thomas_torres•2d agoProlific Poster

Paid a local guy $500 for a 'guaranteed' Google My Business boost and got nothing

He said he'd get my law firm to the top of the map pack in two weeks, but after a month my listing looks exactly the same. I mean, I feel like an idiot for not checking his past work first. Has anyone in Edmonton actually found a service that does this right?

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grays132d ago

Was it a local Edmonton guy? @allen.kai is right about the fake profiles, but sometimes they just do lazy stuff like adding your firm to irrelevant directories. That doesn't move the needle. Real work needs real reviews and consistent local citations from actual business sites.

betty_wells2d ago

Ugh, that's the worst kind of scam. It reminds me of the time I tried to "optimize" my own home baking side hustle by listing it on some random pet services directory. I figured more listings had to be good, right? Totally tanked any real search results for weeks. These quick-fix guys cause more harm than good, because you're left cleaning up a mess that's harder to fix than just starting from zero. Real local work is slow and boring, building actual connections.

allen.kai2d ago

My buddy's cafe on Whyte Avenue got burned for a similar fee last year. The guy just made a bunch of fake GMB profiles that got flagged and removed within days. It actually hurt his ranking for a bit.