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Link to Your Local Businessess Google My Business Review Section

Heres how to make a direct Google reviews link that takes your customers to your Google My Business profile AND opens the review window automatically!

I was just over last week talking with a friend of mine who runs an accounting firm up here in northern Colorado, Paul Mueller. He runs Mueller, Pye and Associates. His question was, Ive got people whod like to give me a review, but I dont have an easy way for them to leave me a review on Google My Business. I cant send them an easy link in an email.

Its a bit clunky to say to a customer, Hey, go out to Google, search for my business, click the listing, then in the knowledge panel on right side of the screen, click the Write Review button and leave a review. Theres an easier way.

Creating the Direct Google Reviews Link

Whether you know it or not, every business location on Google My Business has a Place ID. The first step in creating a direct google reviews link is to find the Place ID for your business.

Go tohttps://developers.google.com/places/place-id, look up your business, and click on the marker. Youll see your Place ID listed there. Select and copy your Place ID. In the case of Mueller, Pye and Associates, their Place ID isChIJP4jf8qxTaYcRWb_6NEe6L30

Now, take the following URL and replace [place_id] with the actual ID for your business:

• https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=[place_id]

Heres what the final URL looks like for Mueller, Pye and Associates:

• https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=ChIJP4jf8qxTaYcRWb_6NEe6L30

Automatically Open the Review Window

Click on that URL and watch what happens. It automatically pulls up the business and pops up the review window. People can instantly leave you a review. No more searching for your business. No more having to click on the listing and the Write Review button.

You can also take that same URL and shorten it for use on social media. Use a URL shortener like Goog.leor Bit.lyand use the shortened URL on Facebook or Twitter posts. By the way, dont use shortened links in emails. That can reduce your email deliverability.

Questions / Comments?

What online review sites do you think are the most important, and how do you ask people for reviews on them? I really want to hear from you, so please let me know in the comments section below. Also, please let me know if you have any other local marketing questions that youd like us to answer.

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