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GBP Monthly Health
Check.

Fifteen-minute walk of your Google Business Profile. Hours, primary category, photo count, posts, Q&A, review velocity, NAP match versus your website. Pass or fail per row, with a fix list.

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GBP Monthly Health Check

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Open your Google Business Profile in another tab. Walk these rows. Mark each one. About fifteen minutes.

Worked example 60-seat neighborhood bistro, May audit See what a Tuesday-morning fill-in looks like
Hours of operation, special-day hours, primary + secondary categoriesAll Pass
Phone, address, website link, links to menuPass · Pass · Pass · Fail (broken)
Photos posted in last 30 days2
GBP posts in last 30 days0
Q&A unanswered3
Listing fundamentals7 of 8 pass
Content cadenceBelow threshold (4 photos + 4 posts target)
This month's punch list4 items

The broken menu link is the priority — that's the link Google was sending people to. Behind it: the three Q&As (probably about parking, dietary options, and reservations — answer them once and they sit there forever) and the post cadence. The audit takes fifteen minutes; the punch list takes the rest of the morning if you batch it. The next month's audit walks a healthier listing.

Composite-typical numbers — not a real shop. Use the rhythm, not the figures.

Audit context
Listing fundamentals
ItemPass / FailNotes / fix
Hours match website & door
Special hours set for next 3 holidays
Primary category is correct (most-specific)
≥ 3 secondary categories that match menu
Phone number matches website (NAP)
Address suite/unit format identical across listings
Website URL: HTTPS, no trailing junk, points to home
Reservation / order links present & working
Content cadence (last 30 days)
Reviews
Pass / fail score — / 8
Cadence band
Review velocity (per month)

Walk the rows above. The audit is meant to take fifteen minutes — anything that fails this month is the punch list for next week.

Read the long version What the GBP actually does for a restaurant, the eight pass-fail fundamentals, the content cadence Google reads as a freshness signal, the Q&A graveyard, and the four lies operators tell themselves about Google. The listing that earns its keep — Why fifteen minutes a month decides where Google sends people →

Keyboard: ⌘P print · ⌘S download CSV · ⌘↵ save to Workshop

When to use it

Pull this sheet out when —

  • First Monday of every month — fifteen minutes, with the GBP open in another tab.
  • Any time bookings dip and you have not changed anything on the website.
  • Right after a menu change, holiday week, or hours update.
Common mistakes

What operators get wrong

  • Counting auto-imported user photos as fresh content. They are not. Owners post owner-photos.
  • Ignoring secondary categories. The wrong primary plus a missing secondary is a real ranking gap.
  • Letting Q&A sit unanswered. Google treats unanswered Q&A as low-engagement signal.
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