JoshuaMackens
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So, I've been using a strategy I learned from others on how to send people to a particular company's review box immediately. We use it for our review generation system.
Basically, you use a variation of this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=loc...8#lrd=0x886063e768e86713:0xb0c09a679c246642,2
This URL is generated when you Google your local business and click "Write a Review" in the knowledge panel.
It's great because you can actually take that URL, register a domain name like "reviewlocalbiz.com" and then redirect people to the URL. So, now you take what used to be a 4-5 step process and now it's a 2 step process. Login, leave a review (if they have a Google account of course).
However, Google keeps tinkering with this so now I'm getting a little frustrated and wanted to see if anyone else is having the issues I'm having:
1) The URL (as of this week) now won't resolve unless you're logged in to your Google account. If you're logged in it works and the review box pops up. If you're not logged in it cuts the URL short, doesn't display the review box, and just sits on the SERP. Beforehand, instead of just sitting there it would just prompt you to log in. Now? Nothing. Is anyone else seeing this?
2) Your company must have at least 1 review for this method to work on mobile. Can someone else confirm this?
Basically, you use a variation of this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=loc...8#lrd=0x886063e768e86713:0xb0c09a679c246642,2
This URL is generated when you Google your local business and click "Write a Review" in the knowledge panel.
It's great because you can actually take that URL, register a domain name like "reviewlocalbiz.com" and then redirect people to the URL. So, now you take what used to be a 4-5 step process and now it's a 2 step process. Login, leave a review (if they have a Google account of course).
However, Google keeps tinkering with this so now I'm getting a little frustrated and wanted to see if anyone else is having the issues I'm having:
1) The URL (as of this week) now won't resolve unless you're logged in to your Google account. If you're logged in it works and the review box pops up. If you're not logged in it cuts the URL short, doesn't display the review box, and just sits on the SERP. Beforehand, instead of just sitting there it would just prompt you to log in. Now? Nothing. Is anyone else seeing this?
2) Your company must have at least 1 review for this method to work on mobile. Can someone else confirm this?