Your business will look best on Google if you add category-specific photos. These photos highlight the features of your business that your customers use when making purchasing decisions. Photos you add can also help differentiate your business on Google.
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Types of business-specific photos
| Description | Minimum number to add | Tips | |
| Exterior photos | Exterior photos help customers recognise your business as they approach from different directions. | Add at least three great exterior photos to help customers recognise your business. | 1. Take a photo from every direction from which customers might approach your business. 2. Try uploading photos that show your business at different times of day. |
| Interior photos | Interior photos help your customers get a feel for the ambience and decor of your business. | Add at least three great interior photos to show customers what your business feels like inside. | 1. Capture photos that truthfully show what it's like to stand inside your business as a customer. 2. Capture the atmosphere of your business with your photos. |
| Product photos | Great photos of representative or popular products give customers a better understanding of the kinds of goods that you offer. | Add at least three photos of products that you sell. | 1. Showcase the items that are most popular for your business. 2. Try taking evenly lit photos of your products. |
| Photos at work | Photos help customers quickly understand the type of work that you do. | Add at least three photos that are representative of the services that you offer. | 1. Capture photos of your team providing different services to customers. 2. Capture photos of the speciality services that you deliver. |
| Food and drink photos | Food and drink photos add colour and detail to your menu and help customers plan where to eat. | Add at least three photos of the food or drinks that you serve. | 1. Showcase the food items that are most popular for your business. 2. Try taking evenly lit photos of your food items. |
| Common areas | Photos of your common areas help to attract customers who are planning business or leisure travel. | Add at least one photo of each of your common areas. | 1. Add at least one photo of each common area (for example, spa, gym or breakfast room). 2. Capture the atmosphere of the common area in your photos. |
| Rooms | Customers rely heavily on photos of guest rooms when deciding where to book their next hotel for business or leisure. | Add at least three photos of your most popular guest rooms. | 1. Try showcasing all the different types of rooms that you offer to guests. 2. Capture photos that truthfully show what it's like when you're in the room as a guest. |
| Team photos | Team photos are important to present a more personal side of your establishment. | Add at least three photos showing your management team and your employees. | 1. Show something a little less formal to humanise your business. 2. Show yourself and any staff to highlight your personalities and give potential clients a feel for what you're like. |
