Torsion Talk - The Garage Door Industry Podcast Torsion Talk S8 Ep104: Cracking the Google Business Profile Code – Fighting Spam, Building Trust
In this eye-opening episode, Ryan breaks down one of the most frustrating issues plaguing home service pros today—Google Business Profile (GBP) verification, suspensions, and spam manipulation. After watching a newly released interview with a Google product manager, he shares his take—the good, the bad, and the gaslight-y—and explains what’s really going on behind the scenes.
🔍 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✅ Inside the Google Interview
Google’s "must-know" tips for successful video verification
How real businesses are being caught in the crossfire of anti-spam efforts
Why comments were turned off—and why that’s telling
🚨 GBP Verification: A Broken System?
Ryan’s firsthand experience navigating suspensions, reverifications, and denied support tickets
Why small service businesses are being punished while lead-gen spam runs rampant
The massive disconnect between policy and practicality
🧠 Educational Deep Dive: How to Investigate Scammers
Ryan’s 25-minute YouTube tutorial on how he tracks fake Google listings and review manipulation
Why this matters to every single legitimate garage door company
📉 The Local SEO Crisis
How fake listings destroy organic maps rankings for real businesses
Why Google’s “seesaw” of keeping out bad actors vs. letting in good ones just isn’t balanced
What Ryan thinks Google should actually do—and how the garage industry can step up
🎯 "If You’re Verified, Reviewed, and Still Getting Suspended… It’s Not You."
Google says they’re working on it. But Ryan shares his cautious optimism and calls out the need for real-world voices in the verification process—especially from niche industries like garage doors.
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🎧 Whether you're struggling to get verified or fed up with spam tanking your visibility, this episode gives you the insights (and the receipts) you need to navigate the chaos of Google Business Profile.
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