Short answer
Local search is where a advisory firm gets found, and Google names review count and review score as ranking inputs for local results. Reputation Medics files policy-violating reviews for businesses in 141 metro areas across 51 states, remotely, at $397 per Google review and $697 per Yelp review. Pay upfront. If the specific item is not removed within 30 days, the removal fee is automatically refunded.
Google publishes three factors for local results and names review count and review score among the prominence inputs. The quoted line under each heading is Google's wording. The second line is what it means for a advisory firm sitting on a review that breaks policy.
How well a local Business Profile matches what someone searched for.
Category, services and profile detail carry this one. A review never makes a profile more relevant, but review text does get read by people comparing two profiles that match equally well.
How far each possible search result is from the location term used in a search.
Nothing about a review changes distance. This is why a shop can rank in the map pack and still lose the call to the business one rating point higher.
How well known a business is, which Google states includes review count and review score along with links, articles and directories.
This is the factor a policy-violating review touches. A fake one-star sits in the same score Google reads as prominence, and it sits there until the platform removes it.
Google publishes three factors for local results: relevance, distance and prominence. Review count and review score sit inside prominence, alongside links and mentions elsewhere on the web. Relevance and distance are set by the profile and the searcher's location. Prominence is the part a fake or policy-violating review drags on, and the only fix is getting that review off the listing.
No one can promise that, and we do not. Google decides its own results the same way it decides its own removals. What removal changes is what a searcher sees in the map pack and on the profile next to your name. Google, Yelp, and the sites we file with make the final removal decision. What we guarantee is the automatic refund of the removal fee if the item stays up past 30 days.
Yes. Filing is handled remotely, so location does not change the price or the process. The list below covers 141 metro areas across 51 states, including Phoenix, Los Angeles, Houston, Dallas, Chicago. A business outside those metros is filed exactly the same way.
One price everywhere: $397 per Google review, $697 per Yelp review, $497 per harmful link on another site. No retainer and no travel charge. Pay upfront. If the specific item is not removed within 30 days, the removal fee is automatically refunded.
On the advisory client, per year job type, a $2,000 job at a 100% gross margin is $2,000 of gross profit. That is one job, multiplied out from the cited benchmarks at the bottom of this page. Searchers who pick the profile above yours never appear in any report you can read.
Gross profit is the job value multiplied by the gross margin in the same row. Nothing is projected and no lost-revenue total is claimed. Every job value, close rate and margin below is cited in the sources at the end of this page.
| Job type | Job value | Gross margin | Gross profit per job |
|---|---|---|---|
| Advisory client, per year | $2,000 | 100% | $2,000 |
| Itemized tax return | $450 | 100% | $450 |
| Corporate return | $1,000 | 100% | $1,000 |
| Funded mortgage loan | $443 | 100% | $443 |
Which reviews qualify for this trade, what filing involves, and the job-type economics behind the numbers above.
Capture the review, match it to one Google policy ground, gather proof, file, escalate a decline, document the outcome.
Pick the platform and the number of reviews and see the total, including the pay after removal option.
A real filing start to finish, with the dates and the redacted evidence, is on the Google review removal case study. Common questions are answered on the removal FAQ.
141 metro areas across 51 states, listed as a advisory firm would search them. Filing happens remotely, so the city changes nothing about the price, the process, or the 30-day refund window. There is no office in these cities and we do not claim one.
Birmingham, Montgomery, Huntsville
Anchorage, Juneau
Phoenix, Tucson, Mesa, Scottsdale
Little Rock, Fayetteville
Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Fresno, Riverside, Oakland
Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins
Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven
Wilmington, Dover
Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, Naples
Atlanta, Savannah, Augusta
Honolulu
Boise
Chicago, Springfield, Naperville
Indianapolis, Fort Wayne
Des Moines, Cedar Rapids
Wichita, Topeka, Overland Park
Louisville, Lexington, Frankfort
New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport
Portland, Augusta
Baltimore, Annapolis
Boston, Worcester, Springfield
Detroit, Grand Rapids, Lansing
Minneapolis, Saint Paul
Jackson, Gulfport
Kansas City, St. Louis, Jefferson City
Billings, Helena
Omaha, Lincoln
Las Vegas, Reno, Carson City
Manchester, Concord
Newark, Jersey City, Trenton
Albuquerque, Santa Fe
New York City, Buffalo, Rochester, Albany
Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, Durham
Fargo, Bismarck
Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati
Oklahoma City, Tulsa
Portland, Salem, Eugene
Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg
Providence
Charleston, Columbia, Greenville
Sioux Falls, Pierre
Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga
Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, Corpus Christi, Plano
Salt Lake City, Provo
Burlington, Montpelier
Virginia Beach, Richmond, Arlington
Seattle, Spokane, Tacoma, Olympia
Washington
Charleston
Milwaukee, Madison
Cheyenne
You pay the removal fee upfront so we can begin work. If the specific item is not removed within 30 days, we automatically refund that removal fee to your original payment method. Google, Yelp, and other third-party sites make the final removal decision.
Google, Yelp, and the sites we file with make the final removal decision. What we guarantee is the automatic refund of the removal fee if the item stays up past 30 days.
Google Business Profile Help. Google states local results are ranked on relevance, distance and prominence, and names review count and review score among the prominence inputs.
Google. The published policies a review has to breach before Google will act on it.
Google Business Profile Help. The channel every Google filing goes through, including ours.
Investment Adviser Industry Snapshot 2025
Investment Adviser Association (2025). Average assets of about $200,000 per non-high-net-worth client. Annual revenue per client on this page is that figure at the 1.00% fee Kitces reports for accounts under $1 million, which is arithmetic over two cited inputs. Limitation: IAA data covers SEC-registered advisers only, excluding smaller state-registered firms.
Kitces Research (2024). AUM fees of roughly 1.00%–1.20% under $1 million, falling to 0.50%–0.75% above $5 million, from a survey of 621 advisors. Limitation: self-selected respondents skewed toward fee-only RIAs.
National Society of Accountants (2024). Average fee of $300–$600 for an itemized Form 1040 and $750–$1,250 for a Form 1120. Limitation: 183 respondents, weighted toward solo and small practices.
Mortgage Bankers Association (reported by MortgagePoint) (2025). Average profit of $443 per loan in 2024, against a loss of $1,056 per loan in 2023, with 68% of companies profitable. Limitation: company-level production and servicing profit for MBA's benchmarking panel, not an individual broker's commission.
Missing data note for financial, insurance, and brokerage firms
Reputation Medics editorial note (2026). No trade body publishes a close rate for financial advisors, mortgage brokers, insurance agents, or CPA firms, and no verified margin benchmark exists for advisory firms, brokerages, or property managers. NARPM's benchmark guide and AICPA's MAP survey are member-only, and the '0.4%–1.2% real estate lead conversion' figure circulating online is not traceable to any NAR release. Close rates here are the cross-industry default, and fees are treated as revenue.
BrightLocal (2024). Star rating and review sentiment vs. click-through from search and maps. Used for the click-through drag curve.
Reviews, Reputation, and Revenue
Harvard Business School · Michael Luca. Peer-reviewed link between review sentiment and revenue. Used for the sentiment drag curve.
