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Google My Business Highlights

The Google My Business Highlights report presents 1 to 3 positive highlights of GMB metrics that can help a business determine how the customers find their business listings on Google. The number of highlights depends on the number of positive (increased data) compared to the previous year/month(s) data. No highlights will be displayed if there was no positive data reported.

The highlights report can include 1-3 customer actions from the following list:

Discovery Searches
Direct Searches
Views on Google Search
Views on Google Maps
Photo Views
Calls
Directions Request
Website Visits

Integrate your Google My Business account with Rank Ranger to view and share this report in white label dashboards and PDF reports.

Located in Reports > Organic Search > Google My Business

Discovery Searches

Customers who find your listing by searching for category, product, or services. The graph displays the daily amount of Discovery Search for the picked date range and compared data for the same date range of the previous year/month(s). On the left of the graph the total Discovery Searches for the given data range compared to the date range of the previous year/month(s) with the change in percent increase.

Direct Searches

Customers who find your listing by searching for your business name and address. The graph displays the daily amount of Direct Search for the picked date range and compared data for the same date range of the previous year/month(s). On the left of the graph the total Direct Searches for the given data range compared to the date range of the previous year/month(s) with the change in percent increase.

Views on Google Searches

Customers who are viewing your listing on Google Search. The graph displays the daily amount of Views on Google Search for the picked date range and compared data for the same date range of the previous year/month(s). On the left of the graph the total Views on Google Searches for the given data range compared to the date range of the previous year/month(s) with the change in percent increase.

Google My Business Views on Google Search

Calls via Listings

Customers who are calling using your Google My Business listing. The graph displays the daily amount of Calls for the picked date range and compared data for the same date range of the previous year/month(s). On the left of the graph the total Calls for the given data range compared to the date range of the previous year/month(s) with the change in percent increase.

Report Options

Date

Click the calendar icon to select a report date range

Display Settings

Custom Report Title: (optional) enter a title to display at the top of this report.
Report Sections: the Select dropdown with a choice to display either all highlights or one of the selected highlights.
Highlights Colors: select desired colors for the Previous and Current Periods from the available colors on the color palette or chose a custom color. The selected colors will be applied to the background of the totals for the previous and current period and to the corresponding graph lines.

Click the Apply Changes button after each change.

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