Google Home Service Ads

[regl8r]

As many of you know the test for Home Service Ads in San Francisco Plumbers / Locksmiths has been live for about 3 months now. I've been observing and one thing that I was most curious on is how would this effect reviews for those companies. I figured if you have to "hire" a company customers would be much more likely to review said company and get google local to be more of an active community.

Now I may be missing something but I do not see 1 review in the past 3 months for any of the plumbers or locksmiths in San Francisco.

I would venture to say this test is not going nearly as well as Google had hoped.

 

[Linda Buquet]

Good observation about the reviews regl8r.

But it's no longer a test. I posted about it in August.
Official Launch: Google Home Service Ads - Some Observations

Yes I wonder how it's going too. Anyone else have thoughts?
Anyone try it for customers yet?

 

[bajaseo]

Home Service Ads ain't going nowhere. The profit potential is enormous and they know it.

 

[Linda Buquet]

See new thread here too:

<a href="http://www.localsearchforum.com/local-search/38313-local-search-engine-optimization-home-service-industry-doomed.html">Local Seo For The Home Service Industry Is Doomed!!!!</a>