Scott Smith stirred up a shitstorm on Facebook. A customer posted about a situation on Mother’s Day in a Facebook group. The kicker is, it’s not even Scott’s restaurant. It’s the restaurant next to his, which he attempted to defend. While it’s one thing to defend a business, Scott’s comments went too far and added …
The business Detroit Roofers has 17 Google Business Profiles (GBPs). They should only have one GBP. They are hiding the addresses for all locations, thereby designating them as Service Area Businesses (SABs). None of the business names is registered in the state of Michigan. They also don’t list the owners on their website. What I …
Spark Management owns and operates 20 apartment complexes across Alabama and Tennessee. 12 out of the 20 complexes have highly suspicious reviews. For starters, Darren Smith reviewed eight properties. Those properties are Suncrest Estates Apartments, Rhodes Ferry Apartments, Courtney Square Apartments, Annex at Rocket City Apartments, Clinton Place Apartments, The Henry Apartments, Beaver Hollow Apartments, …
10 out of 11 Complete Healthcare Addiction Treatment Google Business Profiles (GBPs) have highly suspicious review activity. I discovered them after investigating the review for Jaser Zaabri’s Evolve Construction’s GBPs. I found cases where people who reviewed a Complete Healthcare GBP reviewed one or more Evolve Construction GBP. Only one location has no suspicious reviews. …
I came across The Hutton Firm after reviewing Evolve Construction’s Google reviews. Jaser “Jay” Zaabri of Evolve Construction is a client. I know this because The Hutton Firm sent a company legal documents regarding a possible defamation lawsuit. Jaser has bigger fish to fry than online videos. The Hutton Firm has one 1-star review and …
On Thursday, April 30, 2026, my friend Kay Dean with Fake Review Watch posted a video titled, “Fake Reviews for Evolve Construction.” In the video, Kay broke down the suspicious Facebook review activity for Evolve Construction. What Kay showed was that several accounts left fake reviews on Jaser Jay Zaabri’s Evolve Construction Facebook page and …
On April 6th, 2026, I wrote about The Anatomy of an Air Duct Cleaning Spam Network. Since then, five GBPs have been reinstated. I was able to get three of them suspended and removed from Google. These GBPs should never have been reinstated. These GBPs are not registered with the California Secretary of State. While …
Google has been releasing an annual report on the number of reviews blocked or removed for several years now. In a Googler’s post, 292 million reviews were blocked, and 13 million were removed in 2025. The post states that while 292 million reviews were blocked, 1 billion reviews were posted and are live. Google blocked …
I received a tip that Nicholas Abaza is having his friends leave reviews on his Google Business Profile (GBP). I was given four names to check: Jorge Borunda, Michael Trevino, Seth Nicamoff, and Adam Fomby. Adam Fomby is a founding partner at Borunda and Fomby. He left reviews for Borunda P.C., Law Office of Nicholas …
On March 10th, 2026, Google employee Lisa Landsman published a post on the help forum. The write-up is directed towards small businesses and addresses rankings and online reviews. The spotlight on reviews section has some great nuggets of wisdom. Pro-Tips for Managing Feedback Lisa is telling people to show they are listening by replying to …