Guides to getting more Google reviews
Written for shop owners, not marketers. How to ask, when to ask, why customers who promised a review never left one — and which shortcuts will cost you the listing you already have.
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How to Get Your Google Review Link (Three Ways, All Free)
The link that opens the review box directly, without the customer searching for you. Three ways to find it, and what to do when the dashboard will not show it.
6 min read
How to Find Your Google Place ID (Without Any Coding)
The permanent identifier behind your Google listing, and the thing every review link is built from. Three ways to find it without touching an API.
5 min read
Can You Delete a Bad Google Review? What Actually Works
The short answer is no. The useful answer is that some reviews can be removed for policy reasons, and everything else is handled by response and volume.
7 min read
How to Respond to a Negative Google Review (With Templates)
Your reply is not for the reviewer. It is for the next hundred people who read it while deciding whether to trust you. Here is the structure that works.
8 min read
Is Buying Google Reviews Illegal in India?
Short answer: it breaks Google’s policies, and Indian consumer law now addresses fake reviews directly. Here is what the real exposure looks like.
7 min read
Google Review Not Showing Up? Seven Reasons Reviews Disappear
A customer swears they posted it and your listing says otherwise. Here are the seven causes, in the order they are likely.
6 min read
Google Business Profile Setup for an Indian Small Business
The free listing that decides whether anyone finds you. How to set it up properly, and the five mistakes that quietly keep you out of the map pack.
9 min read
How Many Google Reviews Do You Actually Need?
There is no threshold that switches anything on. The number that matters is relative — here is how to work out your own target in ten minutes.
6 min read
Review Request Messages That Work (WhatsApp, SMS and In Person)
Ready-to-adapt messages for WhatsApp, SMS and the counter — plus the timing rules that matter more than the wording.
7 min read
Why Customers Don’t Leave Reviews — And How to Make It Easier
Happy customers rarely review you, and it is almost never because they were unhappy. Here are the five real reasons — and what removes each one.
6 min read
How to Ask Customers for Google Reviews Without Being Annoying
The wording, the timing and the channel. Includes scripts you can use as they are, and the three kinds of ask that break Google’s policies.
7 min read
Customers Say They’ll Leave a Review But Don’t — Here’s Why
They said yes at the counter and nothing ever arrived. This is the most common review problem there is, and it has a specific cause.
5 min read
How to Get More Google Reviews for Your Business
A practical routine rather than a growth hack: get the listing right, ask at the right moment, make it easy, and keep it steady.
8 min read
Do Google Reviews Help Local SEO?
Yes, but not the way most people assume — and not enough to fix a listing that has other problems. An honest look.
6 min read
Best Google Review Apps for Indian Businesses
We make one of these, so read this with that in mind. Here is how the categories differ and how to judge a tool for a small Indian business.
7 min read
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