears from Search and Maps until Google reinstates it. Ninja cannot appeal it for you. This is the operator path: read the reason, fix the representation, appeal once with evidence.
10 min readUpdated Oct 4, 2026
Hiding your address does not move the point Google measures distance from. Service areas describe coverage to customers. This guide is the operator decision for trades that work after 8pm — not a ranking guarantee.
11 min readUpdated Oct 4, 2026
Preview and approve this week’s post from Cursor or Claude. Posts go to Google, plus Facebook and Instagram when connected. Ninja drafts. You confirm.
2 min readUpdated Sep 3, 2026
Manage listings, reviews, social URLs, and posts on connected networks from Cursor or Claude — same Ninja account as the dashboard.
3 min readUpdated Sep 3, 2026
How to preview and confirm Google Business Profile hours from Cursor or Claude via Ninja — Saturday hours, holiday closures, and dry-run first.
2 min readUpdated Aug 30, 2026
Your Google Business Profile primary category is the single most powerful local ranking signal. Here's how to choose the right primary and secondary categories to rank for more searches.
4 min readUpdated Apr 20, 2026
Google Business Profile's Products and Services sections are underused ranking tools. Here's how to set them up correctly to rank for more specific search queries.
4 min readUpdated Apr 20, 2026
Google allows one Business Profile per shop. Two listings split reviews and confuse Maps. Merge same-address duplicates so reviews combine; do not delete the profile with the history. Ranking is not guaranteed. Replies to reviews may be lost in a merge.
16 min readUpdated Oct 7, 2026
Create Google Business Profile posts that customers actually see — Updates, Offers, Events, CTAs, photos, and a weekly cadence. Owner approval required. Ranking is not guaranteed.
14 min readUpdated Oct 19, 2026
Businesses with more photos get 520% more calls. Learn the right types of photos, ideal specs, upload frequency, and how photos affect your local rankings.
5 min readUpdated Apr 12, 2026
Google Posts are a direct ranking signal and conversion driver. Learn what to post, how often, and what actually works — with examples.
5 min readUpdated Apr 12, 2026
A complete Google Business Profile is claimed, categorized, described, photographed, and maintained — not a one-time form. This guide is the field order: verify, primary category, services, description, photos, posts you approve, reviews you send. Ranking is not guaranteed. Ninja helps with those fields after you connect Google.
7 min readUpdated Aug 30, 2026
Ninja keeps the Google Business Profile fields in these guides current after you connect Google.
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