How to get your trade business on Google

1. Claim your Google Business Profile

   This is the free listing that puts you on the local map, the box of businesses that shows above the normal results. Search your business name, claim the Profile, and verify it. That alone puts you ahead of the rivals who never bothered.

2. Point it at a real website

   The Profile needs somewhere to send people. A fast site with your services, your area, and your prices turns a click into a call. A Profile with no site, or a slow one, loses the job at the last step.

3. Keep your details identical everywhere

   Google trusts a business it sees listed the same way across the web. Write your name, address, and phone one way, and use exactly that everywhere, on the site, the Profile, and every directory.

4. Ask every happy customer for a review

   Reviews are the single biggest lever on local ranking and on trust. Ask at the end of every job, while the work is fresh and the customer is pleased. A steady trickle beats a one off burst.

5. Answer the questions people actually ask

   A short FAQ, or a guide like this one, helps Google and AI answer engines quote you when someone searches. Answer the real questions customers ask, in plain words, and you get found in more places.

That is the whole playbook. You can do it yourself over a few weekends, or let FORGE do all of it in hours: the site, the Profile setup, the review prompts, and the answer engine work. Either way, the order is the same.