Google and local search
The primary category is what you are. It is not a stuffing slot for a bigger map pack.
A dishonest primary category can get a profile suspended. The site and the profile must describe the same trade. Secondary categories are extras, not a keyword dump. Someone about to pick "Restaurant" because it seemed bigger than "Bakery." Google documents categories. We do not sell a ranking SKU that overrides them.
Pick one primary Google Business Profile category that matches what you actually sell. A dishonest category can get the profile suspended. The Bizzit site should describe the same trade. Secondary categories are extras, not stuffing.Pro is $12 a month for your domain.
Who this is for
Someone about to pick "Restaurant" because it seemed bigger than "Bakery." If that is not you, a different Bizzit guide will fit better, do not force this URL.
The actual answer
A dishonest primary category can get a profile suspended. The site and the profile must describe the same trade. Secondary categories are extras, not a keyword dump. Google documents categories. We do not sell a ranking SKU that overrides them. The short version is still the one in the box at the top of this page. The rest of the article exists so you do not have to guess the limits.
Do this in order
Match the door, the site, and the profile to one trade name. Then add secondaries only if you still do that work.
- Name the trade a stranger would use
- Pick that as the primary category
- Confirm the Bizzit homepage says the same thing
- Add secondaries only for work you still do
- Rebuild the site if Cipher invented a second business
What not to do
Do not pick a hotter category you do not run. Do not mint city URLs to prop up a fake category. That is the usual way a useful page turns into a doorway, a fake comparison, or a brief Cipher cannot honor.
How this shows up on Bizzit
Cipher will mash a second trade onto the homepage if the brief is "full service." Fix the nouns. The GBP category should match the rebuilt page.
The site has to agree
If the profile says bakery and the homepage is a restaurant Cipher invented, Google is looking at two businesses. Rebuild. Fifty free turns exist to name the trade, not to decorate the wrong one.
Limits
Do not pick a hotter category you do not run. Do not mint city URLs to prop up a fake category.
Limits and caveats
Do not pick a hotter category you do not run. Do not mint city URLs to prop up a fake category.
If a sentence would require a competitor SKU we have not verified, or a statistic we did not measure, it does not belong here.
What to do after you read this
If this page answered the query, open Create with the nouns from your own business, not a slogan. If it did not, you are probably in the wrong cluster: go back to the blog hub or Google and local search. Do not spin a second URL for a synonym. One intent per page is the whole point of this library.
Tools that actually do this job
These are public pages. Use them when the job is this job. They are not a second product you have to buy.
Primary sources
Questions people actually ask
Can I pick Restaurant to rank a bakery?
No. Pick Bakery if you are a bakery. The pack is not a costume.
Does Bizzit set the category?
No. You set GBP. We host the site. Match them.
What if I do two trades?
One primary. Secondaries if true. Or a second real location with its own profile.
Is this a ranking product?
No. We do not sell map-pack placement. Pro is $12 for the site, domain, unlimited Cipher, overnight jobs, your checkout, no badge.