Google Review Link Generator

Every business in Google maps has it's own Place ID. Google uses this place ID to generate your unique review link.

1) Using the Google Maps API, you can find the majority of businesses. Your place ID will look something like this: ChIJtV5bzSAFdkgRpwLZFPWrJgo

2) Then you add your Place ID to this URL

http://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=

In the above example, the review link will be:

http://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=ChIJtV5bzSAFdkgRpwLZFPWrJgo

3) Alternatively, save time and use Broadly's or Leave.Review's Google Review Link Tool to automatically find the online review link for your business

Use the Google Maps Places search tool to find your place id - then add it to the end of this URL: http://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=<PLACE ID HERE> - Important note, this tool does NOT include Search Area Businesses

A service area business (SAB) is a business that has no physical location which customers can visit. You typically specify your service area by city, postal code, or other areas (s).

Google writes:

The service area feature for businesses who visit or deliver to local customers. For example, it can be used by:

* A business that visits or delivers to customers, but doesn't serve customers at its business address (e.g. a plumber or cleaning service).
* A business that serves customers at its business address, but also visits or delivers to customers (e.g. a restaurant that also delivers food).
You can read more information here on Google's website

Once you find your Google review link you can send it to your customers via SMS, What's app, Email, put a link on your website, generate a QR code poster. Basically any touch point with your customer is an opportunity to send a Google review link

Yes - but your business will appear as a polygon shape covering the service area that your business supports. If you can not find your company, then head over to the  Google map listing for your business.  Once you create it, it can take a few days before the listing shows up in our tool.

Companies often offer an incentive to customers to write a (five star) review. Google says  that you shouldn't incentivise reviews. They write: 

Reviews are only valuable when they are honest and unbiased. (For example, business owners shouldn't offer incentives to customers in exchange for reviews.)

In our experience, the best moment to ask for a review is when they're excited about your product or service. Maybe at the point of sale or when you've completed a service. In this scenario, we recommend using a QR code review link to get the customer to your review page quickly.

Next is to use SMS - i.e. send the customer your review link straight to their phone via SMS or Whatsapp. The leave.review software can send your google review link directly via SMS.

Live chat - Once you have resolved a customers query on LiveChat, ping them over your Google review link to make it easy to tell the world how excellent your customer service is.

Finally - Good old email is always a winner. Just place the link in your email footer or paste directly into the email body when appropriate