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(Entry was posted by Anjali Mrig on this post in the Dumb SEO Questions community on Facebook, 05/26/2022).

I`ve been following a particular SOP for local SEO campaigns

(Reposting from another group because I didn`t get any responses) Hi there! So I`ve been following a particular SOP for local SEO campaigns and building business sites according to it. It has worked great so far for rankings. But there`s one question perturbing me: Do I place my GBP business site link in the website section of the GBP profile or do I place the actual WordPress URL? Having the former may help with local rankings, but might also affect conversions. I have seen websites that I have modeled after do both - and they both seem to rank pretty well. If I should just use WordPress URL, what do I even do with the business site (beside having it solely for SEO purposes)?
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  • Stockbridge Truslow: Group expertIf you didn`t know me and I found you on Google - which site would you prefer that I went to in order to get an introduction to your business, your services, and contact you to become a customer? That`s the one to point to.

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  • Anjali Mrig: Stockbridge Truslow That`s why I have been using the website URL. What do I do with the business site then? Just have it for the sake of local ranking factors?

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  • Stockbridge Truslow: Group expertHonestly, I`m not sure that the Google site does you a ton of good in that way. It`s not going to hurt, but... it`s not really a special ranking factor. I have one client who had one of those so we keep it up and occasionally link to it - but I don`t see it getting any advantage that I can notice or measure by having that Google site. And we`ve never seen need to create one for any client who had another site.

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  • Anjali Mrig: Stockbridge Truslow Thanks for the insight. I appreciate it!

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  • Dahlian R. Lamy: Hi Anjali. As Stockbridge stated, use the URL for the website you want people to go to. This is generally your main website.

    The Google site is another digital asset for your business and can also rank for various search terms. In the About section of the Google site, you should include a link back to your main website.

    We have a number of extra domains which we have purchased to protect our brand. Most of them we just redirect to our main website but some are connected to other digital assets like the Google site.

    For some search terms, 4, 5 or 6 positions on page 1 are taken up by our website and other digital assets including our GBP site.

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  • Anjali Mrig: Dahlian R. Lamy This is really helpful! Thanks for the insight

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