For Garages & Car Dealerships
Customers search Google before they ever call your garage — to find your services, check your hours, and read your reviews. When your category is wrong, your hours are out of date, or a burst of bad reviews hits your rating, you lose enquiries to competitors down the road. We watch your listing 24/7 and alert you within 60 minutes of any change.
< 1 hr
Change detection time
27+
Fields monitored
€1/mo
Per location (yearly)
24/7
Evenings, weekends, bank holidays
Automotive businesses depend on local search more than almost any other sector — and the stakes are high when a listing shows the wrong services or sends customers to the wrong door.
A customer searching for 'NCT centre near me' or 'used car dealers Dublin' will only find you if your Google category matches exactly. Google has dozens of automotive subcategories — an algorithmic update or competitor edit can knock you out of the searches that matter most to your business.
A customer who shows up with a broken-down car and finds you listed as closed — when you're actually open — won't wait around. They'll call the next garage on the list. Opening hours are one of the most frequently suggested-edited fields on automotive GBP listings.
For a garage or dealership, reviews are a primary trust signal. A disgruntled customer campaign or a competitor-led review attack can drop your rating from 4.5 to 2.8 overnight — before you even know it's happening. We alert you the moment review velocity spikes above your baseline.
Most automotive customers call before visiting — to check availability, get a quote, or book a service slot. A wrong phone number means every new enquiry from Google goes unanswered. We alert you immediately if your contact details are edited.
In competitive areas, rival garages have submitted suggested edits that subtly alter a competitor's category, address, or hours — making them harder to find or less attractive in local search results. We catch every edit within 60 minutes.
If you operate a group of dealerships or garages across several towns, a single incorrect listing can undermine the brand trust built across all sites. Our multi-location dashboard gives you full oversight from one screen.
These happen to automotive businesses across Ireland every week.
A Dublin garage had its primary category changed from 'Auto repair shop' to 'Car wash' by a Google algorithm edit — causing it to disappear from mechanic and service searches entirely
Category change detected within 60 minutes. Correct 'Auto repair shop' category restored before the Monday morning rush.
A Cork car dealership had its hours changed to show it as closed on Saturdays — its busiest footfall day — following a mistaken user suggested edit
Hours change detected and alerted. Correct Saturday hours restored within the hour.
A Limerick NCT test centre had its phone number changed in a suggested edit — routing booking calls to an unrelated business for two weeks
Phone field change detected within 60 minutes. Correct number restored, service bookings resumed.
A Kerry used car dealer received a cluster of one-star reviews from apparent bot accounts over a single weekend — dropping its rating from 4.6 to 2.9 stars
Review velocity alert fired immediately. Owner flagged the reviews to Google; rating recovered within 5 days.
Category protection
Hourly monitoring of primary and secondary categories — the fields that determine which automotive service searches you appear in.
Opening hours accuracy
Monitors all your trading hours — including Saturday service, early drop-off times, and bank holiday configurations.
Review velocity alerts
Instant alert if a sudden wave of negative reviews hits your listing — spot coordinated attacks before they crater your rating.
Phone number protection
Immediate alert if your service line number changes — so customer enquiries always reach the right desk.
AI review reply drafts
One-click AI-drafted responses to every review — professional and on-brand, even on your busiest workshop days.
Multi-location overview
Monitor all your garages or dealership sites from one dashboard — with per-location health scores and change history.
Google has dozens of automotive categories: 'Auto repair shop', 'Car dealer', 'Used car dealer', 'Tire shop', 'MOT test centre', 'Car inspection station' — and the differences matter enormously for local search visibility. A customer searching for 'NCT near me' will only find you if your category is correct. A wrong category set by a Google algorithm update or a user suggested edit can pull you from the exact searches your customers use. MyReputation.ie alerts you within 60 minutes any time your primary or secondary category is changed.
€12 per location per year — just €1 per month
First location always free. No credit card needed.
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