How to track rankings for a Google Business Profile
With Google's increasing move toward all things local for search, it's critical to track where your clients' Google Business Profiles rank in Google Local (Google Maps).
Each AgencyAnalytics campaign dashboard offers the ability to track SERPs for unlimited Google Business Profiles.
If you don't yet have a Google Business Profile setup, you can create one here.
In order for us to provide accurate Google Local rankings, it is crucial that you connect a Google Business Profile to our Rank Tracker.
How to connect Google Business Profiles for Google Local rank tracking
From within a campaign, click Settings on the left-hand menu, then click Rank Tracker under the Data heading of the campaign settings page. Click Add to open the Add CID popup.
In the pop-up, begin typing the business name. Click the desired Google Business Profile to highlight it, then click Add in the lower left.
If you do not see the desired GBP in the list, manually enter the CID for your GBP in the second field labeled Enter Your Business's Google CID, then click Add in the bottom left.
Click the Add button again to repeat the process and add more Google Business Profile CIDs.
Activate Google Local Rankings
To activate Google Local Rankings, navigate to a campaign, hover over the sidebar on the left, and click SEO > Rank Tracker.
From the Rank Tracker dashboard, click the Metrics and Filters menu in the upper right, scroll to Google Local, then check the box to the left of Google Local Rankings.
GBP rankings will then be displayed under the Google Local heading in the rankings table.
Enable Google Business Profile CID matching
When tracking keywords for different businesses that have the same website URL, incorrect keyword matches can occasionally happen.
Enabling the Enforce Google Business Profile CID Matching setting ensures that the Google Local matches are made exclusively based on your Google Business Profile CID.
To enable this setting, navigate to the campaign of your choice, then click Settings in the left-hand menu.
From the Settings page, click Rank Tracker, then click the "Enforce Google Business Profile CID Matching" toggle to turn it on, then click Save in the lower left. Green indicates CID matching will be enforced.