How do you get your Google review link?

Where is the Google review link?

Google's own instructions are short: go to your Business Profile, select Read Reviews and then Get more reviews, and select Copy to take the link. The QR code sits on the same screen — right-click it and save the image. Maps Agent reads a profile's public star rating and review count in its free Visibility Score audit, and this link is the one thing on the profile that no audit can supply for you.

Is the Google review QR code free?

Yes, and it is the same link in a different shape. The QR code Google generates encodes the review URL and nothing else, so scanning it and tapping the link land the customer in exactly the same place. Google charges nothing for either, which is worth knowing before paying for a "QR code service" that regenerates a code anyone can save in two clicks.

How do you send a Google review link by text?

Copy the link from the Get more reviews screen and paste it into an ordinary message, with one sentence of context and nothing else. A message that reads like a form gets ignored, and a message that mentions a reward breaks Google's policy outright. Send it soon after the visit, from a number the customer recognises, once.

Are Google review cards and NFC tap cards worth it?

They are printing and plastic, not access. Every card, sticker, stand and tap card in that market carries the free link you already have, so what is being sold is the object and the convenience of not making one. That can be a fair trade for a counter or a delivery van; it is not a trade for anything Google withholds from a business that declines to buy.

Can you create a five-star Google review link?

No such link exists. Google's review form does not accept a pre-set rating from a URL, and a link that solicited only positive reviews would be review gating, which is prohibited. The searches for it are a real question with a real answer: ask everyone, and let the rating be whatever the customer thinks.

How do you shorten a Google review link?

The link Get more reviews hands you is already the short form Google publishes for this purpose. Running it through a third-party shortener hides the destination from the customer, adds an outage that is not Google's, and makes the message look like the kind of link people are told not to tap. There is nothing to gain that the original does not already do.

Why is my Google review link missing or broken?

The usual causes are an unverified profile, the wrong Google Account, or a second profile for the same business collecting the reviews the owner is looking for. Check which account the Business Profile opens under first, then whether more than one listing exists for the address. A duplicate profile is the one case where the link works perfectly and still sends people to the wrong page.

What should you never do with a review link?

Attach anything of value to it. Google's own guidance on requesting reviews states that offering incentives for reviews violates its policy on fake engagement, and that covers a discount, a prize draw, a free coffee and a staff bonus tied to review counts. The link is for asking; the moment it carries a price it stops being a request.

Common questions

Do you need a verified profile to get a review link?

The link lives inside the Business Profile, which is the interface a verified business manages, so verification comes first in practice. An unverified listing can still collect reviews left by customers who found it — which is why an owner sometimes discovers reviews before ever holding the link that asks for them.

Can you ask every customer for a review?

Yes, and that is the only safe form. Asking is permitted; asking selectively is not, because filtering the request by expected sentiment is review gating. Sending the same link to everyone who was served is both compliant and, in practice, the thing that produces a rating a reader believes.

What happens if you offer a discount for a review?

It falls under fake engagement, which Google's policies prohibit, and the reviews collected that way are the ones most likely to be removed. The cost is not only the removal — a profile whose review history shows a burst tied to a promotion is exactly the pattern an assessor looks for when the next report arrives.

Where can you put a Google review link?

Anywhere a customer meets the business: a receipt, an email signature, a website page, a counter card, a follow-up text. Google's guidance restricts the how — no incentives, no gating — far more than the where. The practical limit is repetition, since asking the same person four times reads as pressure.

Why does my QR code open the wrong business?

Almost always because it was generated from a different profile than the one the owner has in mind, and duplicate listings for one address are the common source. Open the link on a phone before printing anything: the page it lands on names the business, and that check costs nothing once the cards are not yet ordered.