Google Reviews and Maps Guides

Plain guides for owners of local businesses: how to get more Google reviews, how to answer them, and how to show up higher on the map. Each one ends with what to do next. Want to see where you stand first? Check your Google reviews against your nearest rivals, free.

Reviews

• How to get more Google reviews for your business: asking, timing, scripts, and what Google does not allow.
• Google review link: how to find and fix yours: the three kinds of link, testing it, and why it says not found.

Replies

• How to respond to a negative Google review: a five-part reply, examples, and when to flag instead.
• How to respond to a positive Google review: a four-part reply, examples by trade, and a ten-minute weekly routine.

Ranking

• How to improve your Google Maps ranking: relevance, distance and prominence, as a weekly plan.
• Google Maps ranking factors: what Google states, what is only a guess.

Profile

• Google Business Profile verification: the methods, timing, and what to do when it fails.
• How to set up a Google Business Profile: eight steps, name rules, service areas, and what gets profiles suspended.