garage door leads are dying on google, anyone else struggling with this?

man, im new to this garage door game, been running my own small setup for a couple months now, and my google business profile aint pulling in squat for leads lately. i optimized it with pics of clopay doors i installed last week and even added some service areas, but its like crickets. saw a post on r/homeimprovement where someone mentioned garage door guy on instagram has killer tips for this, might need to check that out. also heard in the garage door installers facebook group that reviews are key, but getting folks to leave em after fixing their liftmaster opener is tough. feels like im spinning my wheels here, any garage door pros got hacks to juice up those local searches?

google is screwing all us small garage door guys with their algo changes, its all big chains now.

NGL, i ignore google business and just spam nextdoor with garage door repair pics, works better for me.

warning: dont buy fake reviews for your garage door profile, got dinged hard last year and lost all my torsion spring jobs.

yeah, same here, be careful with those shady services promising garage door leads.

had to install a genie opener for free just to get one review, still barely any calls.

customer called me out at 3am for a broken garage door spring, fixed it with my ridgid tools, hilarious how they thought it was an emergency.

im pissed, spent hours updating my profile with chi door photos and nada.

this sucks, garage door leads used to be easy peasy before the updates.

be careful, one wrong keyword and youre buried under commercial roll up door companies.

man i feel you, same boat with my overhead door services, its brutal.

yeah, the struggle is real for us solo garage door techs trying to get noticed.

totally get it, been there with low leads on residential gate openers too.

ugh, google just favors the big boys with their fancy ads now.

try adding before and after pics of bent track repairs, that boosted mine a bit.

google is killing the small garage door biz, time to pivot to facebook groups.

frustrated as hell, my profile shows up but no clicks for months.

same, feels like im invisible unless its a huge commercial install.

i hear ya, took me forever to get one decent lead on chamberlain openers.

haha, i put up a fake 'emergency garage door sale' post and got flooded, dont tell google.

watch out for those lead gen sites, they charge you for crap garage door calls that go nowhere.

one time a lead was just a guy wanting free advice on his rusty rollers, wasted my time.

i feel your pain, started with nothing but now i get steady calls after consistent posting.

google is the enemy here, all of us independents are getting pushed out.

dont fall for paid google ads yet, test organic first with real liftmaster installs.

yeah man, its tough, but hang in there with the profile tweaks.

big corps are taking over garage door leads, its bullshit.

we're all in this together, screw the algorithm.

google hates us small fries, especially for niche stuff like wind locked doors.

damn right, leads dried up overnight for me too.

what kinda keywords are you using for your garage door services?

got a lead once that turned out to be a homeowner trying to diy their torsion spring, epic fail on their part.

the man is out to get us garage door hustlers.

so annoyed, poured time into seo for nothing.

id go rogue and just door knock neighborhoods with flyers, skip google bs.

never trust those auto-generated leads, always junk for real opener repairs.