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Yeah, Google calls this "Business Profile (optimized for your ad)" and it is created when you use a Google Business Profile as the landing page for a performance max Google Ads campaign. Our team first noticed this back in February 2025 when a client claimed the ad credit offered in their GBP dashboard & then set up their own ad campaign & the landing page was generated as a result. You should only be able to get to the landing page by clicking on one of these specific types of paid ads or by sharing the link directly, they shouldn't be showing up in organic search results. How did you find the profile that you shared?

Here's another example of one of these profiles.

More details from Google here.
Yeah, Google calls this "Business Profile (optimized for your ad)" and it is created when you use a Google Business Profile as the landing page for a performance max Google Ads campaign. Our team first noticed this back in February 2025 when a client claimed the ad credit offered in their GBP dashboard & then set up their own ad campaign & the landing page was generated as a result. You should only be able to get to the landing page by clicking on one of these specific types of paid ads or by sharing the link directly, they shouldn't be showing up in organic search results. How did you find the profile that you shared?

Here's another example of one of these profiles.

More details from Google here.
 
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Yeah, Google calls this "Business Profile (optimized for your ad)" and it is created when you use a Google Business Profile as the landing page for a performance max Google Ads campaign. Our team first noticed this back in February 2025 when a client claimed the ad credit offered in their GBP dashboard & then set up their own ad campaign & the landing page was generated as a result. You should only be able to get to the landing page by clicking on one of these specific types of paid ads or by sharing the link directly, they shouldn't be showing up in organic search results. How did you find the profile that you shared?

Here's another example of one of these profiles.

More details from Google here.

I searched the example profile you provided. But when I search "Dumpster Rental Service in Delaware" I didnt find the GMB you provided. why is that? how does this work?
 
The example I shared was in Delaware, OH, not the state of Delaware, so unless you're in Ohio, your search will likely show results for Delaware the state. Add an "OH" to the end of your search and you'll see the standard GBP listing. With that said, these GBPs that are optimized for ads can only be accessed by clicking that direct link I shared OR by clicking on the Google Ad that points to the GBP. It will not show up in that optimized format within the standard Google Maps or organic search results, just the paid ads.

In the example you shared, you must have clicked on the paid ad in order to see/find that listing, correct?
 
The example I shared was in Delaware, OH, not the state of Delaware, so unless you're in Ohio, your search will likely show results for Delaware the state. Add an "OH" to the end of your search and you'll see the standard GBP listing. With that said, these GBPs that are optimized for ads can only be accessed by clicking that direct link I shared OR by clicking on the Google Ad that points to the GBP. It will not show up in that optimized format within the standard Google Maps or organic search results, just the paid ads.

In the example you shared, you must have clicked on the paid ad in order to see/find that listing, correct?

yes
 

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