Google Maps Optimization | 12 Settings Nobody Talks About

Pod Position — Winning Google & AI Search · Aug 20, 2026 · 12m

Google Maps optimization comes down to twelve Google Business Profile

settings that almost nobody fills in. They're free, each takes under

ten minutes, and most local businesses in your city have every one of

them sitting empty.

I go through all twelve — where each setting lives, and what Google's

own documentation actually says about it. Two of them don't exist

anymore, and if you're still maintaining those you're wasting time on

a profile feature Google retired.

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