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For a local business, the Google Business Profile often outperforms the website. It is what appears in Maps, what shows in the local pack above the normal results, and what people read reviews on before deciding to call.
It is also routinely left half-finished — wrong primary category, no service area, three photos from 2019, and no habit of asking for reviews. Fixing those is unglamorous and tends to move more phone calls than a redesign.
The primary category does more for what you rank for than almost any other field, and it is usually wrong.
The places you will actually travel to, which is what local searchers are matched against.
A sparse profile reads as a business that might not still be open.
A steady trickle of recent reviews beats a burst of old ones. The flow matters more than the ask.