How to find your Google review link

Your review link is a short address that drops a customer straight onto your review box with the stars ready to tap. It is the single most useful thing to have on hand, and it takes about two minutes to find. Three routes below. Use the first one unless it fails.

BY CHRIS EVANS · UPDATED 17 AUGUST 2026 · 2 MIN READ

Route 1: from your Google Business Profile

This is the official link and the one to use.

1. Sign in to the Google account that manages the business.
2. Search your own business name on Google, or open Google Maps and find your listing.
3. Your management panel appears above the normal results. Look for Ask for reviews (sometimes shown as Get more reviews).
4. Google displays a short link ending in a code. Copy it exactly.

That short link is what you put on a stand, in a text message or behind a button. It is permanent and safe to hand out.

Route 2: from Google Maps

If you cannot reach the management panel, this gets you a working link without signing in as the owner.

1. Open Google Maps and search your business.
2. Open the listing, then choose Share and copy the link.
3. That link opens your listing rather than the review box, so it is a step longer for the customer.

Use this only as a stopgap. Landing on the profile rather than the review box costs you a meaningful share of the people who set out to write something.

Route 3: build it from your Place ID

Every listing has a Place ID, and a review link can be constructed from it. This is the reliable route when several branches share a name, or when you manage listings you do not own.

1. Search for Google's Place ID Finder and open it.
2. Type your business name and address, then select the correct listing on the map.
3. Copy the Place ID it shows, a long string beginning ChIJ.
4. Append it to Google's review URL format, which the Finder page documents alongside the ID.

Fiddlier, but it is the version that never picks the wrong branch.

How do you test your Google review link?

Open the link on a phone that is not signed in as the business owner. Your own personal phone is fine. Three things to check:

• The star rating box appears without extra taps.
• The business name and address shown are the right branch.
• It works signed out as well as signed in, a customer may not be signed into Google, in which case they will be prompted, which is normal.

Do not post a test review from a staff account. Reviews from people connected to the business are a conflict of interest and can be removed.

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