I'm really amazed with the poor reviews for this company, as my experience has been both solid and professional, and the bottom line is that I am enjoying an improvement in call inquiries. What was promised to me has been delivered and then some. Each step of the process was explained to me clearly and no promises were made that have not been kept. I never once felt like this was not on the up and up and some kind of scam. Also, I really appreciate the post sales check-in phone calls from salesman Kevan, who has already called me twice to see if I'm happy with the service. Regarding the poor reviews on this Yelp site, I must tell you that my experience was/is to the contrary. Apparently, there are multiple salespeople at Local Lighthouse, but I can only speak about my experience with salesman Kevan, and it was rock solid. I have referred several of my friends who also own private businesses to him and his company and the word back to me is a thumbs up for professionalism, honesty, and service. I always take with a grain of salt any reviews on Yelp, either positive or negative, but when I saw so many poor reviews, I thought it fair that I share my own experience. read more

Bate and switch. I was promised services that never delivered. They charge a premium for web hosting and SEO that never delivered. I was just too unsavy with tech and web marketing to realize it earlier. I was also promised I would be able to maintain my web URL even if I left the company. This is false. They keep the domain name. So if you start with them you are stuck unless you want to create a whole new web address for your company and clients. Definitely DO NOT recommend this company. read more

Extremely rude, the promises of website location and search optimization are completely false. They create a terrible, amateur looking website and host it for $20 a month (you can have somebody create a professional website for $100 and host it for $5 month) Upon cancellation they threatened to take down any reviews from google and yelp they "helped put up" Overall feeling of getting scammed. You get what you pay for, and in this case you are not getting anything STAY AWAY read more

I tweeted about my negative experience and how this company violates the FCC regulations and impersonates Google, and they called my employer to try to get me fired. Well nice try, it didn't work. So pathetic. The act of a total coward. Yes, I admit I made a joke about mailing them diapers as junk mail, but perhaps it was on point, because they have now proven they are children. read more

This company called me representing themselves as Google, and how they could get my perfectly functional website on the first page of Google. They then fessed up and said they were an SEO Company. I had limited SEO Success with the people who designed my current website, so I took the time to get set up with them. They produced their own website with poor graphics, badly written text (They couldn't simply take the text from my original website, which again, was just fine). Once I rewrote the text for them, they had a website up and running. Well, they used keyword combinations that I did not recommend, because I know from doing this for five years now, that's not what people are actually looking for. I made several attempts to get them to change these things. They never bothered to do so. Finally after refusing to make even minimal effort, I finally made the decision to cancel them. It's been a week now, I still can't get them to pick up the phone and cancel, so I've had to file a complaint through my credit card company. They did give me one useful bit of advice on getting reviews for my Google Plus Page, but that was about it. read more

Warning Scam!!!! They called me again and again and told me that they are Google. They are not!!!! I tried to cancel the service, but they refuse to do that. What ever you do, Please don't even think to work with them. I really hope one day Google will find out what they do and sue them for using Googles name. Doron, ExpertTech. read more

Really? Within a minute of their cold call I knew they were full of it. Here are just a few of their opening lies. 1. Your business has not been verified with Google. 2. Because of your high ranking with Google you get the one last slot to be on the front page. Yeah, right. Lucky me. 3. We are partners with Google. Why would anybody hire a company whose cold call is a LIE? read more

I am beyond disappointed with Local LIghthouse of Tustin Ca. I am a Pinterest expert and host Live Pinterest Parties. The website they put together for my company gave the impression I was a party supply company. I called and expressed my concerns they said they would make the changes, after seven days the exact same content was still on the website. I called back and advised them this was not working for me, I have completely lost confidence in the work they were doing for my business and wanted to terminate our agreement and part ways. I was advised I couldn't do that since I signed a contract. I would have to pay a $450 termination fee in order to terminate. Wow you can't terminate a contract even though you are not satisfied with the work that has been done for your business. I have never heard something so ridiculous. If I had done my due diligence I would have discovered there are plenty of other business owners who shared the same experience I did. If you get a cold call from a company make sure you research them before you blindly agree to let them represent your business. read more

It's an AWFUL, AWFUL company! They did a very bad job of making your website. It's super generic, definitely NOT tailor to your business. I had to call them multiple times to ask them to take the website down, and they won't refund your money!!!! Something even worse is, after I verbally told them I am going to discontinue the business with them after the six- month package that i signed up for, they KEPT CHARGING ME!!!!! Now I am on the phone with their customer service try to get my money back. The WORST company I have ever encountered with. Save your money and time, go somewhere else or just make your own like what I did! Cost way less and looks much better! read more

Pathetic. Abysmal. Worthless. Ineffective. Fail as an SEO. They promised first page rankings within 90 days and failed to deliver. When a client calls to complain they generate a "rankings report". "Look, you are on the first page of Google for left-handed red haired stylists in North Huntington Beach!". Just awful! Their little ap-LocalParc.com is useless. The reports update infrequently, once a month, maybe. After 90 days Local Lighthouse delivered exactly zero clients. "Your market is very competitive!". The landing page that they created for me was amateurish and ineffective. I am sorry that I wasted my money and 90 days of my time on a company clearly not equipped to compete in today's marketplace. read more

Months and months of robocalls. "This is Shelly, your online specialist with Yahoo, Google and Bing". Every time I got to a sales rep they were trained to hang up the second you ask any questions off script. What's the name of your company? :click: the second I'd ask them not to call me anymore :click:, so eventually I just started wasting their time. Making up fake businesses or pretending to be a really confused old person. It took me a long time to get to a sales rep that would tell me the name of the company "Lighthouse Marketing". I called the number on their website, (888) 370-8231, and spoke with a nice young woman who claims I won't get anymore calls from them. We'll see. What's the point of that National do not call list anyway? What a joke. This company is blatantly pissing in its face out in the open. Edit: Thank you, Google. http://searchengineland.com/google-files-suit-against-seo-firm-accused-of-robocalling-launches-complaint-center-for-users-230796 read more

Wow..Seriously this company its a joke!! The worse Company I ever done business with!! I wish I could give them a 0 star.They not only lie to me by telling me that they were part of google when they first contacted me. They said That my business was gonna be on the first page that my business was gonna be seeing everywhere in the internet. This happened almost a year ago I have been this guys for nothing. They are a ri stole $1000 dollars from me.I paid them for almost a year for a stupid ridiculous website they did for me which they turned off because I didn't wanna continue giving them my $99 dollars a month..So practically they just stole my money and walked away! I wish I would of pay attention to all the bad reviews they have before hiring them to do my website!! read more

I would call this company the scum of the earth, but that would be a compliment. First of all, they randomly call businesses pretending to be representatives of Google and then try to push their crappy cookie-cutter SEO services on people. FYI, Google doesn't offer SEO. I've tried several times for them to remove me from their calling list, only to have their reps hang up on me, cuss me then hang up, and they absolutely refuse to give out the name of their company, or if they do, they lie (trust me, I've had several 'wonderful' instances of me trying). I'm just glad I finally figured out the name of this horrible company so I can warn others. read more

After difficult experiences with other website companies, I am so grateful to have found Local Lighthouse. They are very accomodating,attentive,helpful,knowledgeable and have excellent customer care. They also almost always answer the phone immediately when calling. They're affordable and everything a small business company like mine would hope to find. Keep up the good work! read more

This company called me many times and states that they are Google. I picked the call today and ask them which company they are representing. They said it is local lighthouse and they can help with Google ranking which is basically SEO. However, when i ask the operator to remove my contact from list. She is so rude and simply cut off the call. In case it can help others. The number they are calling from is 469-620-0220. read more

I was guaranteed to be on page 1 of a Google search within 90 days. It's been 8 MONTHS and I'm not found on Google at all. When I call to request a refund, I'm told that it's MY fault the site isn't generating leads. NOT worth the money spent! read more

***SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM SCAM*** I was offered a bunch of promises and products and so far after $259.00 and 3 months of patience, I have not received anything I was promised! To give you what an example of what a scam this is: New sales people within Local Lighthouse continue to call me to sign me up as if I am an unsuspecting victim. Thankfully I am smart enough to know that if I am being scammed, I can simply lose my Visa Debit Card that is linked to this BS. I would like my $259.00 back and I may sue Local Lighthouse! I will update if on how that goes... If you have signed up with Local Lighthouse my advise to you is to loose your credit/debit card that you signed up with and they will not be able to steal any more of your hard earned money! I can't believe that there are entities out there who do this sort of thing and I feel so sorry for small business owners who don't know any better and are just trying to make a living! SHAME ON YOU LOCAL LIGHTHOUSE !!! You should go and make an honest living rather than take advantage of naive business owners! If you need more proof, google Local Lighthouse and you will see them on Complaint Board, Ripoff Report etc. as they have a terrible reputation. read more

Very aggressive sales approach. I can't believe I fell for it. As most people have mentioned, they say they are from Google, which they aren't. Glad I didn't sign up for web design, they "duplicated" my site and what they made is awful. I wanted to focus on SEO. After paying for SEO services for 7 months, they haven't given me any tips for keywords I should be using to get the best SEO. I asked them to make a few changes after a month, and what they changed was laughable. I went onto my account dashboard to try to cancel the account, but found the most disturbing information of all - they offer no options to cancel your account, or even see your billing history. In the future, I'm definitely checking Yelp before signing up for anything. The reviews here are all very very accurate. And I won't ever sign up for a telemarketing deal. I've wasted at least $700 on them so far and I'm not sure how to escape. Chalk this one up to another very expensive lesson learned. read more

These guys have called my personal cell every almost EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR 2 MONTHS NOW with a robocall. It's incredibly deceiving because the robocall says that the Google+ listing is in danger of being taken down for my business. Incredibly dishonest, shady way of going about things. Finally got ahold of Rafael at this company and after I asked some questions to see why they were calling me, he hung up on me. Do yourself a favor and avoid shady businesses like this. If you had half a brain and offered SEO services, you should probably build your SEO profile to find clients........ that's what you're selling isn't it??? You don't do what you sell? read more

this pos crook company targets small businesses like us to take advantage, Small businesses should avoid this company like the plague! I am a small business owner and this company called me and gave a great sales pitch about how they were going to get to the top of Google and Bing search results and how they were going to build me this great website. The website was embarrassing and actually turned customers away. I did not get one new client for 6 months. They were unprofessional liars who stole hundreds of dollars from me. DO NOT EVEN GIVE THEM A CHANCE TO TRY AND FOOL YOU!! STAY AWAY AND HANG UP IF THE EVEN CALL YOU read more

I'M SO MAD THAT I FELL FOR THIS! I have a personal website that I think looks pretty darn good. I had just been doing a lot of research on SEO and page ranking and started creating listings around the inter webs to increase search ranking. They must have gotten my info from one the other sites. They called and said they were a Google affiliate and swore to me that I would have first page ranking with google. It all happened so fast. I was swapped around between like 3 different sales people all taking different information and before I knew it I was signed up...FOR A DAMN YEAR! The site they made is a JOKE! It's on the first page of Yahoo after the 90 period (which sucks actually, because I can't suspend payments and because the site looks really stupid). I'm so embarrassed for people to even go to this crap they made. Here's the actual complaint letter I'm about to send to them then decided to add my 2 cents to yelp as well: "Although, my page is listed on the first page of Yahoo, I'm really not happy about it, because the website is embarrassing. I seriously doubt that anyone will click through to my actual site, because they'll take one look at the page and move one to the next wedding photographer down the list. I'm really not happy with the quality of the site I received. I was rushed into an agreement by telephone that I didn't fully understand. I understand that I should have read all the terms before agreeing, but it all happened so fast with your smooth talking sales people. No, I do not want to make any corrections to my page at $59/hour! There is too much that needs to be changed that I don't even know where to start. If you guys could have taken my actual existing website and given it first page ranking I would be very happy, but that's obviously not what I signed up for. I'm really broke and having to pay for this embarrassment of a website that I'm not going to make any return on makes me sick! I will not be continuing service after my year is up. I'd actually rather have my site taken down and continue paying for it versus people seeing that embarrassment of a site." I CANNOT WAIT TO END SERVICE WITH THIS COMPANY! DON'T FALL FOR THEIR SMOOTH TALKING FAST PACED SALES PEOPLE. read more

I took a chance on this company. They are great at talking, that's it. Delivery is non existent. They promised 1st page in about 60 days. We advertised with them in 3 different Areas. We are not on the first, second or third page. It's been 60 days. I had strong hesitations at first but I ended up believing in them. Don't trust their Bull! Bernard read more

Omg, I wish I would have read all these reviews prior to my purchase. Seems that I am getting no where really fast. I thought since Google referred me, I was getting the best company to service my website and hosting. They are slow, unprofessional, I can't get them to make changes that I need done pronto. I am beside myself with frustration, grief, embarrassment and my own stupidity. I should have known to do my research. Spent a whole lot of money I don't have yet. I hope tomorrow when I call them, I can get some where. This can't go on like this. My business is my only income and so far they've brought me nada! I will change this review if and when results are performed. Not a minute before! read more

They robo-called me 10 times in 2015. I thought Google had put them out of business for falsely claiming they are partnered with Google. This morning I received my second recent robo-call about my, closed since 2016, business. read more

Absolutely horrible. Such a scam. Wasted a bunch of money and, more importantly, time with them. The sites that create are very sloppy and unhelpful. Truthfully, I am embarrassed that there is a site out there on the internet that represents my business and looks like this. Contacted them multiple times and requested the changes, but they were just not done! And it is not like I was asking for something crazy, all basic things. For example, the Yelp button on the site they created was linked to a wrong business. Really? How do you submit this site to me, a customer, with such a stupid mistake? I brought it up to them multiple times, and it has been like this since day 1 in August 2014. Please note, it it March 19, 2015. The site they created is full of little mistakes like this (and some bigger ones, let's be fair). Hello, some attention to detail, please? Most certainly, this site they created, however ugly and unprofessionally looking it is, does not even show up on the first page of Google, Yahoo, and Bing! Even though they claim there are some "reports" that say otherwise. Come on, if I type the key words we agreed upon in the search engines we discussed, and my site does not show up on the front page - it clearly is not there, despite what the reports say. Please avoid at any cost. read more

DO NOT USE THESE SERVICES!!!!!!!! They claim to be associated with google which they are not. They will tell you 100 things that are skewed or completely untrue, then tell you you are receiving all these promotions and discounts. Then, they won't cancel your contract without a $450 cancellation fee. I'm beyond frustrated! How is this a legitimate business? read more

Took my money and delivered nothing. Just another scam trying to convince you they can move you up on the google listings in exchange for money. FYI, nobody can do that for you even though everyone is promising they can. Save your money. UPDATE: if you have gotten hooked in by these guys just complain and they will lower your rate until you can escape the contract. Total scam, guarantee these good reviews are written by their employees. STAY AWAY!! read more

I didn't actually use this company, but I am giving them a generous three stars because they did me a good turn. Yesterday I signed up with one of their competitors, 29 Prime, without doing any research. Today I got a call from a salesman from Local Lighthouse, and when I told him I had already signed up with 29 Prime, he told me I had made a terrible mistake and warned me to check their Yelp reviews. Just as he claimed, 29 Prime has nothing but one star reviews. As a result, I cancelled my account with 29 Prime before I ran up a huge tab. Then I looked up Local Lighthouse and saw that they also have mostly one star reviews, so I won't be doing business with them either. But I thought I'd give them three stars to bump their rating a little since I would have totally gotten scammed by 29 Prime if I hadn't been warned. Thanks, Local Lighthouse! read more

Local Lighthouse has me on a robocall list. I have tried to unsubscribe to no avail. I have called their business directly to request placement on a do not call list, yet I keep getting unsolicited calls from their ad campaigns. They will robocall you frequently with a message asking to speak to the business owner. You have to press 1, then 2 to speak to a live person. That live person will hang up as soon as you as for any details. These are crooked marketers that do not respect privacy requests. They deserve zero stars. read more

I was mislead by this company and was forced to pay $99 to get out of the contract. I thought this company was affiliated with Google, they wasted hours of my time on the phone and lied about not being an SEO company. I signed the contract which, they didn't give me time to thoroughly read (my fault) and when, I called back to cancel they wanted to charge me $250. I negotiated then down to $99 to terminate the contract. When the contract was supposed to terminate they then, charged me an additional $99. This has been a nightmare and I absolutely hate companies like this who have no integrity. I learned a valuable lesson not to cave in to any advertisers that call me ever! The best way to grow my business is through beneficial connections and building long term relationships! read more

I dont know why all these negative reviews are even here! I've had a website for almost a year and my business has been placed on the first pages like they promised. I simply followed their instructions and everything fell into place. read more

This company said they are the number #1 SEO company in the nation. We got turned down for being a web design company offering SEO and then was offered another deal to get back on with them. The lack of communication between their team was surprising. There are a lot of promises and flattery that sounds too good to be true. Not to mention the awful landing page templates they have you choose. Find a good SEO company in your area that can actually show you results and prove they are the real thing with high ratings and a good reputation. Do your homework first before committing to any contracts for $99/month. These guys have bad reviews across other platforms as well. read more

This place has the worst and most aggressive selling tactics known to man. The third salesmen named William that called the business I work for IN THE SAME DAY, I had to place on hold due to a patient being in front of my desk. Somehow he managed to believe I hung up on him. After calling 6 times in a row, and leaving nasty voice messages, etc etc. I finally got on the phone with the nicest salesmen William after his 6th call.... As he proceeded to yell continuously in my ear going on and on and on about how I "hung up on him", etc. And so and and so forth. I got back to the doctor I work for and got to explain the situation and she proceeded to call them and explain she was not interested in working for them, as this was a red flag. William, that really nice salesmen, CALLS BACK TO THE OFFICE, and proceeds to ramble on for over 5 MINUTES about how unprofessional the business is, and how he hopes another business takes our business because "that's the way we conduct business". As he came to what I thought was the end of the conversation, I asked "Are you done"... and you guessed it. William wasn't done. I thanked him for confirming our refund and cancelled the business plan that was set in motion, and actually this time HUNG UP. The is the absolute worst behavior I've ever received from a cold calling sales man. If this business allows these type of people to work in their business, there's not a chance in hell I'd ever conduct any SEO business with them. FIRE THIS GUY and then GO FIND ANOTHER COMPANY!!!! read more

If I could give it 0 stars I would! This company is misleading and produces horrific work. The website was filled with grammatical errors and did not reflect my company at all. When I complained about it they gave me the run around. The girl, Laura, claimed to be a manager kept saying ti wasn't her fault it was messed up and refused to escalate my call. She was outright rude and unprofessional. I asked they remove the website since it was such a poor reflect of my company and I did not want anyone linking it my business and she refused and said I had to pay 450.00 for them to do it. Why should I pay for them hurting my businesses image? They do not know what they are doing. They can't even spell-check their own work. If you use them, be prepared to have your company look unprofessional and uneducated. read more

This company is a joke! A scam! Dishonest! They did nothing they promised for our company. Additionally, after we cancelled the account they charged us for 2 more months and will not give us a refund. Stay away for this conning company! read more

I have received endless unwanted telemarketing calls from these people who represent themselves as if they are Google. Don't be fooled. As an internet marketing consultant, there are tons of scams out there and these guys don't seem legit. Be warned! I would have given zero stars but there's no option for that or negative stars. read more

I started with Local Lighthouse March 20th 2015 as of today April 7th 2015 I am on the first page. Web site looks great as does my Facebook page. I have called in a handful of times, each time I call in my calls and questions are answered quickly. I highly recommend Local Lighthouse. read more

I am VERY tired of the robocalls I get from this company. If they were in fact, a Google certified partner, I'd think that they would KNOW the SEO rankings of the companies on their list. We have incredible SEO, so for them to call me, repeatedly, trying to sell me SEO service should be a HUGE red flag to anyone considering investing in SEO/SEM services. The 5 star reviews here, probably work for the company, as they don't even have more than one friend and 2 reviews here on Yelp, so not legitimate Yelpers, obviously trying to leverage the rating system. I'd really like the FTC to look into this company, and from the looks of it, many others here do too... read more

I've been working with this company for about 4 months now and my rankings agave improved to the front page of Google. Customer service is great! read more

This is one of many shady companies out there preying on small business owners. Received a call from an unknown number from "Google" telling me that something is wrong with my business listing. (Spoiler alert: the call was not from Google) After getting through to a representative, I asked what they did (SEO), and then what their company was called. She didn't answer and explained more about what they do, using all the salesy, marketing jargon. I asked two more times what the name of their business was and finally, she reluctantly told me, Local Lighthouse. I used to work in SEO and I understand what the business models of the scammers out there are. This is one of many shady companies out there preying on small business owners. read more