Google Business – Locations, Reviews, AI Replies, Auto Reply & Posts for LocalBoost AI

Google Business – Locations, Reviews, AI Replies, Auto Reply & Posts for LocalBoost AI

Google Business is a professional addon module for LocalBoost AI that helps local businesses connect Google Business Profile, manage Google locations, sync reviews, generate AI-assisted review replies, create auto reply rules, publish Google Business posts, and track review performance from one dashboard.

It is built for agencies, local businesses, salons, spas, clinics, restaurants, stores, gyms, consultants, and service providers that want to manage Google review workflows and local publishing inside LocalBoost AI.

With Google Business Addon, LocalBoost AI users can connect Google once, choose managed locations, map them to LocalBoost business profiles, sync reviews, reply with AI, automate review replies, publish Google posts, and monitor Google review analytics.

✅ Google Business is designed as a separate LocalBoost AI addon. It can be sold separately, enabled by plan, disabled, installed, or removed without breaking the core LocalBoost AI system.

Live Demo Access

Try LocalBoost AI before installation. Use the live demo to explore the portal, business profiles, booking pages, coupons, feedback forms, review booster, lead forms, landing pages, QR codes, analytics, Google Business integration, and admin features.

Demo URL: https://demo.stackposts.com/localboostai

Login Credentials

• Username: demo
• Password: 123456789

✅ Note: Some demo data may be reset periodically.

Why Choose Google Business Addon?

• Built for LocalBoost AI: Connect Google Business Profile with LocalBoost business profiles, review workflows, campaigns, and analytics.
• Google location management: Import and manage selected Google Business Profile locations instead of importing everything automatically.
• Business mapping: Map Google locations to LocalBoost AI business profiles for cleaner campaign and review reporting.
• Review sync: Sync Google reviews into LocalBoost AI and manage review response workflows from one dashboard.
• AI review replies: Generate professional review reply drafts using business and review context.
• Auto reply rules: Create rules to generate drafts or publish replies based on rating, text, location, and delay.
• Google Business posts: Create drafts, schedule posts, and publish updates, offers, and events to Google Business Profile.
• Analytics: Track review trends, rating distribution, reply performance, low-score reviews, and top locations.
• SaaS-ready: Includes plan-based access control and can be sold as a premium Google Business addon.

Google Business OAuth Connection

Connect Google Business Profile using Google OAuth and manage authorized channels from LocalBoost AI.

• Connect Google Business Profile account
• OAuth-based connection flow
• Google access token and refresh token handling
• Reconnect expired Google channels
• Disconnect Google channels
• Sync available Google locations
• Manage Google connection status

Google Location Management

Choose which Google locations should be managed inside LocalBoost AI.

• Fetch Google Business Profile locations
• Select locations to manage
• Avoid importing every Google location automatically
• View location name, address, phone, website, and category
• Sync location business information
• Sync opening hours
• Enable or disable review sync per location
• Enable or disable auto reply per location
• Stop managing a location anytime
• Delete local location records

Map Google Locations to LocalBoost Businesses

Map Google Business locations to LocalBoost AI business profiles for better reporting and automation context.

• Map Google location to an existing LocalBoost business
• Import Google location as a LocalBoost business
• Detect similar business profiles before import
• Avoid accidental duplicate business records
• Use mapped business information for AI replies
• Use mapped business information for analytics
• Connect Google review workflows with LocalBoost campaigns

Google Review Sync

Sync Google reviews into LocalBoost AI for reply management, analytics, and automation workflows.

• Sync reviews from managed Google locations
• Store reviewer name, rating, comment, and review date
• Track last synced time
• View synced reviews inside the Reviews workspace
• Filter reviews by rating
• Filter reviews by reply status
• Filter reviews by date range
• Search reviewer name or review text
• Paginated review workspace
• Review summary cards for total, average rating, unreplied, drafts, replied, and low-score reviews

AI Review Replies

Generate review reply drafts using business context and customer review content.

• Generate AI reply drafts for Google reviews
• Use business name, business type, rating, customer name, and review text as context
• Generate positive review replies
• Generate low-score feedback recovery replies
• Edit draft before publishing
• Fallback reply generation when AI is unavailable
• Publish reply back to Google
• Track published reply status

Reply on Google

Respond to Google reviews from inside LocalBoost AI.

• Write manual replies
• Generate AI reply drafts
• Edit replies before publishing
• Publish replies to Google Business Profile
• Track local draft replies
• Track published replies
• Support manual review response workflows

Auto Reply Rules

Create rules to automatically generate review replies or publish replies based on review conditions.

• Create multiple auto reply rules
• Choose Google location scope
• Choose mapped business scope
• Match reviews by rating condition
• Match reviews by text condition
• Match keyword-based reviews
• Choose reply mode
• Choose tone
• Choose language
• Set delay minutes
• Enable active or draft status

Auto Reply Conditions

• Any rating
• 5 stars
• 4-5 stars
• 3 stars or below
• 1-2 stars
• Custom rating condition
• Any review text
• Only reviews with text
• Only reviews without text
• Review contains keyword
• Review does not contain keyword

Auto Reply Modes

• Save AI Draft: Generate a draft and wait for user approval.
• Auto Publish to Google: Publish reply directly to Google when the rule matches.
• Use Template Reply: Use a fixed reply template without AI generation.

⚠️ Auto-publish mode should be used carefully. For low-score or sensitive reviews, draft mode is recommended so the business can review the reply before publishing.

Google Business Posts

Create, schedule, and publish Google Business Profile posts from LocalBoost AI.

• Create Google Business post drafts
• Publish posts immediately
• Schedule posts for later
• View draft, scheduled, published, and failed posts in one table
• Edit local post records
• Duplicate posts
• Delete local post records
• View publish logs
• Use public image URLs when publishing media

Supported Google Post Types

• Standard update: General Google Business update
• Offer post: Offer/coupon-style post using Google OFFER topic type
• Event post: Event-style post with start and end dates

Alert posts are not exposed in the UI because Google marks ALERT as not always available for authoring and many locations return INVALID_ARGUMENT when creating new alert posts.

Google Post Fields

• Google location
• Post type
• CTA type
• CTA URL or redeem URL
• Title
• Summary
• Image URL / selected image
• Coupon code for offer posts
• Terms for offer posts
• Start date and end date for offer/event posts
• Schedule publish time

Google Post CTA Options

• Book
• Order
• Shop
• Learn more
• Sign up
• Call

Call CTA uses the business phone number and does not require a CTA URL. Offer posts use topicType=OFFER and do not use the deprecated Get Offer CTA.

Scheduled Google Posts

Publish scheduled Google Business posts using the addon cron command.

• Schedule posts for future publishing
• Publish due scheduled posts automatically
• Track scheduled publish success or failure
• Store publish logs
• Useful for agencies planning client campaigns ahead of time

Google Review Analytics

Track Google review performance and reply workflows from LocalBoost AI.

• Total reviews
• Average rating
• Reply rate
• Not replied reviews
• Draft replies
• Replied reviews
• Low-score reviews
• Auto replies
• Failed replies
• Review trend chart
• Rating distribution chart
• Reply performance breakdown
• Top locations by review volume
• Low-score review list

Logs & Monitoring

• Google post publish logs
• Auto reply logs
• Review sync status
• Failed publish messages
• Failed auto reply messages
• Request and response tracking for troubleshooting
• Recent logs displayed in clean popup views

Plan & Pricing Integration

Google Business Addon is designed for SaaS monetization and plan-based control.

• Enable or disable Google Business addon by plan
• Limit managed Google locations by plan
• Enable or disable review sync by plan
• Enable or disable AI review replies by plan
• Enable or disable auto reply rules by plan
• Enable or disable Google Business posts by plan
• Sell as a premium addon
• Bundle with LocalBoost AI higher-tier plans
• Admin-controlled feature access

Module-Based Architecture

• Separate addon module
• Separate database tables
• Separate routes and menus
• Separate plan feature keys
• Safe install and uninstall approach
• Does not break core LocalBoost AI when removed
• Can be sold independently from other addons

Example Workflows

• Sync reviews: Connect Google → Add managed location → Map business → Sync reviews.
• AI reply: New review synced → Generate AI reply → Edit draft → Publish reply to Google.
• Auto reply: Review synced → Rule matches 5-star review → Generate draft or publish reply.
• Low-score handling: Review rating is low → Generate careful draft reply → Business approves before publishing.
• Coupon post: Create coupon campaign → Write Google Offer post → Publish to Google Business Profile.
• Booking post: Create booking page → Publish Google post with Book CTA → Send traffic to booking page.
• Scheduled post: Create Google post → Set publish time → Cron publishes it automatically.

Who Is Google Business Addon For?

• Agencies managing Google review workflows for local clients
• Local businesses that rely on Google reviews
• Salons, spas, clinics, gyms, restaurants, stores, and service providers
• Businesses that want faster review replies
• Businesses that want AI-assisted reply drafting
• Businesses that want to publish Google Business posts from one dashboard
• SaaS owners who want to sell Google Business integration as a premium feature

Key Benefits

• Manage Google Business review workflows from LocalBoost AI
• Sync reviews from managed Google locations
• Generate professional AI review replies
• Publish replies back to Google
• Create auto reply rules for scalable review response
• Publish Google updates, offers, and event posts
• Track review trends, rating health, and reply performance
• Add a premium Google Business feature to LocalBoost AI plans

Admin & SaaS Features

• Plan-based module access
• Managed location limits
• Review sync access control
• AI reply access control
• Auto reply access control
• Google post publishing access control
• Admin-controlled feature availability
• Workspace-based Google Business management
• Compatible with LocalBoost AI subscription plans

Cron Jobs

The addon includes cron/command support for background Google Business workflows.

• Sync Google reviews on schedule
• Process configured auto reply rules during review sync
• Publish scheduled Google Business posts
• Recommended for production automation

php artisan google-business:sync-reviews
php artisan google-business:publish-scheduled-posts

Server Requirements

• Compatible LocalBoost AI version
• Google Cloud project
• Google OAuth client credentials
• Google Business Profile API access
• Public callback URL
• Valid SSL certificate recommended for production
• Cron job support for review sync and scheduled posts
• Queue worker support recommended for background tasks
• AI provider configuration if using AI review replies

Important Notice

• This is an addon module for LocalBoost AI and requires LocalBoost AI to run.
• Free installation and free customization are not included unless stated separately.
• Support does not include custom Google API approval work or custom integration development.
• Google Business Profile API requires your own Google Cloud project, OAuth credentials, API access, callback URL configuration, and correct Google-side setup.
• Google may change API rules, permissions, post policies, review reply behavior, quota limits, or approval requirements at any time.
• Google post media must use public image URLs. Localhost or private images cannot be fetched by Google and may be skipped or rejected.
• Some Google post types or fields may not be available for every location or business category.
• Scheduled automation requires cron configuration.

Third-Party Disclaimer

Google Business Addon depends on third-party services such as Google Business Profile APIs, Google OAuth, Google Cloud, AI providers, hosting environments, queue workers, and cron configuration. These services may change their rules, pricing, APIs, approval requirements, quotas, or availability at any time. We provide updates whenever possible, but permanent compatibility with every external service cannot be guaranteed.