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What a Google review link is
The link that opens Google's review box for your business, and where to find yours.
A Google review link opens the box where a customer picks a rating and writes a review of your business. It saves them from searching for you, finding the right listing and hunting for the button.
The two forms
- The long form ends in your place ID:
https://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=followed by a code. This is the one RaveCounter builds. - The short form is the link Google shows inside your Business Profile, where it offers to help you ask for reviews.
Both open the same review box. A customer needs to be signed in to a Google account to leave a review.
To get the long form without an account, use the free review link generator.
Your RaveCounter link
When you set up your account, RaveCounter wraps your review link in a short link of its own. That is what your QR codes and staff codes point to. It lets RaveCounter count each open before sending the customer on to Google, and lets you change where a link points without reprinting.
If your business doesn't appear in the search
Add the town to the name. A business that hides its address on Google may not appear at all. In that case, copy the short link from your Google Business Profile and paste it in place of the search. Everything works the same, except that the scorecard can't show your live rating.
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