How To Set Up Q and A On Your Google Business Profile
Your Q&A via Desktop
Once you login (how to login) to your Google Business Profile via your desktop computer, you’ll see the “Q&A” icon. After clicking it, you’ll be brought to the “Questions & Answer” screen. From there you’ll be presented with several options. We’ll explore each option in this Chapter.
Questions & Answer Screen
On this screen you’ll see existing questions, the ones that have been answered as well as those that remain unanswered.
You can answer an unanswered question, edit or delete both questions and answers and you can ask a new question.
We cover each in the sections that follow within this chapter.
Asking A Question
Clicking the “Ask a question” button located on the upper right portion of the of the previous screen brings you to this screen.
As you begin typing your question, Google will provide suggestions to assist you.
When you’re finished asking your question, click the “post” button to post it publicly (all questions become public).
Answering A Question
To answer a question, click the “answer” icon that’s located next to the “like” icon beneath the question.
To edit an answer click the “3 dots” located to the right of the existing answer. Click the “post” button when finished.
To delete a question or answer, click the “3 dots” located to the right of the question or answer and click “delete”.
How To Set Up Q and A On Your Google Business Profile
Your Q&A via Mobile
Questions & Answers
Locate the “Questions & answers” section of your Google Business Profile, located beneath the “contact” section.
To view Questions & Answers click the “see questions” link. Doing so will bring you the screen in the next section of this chapter.
Note: Q&A is not the same as the GBP FAQ module.
Viewing Q&A's
Clicking the “see questions” link from the previous screen will bring you to a screen as shown in the illustration.
You can view questions, answers and likes.
On this screen, you can like a answer, edit an answer or delete an answer.
You can also ask new question from, edit an existing question or delete a question.
Asking A Question
To ask a question, click the “ask the community” link. Note that all questions and answers are posted publicly.
Type In Your Question
After clicking the “ask the community” link, a dialog field will open. Type in your question. When finished, click “POST” link on the upper right portion of the screen.
Answering A Question
Answering a question on your phone is as simple as clicking the “answer” icon. Once you click the icon, an answer dialog field will open. When finished, tap the send “arrow” to post your answer.
Answer Acknowledgment
Google brings you to this “thanks for answering” screen which acknowledges that your answer has been posted.alls.
How To Set Up Q and A On Your Google Business Profile
Google Business Profile Q&A Resources
Industry Specific Q&A Templates
We created several industry specific templates that you can copy and paste into your Google Business Profile’s Q&A section
You can find these Q&A templates in Appendix I.
