Cara Menggunakan Google Maps Agar Rumah Terlihat Jelas

Daftarkan Bisnis di Google Business Profile

Yang pertama kali harus kita lakukan adalah mendaftarkan bisnis kita di Google Business Profile yang dulu disebut sebagai Google My Business. Jadi, ini adalah satu layanan dari Google di mana kita bisa mendaftarkan bisnis di Google dan tentu saja gratis. Jadi, tinggal kita daftarkan, verifikasi dan lengkapi semua informasinya. Dan kita juga bisa menambahkan foto dan lain-lain.

Setelah kita daftarkan bisnis dan kita verifikasi, maka nanti bisnis kita bisa dioptimasi agar muncul juga di hasil pencarian organik dan juga bisa diiklankan.

Nah, ketika kita mendaftarkan bisnis, kalau bisa menggunakan email yang sama dengan akun Google Ads-nya. Tapi, kalau memang kebetulan berbeda email-nya, dan bisnis sudah terdaftar, silahkan akun atau email Google Ads-nya bisa didaftarkan sebagai admin di akun Google Business Profile. Sehingga nanti akun dari Google Business Profile ini bisa terhubung atau terkoneksi dengan akun Google Ads-nya.

Langkah berikutnya, kita harus membuat Search Campaign. Jadi, kita buat campaign baru, yaitu Search Campaign dan jangan lupa kita tambahkan aset Location.

Keterangan Select location source:

Location Group: kalau kita memiliki banyak cabang dan kita kelompokkan berdasarkan lokasi, kita bisa memilih ini dan grupkan setiap lokasi melalui New location group yang berada di sebelah kiri bawah.

All synced locations: menggabungkan semua lokasi yang tersedia.

Jadi, disesuaikan saja.

Selain itu, untuk melihat tampilan iklannya nanti, bisa lihat di bagian sebelah kanan. Jadi, nanti dia bisa muncul seperti ini, di bawah dari iklan search-nya dan kalau diklik bisa langsung masuk ke Google Maps.

Tapi, selain itu, iklan kita bisa juga tampil di hasil pencarian Google Maps seperti ini (berada di atas dengan label Sponsored). Jadi, orang bisa lihat website kita, direction atau menuju ke lokasi kita, bisa call dan share.

Perbanyak Foto Bisnis di Google Maps

Cara promosi di Google Maps bisa dilakukan dengan memperbanyak foto bisnis. Adanya foto bisa memudahkan Google mengindeks bisnis anda. Misalnya jika membuka bisnis cafe, maka saat pengguna mencari cafe terdekat akan muncul lokasi cafe anda di halaman hasil pencarian.

Oleh karena itu, pastikan menambah banyak foto seputar bisnis, misalnya foto menu yang disediakan, fasilitas, keadaan cafe, dan lain sebagainya. Usahakan juga mengunggah foto berkualitas yang bisa membuat calon konsumen tertarik. Sehingga semakin banyak foto yang diunggah, maka semakin besar peluang bisnis anda mudah ditemukan di Google.

Misdirection incidents

In August 2023, a woman driving from Alice Springs to the Harts Range Racecourse was stranded in the Central Australian desert for a night after following directions provided by Google Maps.[160][161] She later discovered that Google Maps was providing directions for the actual Harts Range instead of the rodeo. Google said it was looking into the naming of the two locations and consulting with "local and authoritative sources" to solve the issue.[160]

In February 2024, two German tourists were stranded for a week after Google Maps directed them to follow a dirt track through Oyala Thumotang National Park and their vehicle became trapped in mud.[162][163] Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service ranger Roger James said, "People should not trust Google Maps when they're travelling in remote regions of Queensland, and they need to follow the signs, use official maps or other navigational devices."[162]

In June 2019, Google Maps provided nearly 100 Colorado drivers an alternative route that led to a dirt road after a crash occurred on Peña Boulevard. The road had been turned to mud by rain, resulting in nearly 100 vehicles being trapped.[164][161] Google said in a statement, "While we always work to provide the best directions, issues can arise due to unforeseen circumstances such as weather. We encourage all drivers to follow local laws, stay attentive, and use their best judgment while driving."[164]

In September 2023, Google was sued by a North Carolina resident who alleged that Google Maps had directed her husband over the Snow Creek Bridge in Hickory the year prior, resulting in him drowning. According to the lawsuit, multiple people had notified Google about the state of the bridge, which collapsed in 2013, but Google had not updated the route information and continued to direct users over the bridge.[165][166][161] At the time of the man's death, the barriers placed to block access to the bridge had been vandalized.[167][168]

In November 2023, a hiker was rescued by helicopter on the backside of Mount Fromme in Vancouver. North Shore Rescue stated on its Facebook page that the hiker had followed a non-existent hiking trail on Google Maps. This was also the second hiker in two months to require rescuing after following the same trail. The fake trail has since been removed from the app.[169][170]

Also in November 2023, Google apologized after users were directed through desert roads after parts of Interstate 15 were closed due to a dust storm.[171] Drivers became stranded after following the suggested detour route, which was a "bumpy dirt trail".[172] Following the incident, Google stated that Google Maps would "no longer route drivers traveling between Las Vegas and Barstow down through those roads."[171]

In 2020, a teenage motorist was found frozen to death while his passenger was still alive but suffered from severe frostbite after using Google Maps, which had led them to a shorter but abandoned section of the R504 Kolyma Highway, where their Toyota Chaser became disabled.[173]

In 2024, three men from Uttar Pradesh died after their car fell from an under-construction bridge. They were using Google Maps for driving which misdirected them and the car fell into the Ramganga river.[174][175]

Incorrect location naming

There are cases where Google Maps had added out-of-date neighborhood monikers. Thus, in Los Angeles, the name "Brooklyn Heights" was revived from its 1870s usage[143] and "Silver Lake Heights" from its 1920s usage,[144] or mistakenly renamed areas (in Detroit, the neighborhood "Fiskhorn" became "Fishkorn").[145] Because many companies utilize Google Maps data, these previously obscure or incorrect names then gain traction; the names are often used by realtors, hotels, food delivery sites, dating sites, and news organizations.

Google has said it created its maps from third-party data, public sources, satellites, and users, but many names used have not been connected to any official record.[143][145] According to a former Google Maps employee (who was not authorized to speak publicly), users can submit changes to Google Maps, but some submissions are ruled upon by people with little local knowledge of a place, such as contractors in India. Critics maintain that names likes "BoCoCa" (for the area in Brooklyn between Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill and Carroll Gardens), are "just plain puzzling" or simply made up.[145] Some names used by Google have been traced to non-professionally made maps with typographical errors that survived on Google Maps.[145]

In 2005 the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) complained about the potential for terrorists to use the satellite images in planning attacks, with specific reference to the Lucas Heights nuclear reactor; however, the Australian Federal government did not support the organization's concern. At the time of the ANSTO complaint, Google had colored over some areas for security (mostly in the U.S.), such as the rooftop of the White House and several other Washington, D.C. buildings.[146][147][148]

In October 2010, Nicaraguan military commander Edén Pastora stationed Nicaraguan troops on the Isla Calero (in the delta of the San Juan River), justifying his action on the border delineation given by Google Maps. Google has since updated its data which it found to be incorrect.[149]

On January 27, 2014, documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the NSA and the GCHQ intercepted Google Maps queries made on smartphones, and used them to locate the users making these queries. One leaked document, dating to 2008, stated that "[i]t effectively means that anyone using Google Maps on a smartphone is working in support of a GCHQ system."[150]

In May 2015, searches on Google Maps for offensive racial epithets for African Americans such as "nigger", "nigger king", and "nigger house" pointed the user to the White House; Google apologized for the incident.[151][152]

In December 2015, 3 Japanese netizens were charged with vandalism after they were found to have added an unrelated law firm's name as well as indecent names to locations such as "Nuclear test site" to the Atomic Bomb Dome and "Izumo Satya" to the Izumo Taisha.[153][154]

In February 2020, the artist Simon Weckert [155] used 99 cell phones to fake a Google Maps traffic jam.[156]

In September 2024, several schools in Taiwan and Hong Kong were altered to incorrect labels, such as "psychiatric hospitals" or "prisons". Initially, it was believed to be the result of hacker attacks. However, police later revealed that local students had carried out the prank. Google quickly corrected the mislabeled entries. Education officials in Taiwan and Hong Kong expressed concern over the incident.[157][158][159]

Tambahkan Informasi Akurat

Cara promosi di Google Maps selanjutnya yaitu dengan menambahkan informasi akurat seputar bisnis. Informasi ini meliputi jam operasional, nomor telepon, situs web, fasilitas, dan menu produk atau layanan dari bisnis. Informasi akurat bisa memudahkan Google mengindeks bisnis anda, sehingga bisa muncul di halaman pertama hasil pencarian.

Selain itu, adanya informasi ini bisa memudahkan calon konsumen menemukan lokasi bisnis anda. Hal ini karena lokasi bisnis mudah ditemukan di halaman pencarian Google. Adanya informasi akurat juga memudahkan konsumen mengetahui apa saja produk atau layanan yang anda tawarkan.

Daftarkan Bisnis di Google Bisnisku

Daftarkan bisnis di Google Bisnisku menjadi cara tepat untuk mempromosikan bisnis. Seperti diketahui, Google Bisnisku atau Google My Business merupakan alat gratis yang disediakan oleh Google untuk pemilik bisnis. Adanya alat ini bisa digunakan untuk mengelola informasi agar bisnis mudah ditemukan di hasil pencarian Google.

Daftar di Google Bisnisku menjadi cara tepat untuk mempromosikan bisnis di Google Maps. Hal ini karena setiap bisnis yang didaftarkan di Google Bisnisku akan lebih mudah ditemukan di Google Maps.

Saat mendaftarkan bisnis di Google Bisnisku, pastikan mengisi semua informasi yang diperlukan, seperti jam operasional, alamat website, dan lain sebagainya. Adanya informasi lengkap seputar bisnis bisa membuat bisnis terlihat profesional dan terpercaya.

Artistic and literary uses

The German "geo-novel" Senghor on the Rocks (2008) presents its story as a series of spreads showing a Google Maps location on the left and the story's text on the right. Annika Richterich explains that the "satellite pictures in Senghor on the Rocks illustrate the main character's travel through the West-African state of Senegal".[247]

Artists have used Google Street View in a range of ways. Emilio Vavarella's The Google Trilogy includes glitchy images and unintended portraits of the drivers of the Street View cars.[248] The Japanese band group inou used Google Street View backgrounds to make a music video for their song EYE.[249] The Canadian band Arcade Fire made a customized music video that used Street View to show the viewer their own childhood home.[250][251]

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Halo teman-teman, kembali lagi dengan saya Renra Sedoya, masih di Channel YouTube Digimaya. Channel YouTube yang membahas seputar Google Ads, Google Analytics dan Google Tag Manager. Di video kali ini, saya akan menjelaskan bagaimana cara membuat iklan di Google Maps.

Jadi, contoh iklannya seperti ini ya kalau kita lihat di layar monitor ini, misalnya saya mengetikkan “kursus web programming jakarta”, nanti di sini akan ada hasil pencariannya dan di sini kita lihat ada sponsored atau iklan.

Nah, bagaimana caranya kita ingin promosikan bisnis kita agar bisa muncul di bagian atas, tapi di tampilan Google Maps?

Perbanyak Ulasan Positif di Google Maps

Cara promosi di Google Maps selanjutnya yaitu dengan memperbanyak ulasan positif. Ulasan positif bisa menarik calon konsumen untuk mendatangi bisnis anda. Selain itu, adanya ulasan juga bisa membuat bisnis terlihat lebih profesional, berkualitas, dan terpercaya. Ulasan bisa didapatkan dengan memintanya secara langsung kepada setiap konsumen yang datang ke lokasi bisnis.

Selain itu, ulasan juga bisa dilakukan dengan meminta bantuan jasa komentar profesional. Adanya jasa komentar dan ulasan untuk Google Maps sangat membantu meningkatkan kredibilitas bisnis. Biasanya jasa ulasan menggunakan akun asli dari Local Guide. Banyaknya ulasan positif yang anda dapatkan tentu bisa menciptakan citra positif bisnis di mata konsumen.

Directions and transit

Google Maps provides a route planner,[56] allowing users to find available directions through driving, public transportation, walking, or biking.[57] Google has partnered globally with over 800 public transportation providers to adopt GTFS (General Transit Feed Specification), making the data available to third parties.[58][59] The app can indicate users' transit route, thanks to an October 2019 update. The incognito mode, eyes-free walking navigation features were released earlier.[60] A July 2020 update provided bike share routes.[61]

In February 2024, Google Maps started rolling out glanceable directions for its Android and iOS apps. The feature allows users to track their journey from their device's lock screen.[62][63]

In 2007, Google began offering traffic data as a colored overlay on top of roads and motorways to represent the speed of vehicles on particular roads. Crowdsourcing is used to obtain the GPS-determined locations of a large number of cellphone users, from which live traffic maps are produced.[64][65][66]

Google has stated that the speed and location information it collects to calculate traffic conditions is anonymous.[67] Options available in each phone's settings allow users not to share information about their location with Google Maps.[68] Google stated, "Once you disable or opt out of My Location, Maps will not continue to send radio information back to Google servers to determine your handset's approximate location".[69][failed verification]

On May 25, 2007, Google released Google Street View, a feature of Google Maps providing 360° panoramic street-level views of various locations. On the date of release, the feature only included five cities in the U.S. It has since expanded to thousands of locations around the world. In July 2009, Google began mapping college campuses and surrounding paths and trails.

Street View garnered much controversy after its release because of privacy concerns about the uncensored nature of the panoramic photographs, although the views are only taken on public streets.[70][71] Since then, Google has blurred faces and license plates through automated facial recognition.[72][73][74]

In late 2014, Google launched Google Underwater Street View, including 2,300 kilometres (1,400 mi) of the Australian Great Barrier Reef in 3D. The images are taken by special cameras which turn 360 degrees and take shots every 3 seconds.[75]

In 2017, in both Google Maps and Google Earth, Street View navigation of the International Space Station interior spaces became available.

Google Maps has incorporated[when?] 3D models of hundreds of cities in over 40 countries from Google Earth into its satellite view. The models were developed using aerial photogrammetry techniques.[76][77]

At the I/O 2022 event, Google announced Immersive View, a feature of Google Maps which would involve composite 3D images generated from Street View and aerial images of locations using AI, complete with synchronous information. It was to be initially in five cities worldwide, with plans to add it to other cities later on.[78] The feature was previewed in September 2022 with 250 photorealistic aerial 3D images of landmarks,[79] and was full launched in February 2023.[80] An expansion of Immersive View to routes was announced at Google I/O 2023,[81] and was launched in October 2023 for 15 cities globally.[82]

The feature uses predictive modelling and neural radiance fields to scan Street View and aerial images to generate composite 3D imagery of locations, including both exteriors and interiors, and routes, including driving, walking or cycling, as well as generate synchronous information and forecasts up to a month ahead from historical and environmental data about both such as weather, traffic and busyness.

Immersive View has been available in the following locations:[citation needed]

Google added icons of city attractions, in a similar style to Apple Maps, on October 3, 2019. In the first stage, such icons were added to 9 cities.[83]

In December 2009, Google introduced a new view consisting of 45° angle aerial imagery, offering a "bird's-eye view" of cities. The first cities available were San Jose and San Diego. This feature was initially available only to developers via the Google Maps API.[84] In February 2010, it was introduced as an experimental feature in Google Maps Labs.[85] In July 2010, 45° imagery was made available in Google Maps in select cities in South Africa, the United States, Germany and Italy.[86]

In February 2024, Google Maps incorporated a small weather icon on the top left corner of the Android and iOS mobile apps, giving access to weather and air quality index details.[87]

Previously called Search with Live View, Lens In Maps identifies shops, restaurants, transit stations and other street features with a phone's camera and places relevant information and a category pin on top, like closing/opening times, current busyness, pricing and reviews using AI and augmented reality. The feature, if available on the device, can be accessed through tapping the Lens icon in the search bar. It was expanded to 50 new cities in October 2023 in its biggest expansion yet, after initially being released in late 2022 in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, London, and Paris.[88][89] Lens in Maps shares features with Live View, which also displays information relating to street features while guiding a user to a selected destination with virtual arrows, signs and guidance.[90]

Google collates business listings from multiple on-line and off-line sources. To reduce duplication in the index, Google's algorithm combines listings automatically based on address, phone number, or geocode,[91] but sometimes information for separate businesses will be inadvertently merged with each other, resulting in listings inaccurately incorporating elements from multiple businesses.[92] Google allows business owners to create and verify their own business data through Google Business Profile (GBP), formerly Google My Business (GMB).[93] Owners are encouraged to provide Google with business information including address, phone number, business category, and photos.[94] Google has staff in India who check and correct listings remotely as well as support businesses with issues.[95] Google also has teams on the ground in most countries that validate physical addresses in person.[96] In May 2024, Google announced it would discontinue the chat feature in Google Business Profile. Starting July 15, 2024, new chat conversations would be disabled, and by July 31, 2024, all chat functionalities would end.[97]

Google Maps can be manipulated by businesses that are not physically located in the area in which they record a listing. There are cases of people abusing Google Maps to overtake their competition by placing unverified listings on online directory sites, knowing the information will roll across to Google (duplicate sites). The people who update these listings do not use a registered business name. They place keywords and location details on their Google Maps business title, which can overtake credible business listings. In Australia in particular, genuine companies and businesses are noticing a trend of fake business listings in a variety of industries.[98]

Genuine business owners can also optimize their business listings to gain greater visibility in Google Maps, through a type of search engine marketing called local search engine optimization.[99]

In March 2011, indoor maps were added to Google Maps, giving users the ability to navigate themselves within buildings such as airports, museums, shopping malls, big-box stores, universities, transit stations, and other public spaces (including underground facilities). Google encourages owners of public facilities to submit floor plans of their buildings in order to add them to the service.[100] Map users can view different floors of a building or subway station by clicking on a level selector that is displayed near any structures which are mapped on multiple levels.

My Maps is a feature in Google Maps launched in April 2007 that enables users to create custom maps for personal use or sharing. Users can add points, lines, shapes, notes and images on top of Google Maps using a WYSIWYG editor.[101] An Android app for My Maps, initially released in March 2013 under the name Google Maps Engine Lite, was available until its removal from the Play Store in October 2021.[102][103][104]

Google Local Guides is a volunteer program launched by Google Maps[105] to enable users to contribute to Google Maps when registered. It sometimes provides them additional perks and benefits for their collaboration. Users can achieve Level 1 to 10, and be awarded with badges. The program is partially a successor to Google Map Maker as features from the former program became integrated into the website and app.[106]

The program consists of adding reviews, photos, basic information, and videos; and correcting information such as wheelchair accessibility.[107][108] Adding reviews, photos, videos, new places, new roads or providing useful information gives points to the users.[109] The level of users is upgraded when they get a certain amount of points.[110][111] Starting with Level 4, a star is shown near the avatar of the user.[111]

Earth Timelapse, released in April 2021, is a program in which users can see how the earth has been changed in the last 37 years. They combined the 15 million satellite images (roughly ten quadrillion pixels) to create the 35 global cloud-free Images for this program.[112]

If a user shares their location with Google, Timeline summarises this location for each day on a Timeline map.[113] Timeline estimates the mode of travel used to move between places and will also show photos taken at that location. In June 2024, Google started progressively removing access to the timeline on web browsers, with the information instead being stored on a local device.[114][115]

As the user drags the map, the grid squares are downloaded from the server and inserted into the page. When a user searches for a business, the results are downloaded in the background for insertion into the side panel and map; the page is not reloaded. A hidden iframe with form submission is used because it preserves browser history. Like many other Google web applications, Google Maps uses JavaScript extensively.[116] The site also uses protocol buffers for data transfer rather than JSON, for performance reasons.

The version of Google Street View for classic Google Maps required Adobe Flash.[117] In October 2011, Google announced MapsGL, a WebGL version of Maps with better renderings and smoother transitions.[118] Indoor maps use JPG, .PNG, .PDF, .BMP, or .GIF, for floor plans.[119]

Users who are logged into a Google Account can save locations so that they are overlaid on the map with various colored "pins" whenever they browse the application. These "Saved places" can be organized into default groups or user named groups and shared with other users. "Starred places" is one default group example. It previously automatically created a record within the now-discontinued product Google Bookmarks.

The Google Maps terms and conditions[120] state that usage of material from Google Maps is regulated by Google Terms of Service[121] and some additional restrictions. Google has either purchased local map data from established companies, or has entered into lease agreements to use copyrighted map data.[122] The owner of the copyright is listed at the bottom of zoomed maps. For example, street maps in Japan are leased from Zenrin. Street maps in China are leased from AutoNavi.[123] Russian street maps are leased from Geocentre Consulting and Tele Atlas. Data for North Korea is sourced from the companion project Google Map Maker.

Street map overlays, in some areas, may not match up precisely with the corresponding satellite images. The street data may be entirely erroneous, or simply out of date: "The biggest challenge is the currency of data, the authenticity of data," said Google Earth representative Brian McClendon. As a result, in March 2008 Google added a feature to edit the locations of houses and businesses.[124][125]

Restrictions have been placed on Google Maps through the apparent censoring of locations deemed potential security threats. In some cases the area of redaction is for specific buildings, but in other cases, such as Washington, D.C.,[126] the restriction is to use outdated imagery.

Google Maps API, now called Google Maps Platform, hosts about 17 different APIs, which are themed under the following categories: Maps, Places and Routes.[127]

After the success of reverse-engineered mashups such as chicagocrime.org and housingmaps.com, Google launched the Google Maps API in June 2005[128] to allow developers to integrate Google Maps into their websites. It was a free service that did not require an API key until June 2018 (changes went into effect on July 16), when it was announced that an API key linked to a Google Cloud account with billing enabled would be required to access the API.[129] The API currently[update] does not contain ads, but Google states in their terms of use that they reserve the right to display ads in the future.[130]

By using the Google Maps API, it is possible to embed Google Maps into an external website, onto which site-specific data can be overlaid.[131] Although initially only a JavaScript API, the Maps API was expanded to include an API for Adobe Flash applications (but this has been deprecated), a service for retrieving static map images, and web services for performing geocoding, generating driving directions, and obtaining elevation profiles. Over 1,000,000[132] web sites use the Google Maps API, making it the most heavily used web application development API.[133] In September 2011, Google announced it would deprecate the Google Maps API for Flash.[134]

The Google Maps API was free for commercial use, provided that the site on which it is being used is publicly accessible and did not charge for access, and was not generating more than 25,000 map accesses a day.[135][136] Sites that did not meet these requirements could purchase the Google Maps API for Business.[137]

As of June 21, 2018, Google increased the prices of the Maps API and requires a billing profile.[138]

Due to restrictions on geographic data in China, Google Maps must partner with a Chinese digital map provider in order to legally show Chinese map data. Since 2006, this partner has been AutoNavi.[123]

Within China, the State Council mandates that all maps of China use the GCJ-02 coordinate system, which is offset from the WGS-84 system used in most of the world. google.cn/maps (formerly Google Ditu) uses the GCJ-02 system for both its street maps[139] and satellite imagery.[140] google.com/maps also uses GCJ-02 data for the street map, but uses WGS-84 coordinates for satellite imagery,[141] causing the so-called China GPS shift problem.

Frontier alignments also present some differences between google.cn/maps and google.com/maps. On the latter, sections of the Chinese border with India and Pakistan are shown with dotted lines, indicating areas or frontiers in dispute. However, google.cn shows the Chinese frontier strictly according to Chinese claims with no dotted lines indicating the border with India and Pakistan. For example, the South Tibet region claimed by China but administered by India as a large part of Arunachal Pradesh is shown inside the Chinese frontier by google.cn, with Indian highways ending abruptly at the Chinese claim line. Google.cn also shows Taiwan and the South China Sea Islands as part of China. Google Ditu's street map coverage of Taiwan no longer omits major state organs, such as the Presidential Palace, the five Yuans, and the Supreme Court.[142][additional citation(s) needed]

Feature-wise, google.cn/maps does not feature My Maps. On the other hand, while google.cn displays virtually all text in Chinese, google.com/maps displays most text (user-selectable real text as well as those on map) in English.[citation needed] This behavior of displaying English text is not consistent but intermittent – sometimes it is in English, sometimes it is in Chinese. The criteria for choosing which language is displayed are not known publicly.[citation needed]

Beberapa Hal yang Harus Diperhatikan

Ada beberapa poin yang perlu diperhatikan untuk menjalankan atau mempromosikan bisnis kita di Google Maps melalui Location Asset ini.

Yang pertama, tentu saja pastikan kalau bisnis kita ini memang local business. Artinya, bisnis yang kita punya itu menargetkan orang-orang yang berada di lokasi tertentu untuk bisa datang ke kantor atau tempat bisnis kita.

Biasanya, bisnis lokal ini seperti misalnya restoran, salon, klinik, dan lain-lain. Jadi, dia menargetkan orang sekitar saja.

Yang kedua, kita juga bisa melakukan set up bid atau menaikkan bid-nya untuk lokasi yang memang sesuai atau sangat spesifik dengan bisnis kita. Misalnya, di sini kita menargetkan sebenarnya Jabodetabek. Tapi, karena lokasi dari bisnis ada di Depok dan Jakarta, kita utamanya ingin mengoptimalkan dan menjangkau orang-orang yang berada di Jakarta dan Depok.

Maka, di sini kita bisa tambahkan Bid adjustment misalnya 50% untuk lokasi Jakarta dan 50% untuk lokasi Depok kita naikkan juga dari standar bidding-nya. Sehingga Google mengetahui bahwa bisnis atau iklan ini memang lebih diprioritaskan untuk area Jakarta dan Depok.

Cara Menaikkan Bid untuk Lokasi Tertentu:

Dan jangan lupa satu lagi, keyword-keyword yang terkait dengan lokasi misalnya seperti “kursus web programming jakarta” atau “kursus website depok” itu berarti harus kita gunakan.

Jadi, kurang lebih seperti itu tipsnya, silahkan dicoba. Mudah-mudahan ini bermanfaat buat teman-teman yang khususnya memiliki bisnis lokal, selamat mencoba!