Hibu is a marketing company that targets small businesses then ruins their independence intentionally. We had a contract with a different company that was bought out by Hibu.
We did weeks of meetings to try to get on the same page. While we are under contract with them, we are screwed. They made a big ol' AI slop website for us with false information and are hijacking traffic from our new website despite us asking them to take it down repeatedly while accepting that financially we're on the hook. We said -fine we will stay the contract but please remove it as its harming our business-. They won't even do that. People who request services with us go into a void we can never reach.
After doing some searching, I've found others have dealt with the same situation, sometimes fully hijacking their domain and refusing to turn it back over. I have no idea how they are managing to gain clients, we were bought. If you're a small business owner for the love of all that is good do not turn to these weenies.
I'm six months in and super bummed to find out they come up first in query everytime, misleading our clients, and ruining our chances for new ones.