Are your Google photos costing you customers?
Searchers pick the profile that looks alive. This audit counts your photo library against the top 3 competitors in your market, has AI review your cover photo for stock-image and quality problems, and hands you the exact upload list.
How it works
Google demotes stock imagery and rewards fresh, real photos. Most owners have never had anyone actually look.
We read your profile
Photo count, cover photo, and logo pulled straight from your live Google Business Profile — no login needed.
Benchmarked vs top rankers
We pull the photo counts of the 3 businesses outranking you locally, so your number has context instead of guesswork.
AI grades the cover
Gemini vision reviews your cover photo — stock-image risk, sharpness, first impression — and returns a prioritized upload list.
Common questions
Why does Google keep removing my photos?
The usual culprits: stock imagery, heavy text/watermark overlays, screenshots, or photos that violate content guidelines. Google's automated review is aggressive — real, unedited photos of your business, team, and work almost never get removed.
Do stock photos actually hurt my profile?
Yes, twice over. Google's systems can detect stock imagery and treat it as a low-quality signal, and searchers subconsciously skip profiles that look generic. A slightly imperfect real photo outperforms a polished stock image.
How many photos should I have?
There's no magic number, but profiles with 25+ photos see measurably more calls and direction requests, and the leaders in most local markets have 100+. What matters more than raw count is cadence: a few new real photos every month.
What makes a good cover photo?
A sharp, well-lit, horizontal photo of your actual storefront, team, or best work — no text overlays, no logos plastered across it, no stock. It should answer 'is this a real business I can trust?' in half a second.
Never think about GBP photos again.
Locafy's managed GBP service keeps your profile fresh — photos, posts, Q&A, and reviews — every month, done for you.