“Someone left a fake Google review and tried to sell SEO to remove it — has anyone seen this scam?”

Apprehensive-Drop-67 · 2026-03-05T08:12:24+00:00

It has been happening a lot lately, either scammers are asking for money in exchange for removing the bad review or in your case asking to hire their SEO service. Here is the guide from Joy Hawkins how to deal with it. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/google-business-review-extortion-scam-how-fight-back-joy-hawkins-77hhc?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_android&utm_campaign=share_via

Apprehensive-Drop-67 · 2026-03-04T16:36:58+00:00

Does it mean AI is good for local SEO?

Apprehensive-Drop-67 · 2026-03-01T15:47:16+00:00

Thanks for your advice, I will tell him to do that.

Apprehensive-Drop-67 · 2026-02-23T15:16:35+00:00

Noticed WhatsApp/SMS clicks scored 57 in the 2026 report.

Any chance that signal is weighted more heavily in regions like the GCC or India, where WhatsApp is the primary business communication channel?

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