Fighting Dallas Fort Worth Garage Door Fake Listings A merchant with five storefronts is buried by fake lead generation garage door listings in the hometown of the largest lead generation company in the industry.  The Problem: If you are not familiar with the garage door industry, it’s worth knowing …

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Retailer, All Locations Suspended - Account Level Suspension A household name with storefronts gets suspended due to suspicious activity. This is the second time for this giant brand to suffer from all locations being suspended.  The Problem: A suspension is bad enough, but combine that with Black …

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National Franchise - Case of the Missing Chain Association A well known franchise reached out to me as they had recently opened a new location, but it was nowhere to be found on maps while other locations were displaying fine. The Problem: “We own 2 other franchise locations and have several …

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Dentist - GMB Acrobatics This case took a lot of mental acrobatics to solve. It was not as straightforward as I thought at first.  The Problem: The merchant is a dentist and had a storefront from which they recently moved. The marketing company permanently closed the listing (we will call this …

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Almost every industry is being classified as “duress” these days by Google, which essentially means a vertical that is highly prone to scams meant to trap users when they’re most vulnerable and need urgest service. It started back in the day with locksmiths and has grown to be too many categories to …

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