How to get your business recommended by Gemini

The Gemini app takes a place's address, website, rating and hours from Google Maps, the facts you keep in your Business Profile, and pulls the rest of its answer from Google Search.

Last updated 25 September 2026

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What Gemini reads

Gemini

Place facts from: Google Maps
Opt-out token: Google-Extended

Google MapsGemini finds businesses and gives their address, description, website, rating and opening hours from public Maps information.¹
Google Search indexThe Gemini apps ground their answers in content from Google's Search index at the moment of the question.²
Maps reviewsAsk Maps, Gemini inside Google Maps since March 2026, reads over 300 million places and reviews from more than 500 million contributors.³
Your websiteWhen Gemini quotes a lot of text from a page, it links that page in its sources; many answers carry no links at all.⁴
ViatorIn the US, people can ask Gemini to search Viator's tours and activities by naming Viator in the question.⁵

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Your checklist for Gemini

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Write a real description on your listingGemini reads the description from Maps, so a line that says what you are and who you suit is what it can repeat.¹
Check the website link on your listingThe website is one of the five details Gemini's help lists for a place, and it is how a guest gets from the answer to you.¹
Recheck your hours in Maps after every changeOpening hours are among the details Gemini reads from Maps, and a wrong closing time goes straight into its answer.¹
Collect reviews steadilyAsk Maps draws on reviews from Google's contributors when it suggests places, and Gemini shows your rating.³
Leave Google-Extended open unless you mean itBlocking it keeps your pages out of Gemini's training and grounding; Google says Search is not affected.²
Tours: keep your Viator listing up to dateFor guests in the US, Gemini's Viator app shows duration, price and ratings from Viator's own listing.⁵

Gemini: questions owners ask

Is Gemini the same thing as AI Overviews?

No. Gemini is Google's assistant app and AI Overviews sit in Google Search. Google-Extended can limit what Gemini uses from your site without touching Search.

Can guests book through Gemini?

In Ask Maps, launched in March 2026, people can book restaurant reservations and save places. In the US, the Gemini app can search Viator for tours; the booking finishes on Viator.

Does Gemini answer in my guests' language?

Not everywhere yet. Gemini's help says its Maps answers are rolling out gradually, for adults signed in with a personal Google Account who ask about a place in English.

Can I send Gemini corrections about my business?

There is no form for it. Gemini reads your facts from Google Maps, so change them in your Business Profile; its help page even says Gemini cannot add a review to a place.

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Where these facts come from

Gemini uses public information from Google Maps to find places and give addresses, descriptions, websites, ratings and opening hours; rolling out gradually to adults with personal accounts asking in English; it cannot add a review to a placesupport.google.com
Google-Extended controls Gemini training and grounding with the Google Search index in Gemini Apps and does not affect Google Search (last updated 14 July 2026)developers.google.com
Ask Maps analyzes over 300 million places and reviews from more than 500 million contributors, and can book restaurant reservations (12 March 2026)blog.google
Gemini links a webpage in its sources when it quotes a large amount of its text; not all responses include sourcessupport.google.com
The Viator connected app in Gemini searches tours and activities for adults in the US, in English, and shows duration, pricing and ratingssupport.google.com