# SEO Day local category classification guide

Comprehensive reference on Google Business Profile category classification best practices for local SEO.

Grade: X — Not a typed-decision job: needs written output, plain rules or lookups would do it, or needs raw image or audio. Also marks ideas that must not be built.. Score: 2.98.

Vertical: Cross-industry.

Function: Local & reputation.

Status: Seen in the wild.

Volume: occasional.

Value: meaningful.

Risk: moderate.

Evidence: described plan.

Flags: check-fit.

- [Source](https://www.seo-day.de/wiki/local-seo/google-business-profile/kategorien?lang=en)
- [Vertical](/verticals/cross_industry/)
- [Function](/functions/local_reputation/)
- [Negative news detection reputation risk](/use-cases/negative-news-detection-reputation-risk/)
- [Negative press alert triage](/use-cases/negative-press-alert-triage/)
- [GBP suspension trigger screen](/use-cases/gbp-suspension-trigger-screen/)
- [Triage incoming reviews into response paths](/use-cases/triage-incoming-reviews-into-response-paths/)
- [Duplicate GBP profile detection](/use-cases/duplicate-gbp-profile-detection/)
- [Birdeye review sentiment routing](/use-cases/birdeye-review-sentiment-routing/)