GMB Website Create Competition That Can Hurt Your Own Site?
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Hello,
Does anyone know if creating a Google My Business website for a business using the GMB builder creates competition for that business's main, non-GMB website?
Thanks.
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I'd say no, build a website & create a separate GMB account that links to your website would be a good start. Outranking competitors is a mid to long-term investment in SEO which factors more than just website architecture & GMB.
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Hi Travis,
I'm not an expert in Google websites, but my basic understanding is that these are for businesses that don't plan to or don't have the means to build a professional website of their own. If you already have your own website, you don't need a Google website. For more on this, read: http://blumenthals.com/blog/2018/06/02/google-websites-passes-2-million-websites-nearing-its-first-anniversary/
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Hi Travis - would you care to share the links to your two different sites in the post? Are you assigned a different domain to your GMB site?
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