If your business or a competitor has a Google Local Review page, you can add their review to your alert via the Review Pages section! Please follow the steps below to fetch the correct URL and add it to your Mention Alert.
How do I get the correct Google URL?
1. Visit the Place ID Finder page.
2. On the page, use the location search bar to find the business you want to monitor:
3. Once you find the business, please copy the Place ID:
4. From there, paste the Place ID to the end of this URL: http://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=
Example:
Mention's Place ID is ChIJG1siDBZu5kcRL7DEdGcLdVo
The URL I will need for my monitored page is: http://search.google.com/local/writereview?placeid=ChIJG1siDBZu5kcRL7DEdGcLdVo
5. You can use this new URL you've created and paste it to your Monitored Page. Please review the next few sections for assistance on each alert type.
How do I add the Google Local Review to an Alert?
★ For a Basic Alert
Head over to the Review Pages tab:
Alert Creation: the Review Pages tab will appear during the third step of your alert creation process. Please click on the banner to open the page.
Alert Editing: please click on Edit Alert and head over to Review Pages tab.
Paste the URL in the Google Review module.
Save your alert!
★ For a Standard Alert
Go to Standard Alert settings
Alert Creation: you will see the tab on the top of your screen
Alert Editing: click on 'edit boolean keyword search' first and then the page will appear.
Go to the top of the page and click on the Monitored Pages tab.
Paste the URL.
Save your Alert!
★ For an Advanced Alert
Go to Advanced Alert settings
Alert Creation: you will see the tab on the top of your screen
Alert Editing: click on 'edit boolean keyword search' first and then the page will appear.
Go to the top of the page and click on the Monitored Pages & Review Pages tab.
Paste the URL on the right-hand side under the Review Pages section. Please add a title to your Monitored Page as well.
Save your Alert!
👉 Check our article about Monitored Pages
Once your alert is modified, Mention will fetch new reviews as they appear online! Now you can easily track your business or a competitor's reviews!