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How to Add Your Farm Business to Google Maps
Joshua KnightSenior Extension Associate, Horticulture
Center for Crop DiversificationUniversity of Kentucky
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Why google?
• Free• Google holds ~90% of the
search engine market• 46% of Google searches are
for local businesses• Over 50% of businesses
have not claimed their google business listing
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Cons
• Privacy• Farm location will be publicly available
• Time Investment• Initial set up (20-45 minutes)• Monitoring for and responding to potentially negative
and public reviewer feedback
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Before You Start…
Have available• Farm Business Name – Required!• Business Contact Phone Number – Optional• Physical / Mailing Address (no P.O. Box) – Required!• Promotional photos of your farm business – Optional • Farm business logo - Optional
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Create Account
Create a new, separate google account specifically for your business (recommended).
accounts.google.com/signup
Can use existing, personal google account but accounts are free and keeping personal and business accounts separate is better in the long run
Phone number for account and business contact number can be different
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Create Business
Once logged into your account, go to google.com/business/
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Add Listing
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Create Listing
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Select Business Category
Existing Categories• Agricultural Service• Farm
• Honey Farm• Poultry Farm• Christmas Tree Farm• Dairy Farm• Fish Farm
• Garden• Garden Center• Greenhouse• Florist• Farmers’ Market• Food Bank• Tree Farm• Tree Service• Lawn Care Service• Plant Nursery
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Offer Delivery?
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Add service areas…
Can add multiple• Cities • Counties• States
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Verify location…
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Complete profile…
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After verification…After you have received the postcard and followed its instructions, confirm location of pin