Google Business Profile Monitoring
Keep a History of What Changes on Your Google Business Profile
When your profile or rankings change, it helps to have a record. GridBeacon's GBP Activity monitoring builds a timeline of detected public profile changes so you can review what happened alongside your ranking history.
Create an account without a card. GBP Activity monitoring requires a paid plan and monitoring credits.
- 30-day monitoring periods
- Public profile activity timeline
- Available on paid plans
Build your profile's activity history
- Start monitoring
- Activate a 30-day period for the selected business.
- Collect detected changes
- Record changes when public profile checks find them.
- Review the timeline
- Look at activity alongside available ranking history.
What you can do
Put Google Business Profile Monitoring to Work
Public profile details
Track detected changes in available fields such as business name, category, phone, website, address and opening hours.
Reviews and photos
Follow detected changes in review counts, ratings and photo activity as part of the business timeline.
Activity you can revisit
Use a dated timeline and its filters to review recorded activity rather than relying on memory.
Ranking context
Look at profile activity alongside available scan history to investigate what happened around a ranking change.
Monitoring controls
See the monitor's status and last check. Pause, resume or renew monitoring using the controls in GBP Activity.
A record for client conversations
Give your team a clearer account of detected activity when discussing profile changes and local visibility.
Step by step
From Setup to Your Next Decision
Add your business
Select the Google Maps business in GridBeacon and open its GBP Activity page.
Activate monitoring
Check the displayed credit cost and start a 30-day monitoring period on a paid plan.
Let the history build
Periodic checks compare available public profile data. Detected changes become timeline entries.
Review and renew
Filter the history, check it alongside ranking scans, and renew the monitor when you want another monitoring period.
Plan your usage
Know the Credit Cost Before You Start
Monitoring is a separate credit use from rank scans. The activation screen shows the current cost before you start.
| Activity | Credit budget | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| One monitoring period | 300 credits at the standard configured cost | 30 days for one business |
| Five businesses | 1,500 credits at that cost | One 30-day period per business |
| Rank scans | 1 credit per active grid point | Budget separately for the keywords and scans you run |
Built around your work
A Clearer Picture for Owners and Agencies
Local businesses
Keep a record of detected profile changes and review activity while your team works on local visibility.
SEO agencies
Investigate a client's profile history when a phone number, category or ranking needs a closer look.
Branch managers
Activate monitoring for each branch you want to follow, with a separate timeline and credit budget per business.
Checks use available public data, so some activity may not be detected. A profile event near a ranking change does not prove it caused that change. Monitoring records activity; profile corrections must be made through Google.
Straight answers
Google Business Profile Monitoring: Questions
What does Google Business Profile monitoring track?
GBP Activity records detected changes in available public profile details and activity, including review and photo changes. What can be detected depends on the data returned by public profile checks.
Is monitoring real time?
No. Monitoring uses periodic checks. The GBP Activity page shows the last check and the monitor's status.
How long does monitoring last?
Each activation lasts 30 days. You can pause or resume an active monitor and renew monitoring to continue building history.
How much does monitoring cost?
The standard configured cost is 300 credits per business for 30 days. The app displays the current activation cost, which can be configured.
Will GridBeacon correct profile changes automatically?
No. GBP Activity records detected changes. Review the timeline and make any needed corrections through Google Business Profile.
Give Your Profile Changes a History
Create an account, add your business, and activate GBP Activity monitoring on a paid plan.
Create an account without a card. GBP Activity monitoring requires a paid plan and monitoring credits.