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There's a lot of info on the web for San Diego homeowners looking for ideas on how to pick a qualified HVAC specialist for their home. Most lack substance, however, so we decided to publish an article that provides you real, useful information, specifically as it pertains to San Diego consumers.
Often, our first inclination is to use an heating and air contractor who we've seen on TV or in the San Diego UT. We see advertisements more and more as the weather gets warmer - or colder - depending on the season. Don't be in such a hurry to use one of these firms, however. There could be a better choice for you. Furthermore, the yellow pages will list all the HVAC businesses in San Diego, but that doesn't mean any of them good. Who still uses the yellow pages these days, anyway? People also like to check with the Better Business Bureau. The BBB, however, isn't as effective as people think. As a dues collecting agency, it seems they have a tendency to serve the business community more than consumers.
One of the more reliable places to get a good San Diego heating and air contractor is Yelp. If you don't already know, Yelp is an internet platform that enables customers to rate and review businesses they have used. It's a great site to visit if you want to see how a contractor has treated their past customers.
Sometimes you will find a company's Yelp description when you search Google for keywords like air conditioning contractor in San Diego or air conditioner repair San Diego. That's the contractor I would look at first. If a contractor has its Yelp profile on the first page of Google, then they must be doing something right. You can even search directly within Yelp's database. Just keep in mind that Yelp has one of the strictest filters of any customer review website so a lot of the testimonials you read are actual people, not bogus testimonials. Other platforms like City Search, Insider Pages and the Online Yellow Pages are usually easy to post fake reviews so I wouldn't rely on them too much. Google is getting better at removing bogus ratings from their platform, but they still have some work to do. Just be skeptical if there's a substantial disparity between the reviews in Yelp and those in Google. A company will typically have far more feedback in Yelp than Google as well. If it's the opposite, then I wouldn't trust them.
Simply by doing a little homework online, finding a good heating and air conditioning technician in San Diego ought to be rather easy. The Internet has provided so many sources to help consumers make sensible purchasing choices that it could be a little over-bearing. Read the testimonials and you'll find some of the best San Diego has to provide.
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