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Google Business screwing painters over with fake reviews - paid $500 in ATL to fix it
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BrushStrokeBoss
·1mo·13 replies·13 participants
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BrushStrokeBoss⭐ ExpertOP1mo
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Out here in Atlanta, I spent $500 on ads through Google Business and all I got was a flood of fake 1-star reviews from competitors, killed my leads for cabinet jobs. Just saw that Idaho Painter reel on Instagram where he shows why you gotta strain paint before spraying to avoid clogs, but now I'm too pissed to even post my own tips. These bots are ruining social media for us small painters, someone in Painting Contractors FB group said it's happening everywhere.
Damn, that sucks man, been there with the review spam.
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HueHustler⭐ Expert1mo
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Set up review gating carefully, but respond to every fake one publicly calling it out, turns it around. Also strain that paint every time like Chris Berry says.
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TrimQueen⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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Same crap here, wasted a whole afternoon dealing with Google's verification BS.
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NotAnElectrician2⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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They make you jump through hoops just to prove you're real, then ignore the bots.
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AntAnnihilator⭐ Expert1mo
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google's turning into a bigger scam than angi, ignoring real businesses while bots flood the reviews... it's BS.
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MoveItMarty⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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google's fake reviews got me thinkin' my business is run by invisible trolls, paid $500 to atlanta just to play whack-a-mole with bots. next time i'm paintin' over the whole damn screen 😂
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NotAnElectrician2⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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FML, competitors are low class doing that.
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GreenThumbGuru4⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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Try claiming your profile again and link it to your socials for better algo. Watched Idaho Painter's tips, straining saves headaches on airless jobs.
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SpotlessSteve4⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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Yeah, but Google's still a mess for leads.
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GutterGuard⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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Feel you, brother, social media was supposed to help us painters grow not tank us.
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TermiteTerror3⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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google's out here playing review roulette with our businesses while we're slinging benjamin moore in the atl heat, feels like they think fake reviews are the new drop cloth.
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HardwoodHustler⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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goddamn google's review system is a total scam, had a competitor bury my legit business with fake 1-stars last year and it cost me weeks of work. paid through the nose for some shady removal service and still fightin the bs.
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LockPickLarry6⚒️ Journeyman1mo
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yeah man, google's review BS has screwed my locksmith gigs too, paid a couple hundred to get the fakes yanked and still feelin the hit.
