Our Story
We're in the corner of every local business.
LinkToReview exists for one reason: to help small, local businesses earn the reputation they've already earned in real life — and get found online — without having to become marketing experts to do it.
The mission
Help business owners stop worrying about reviews, SEO, and being found online — so they can get back to doing great work.
Every great local business deserves to show up first, look trustworthy, and win the next customer. But the tools built for that are usually expensive, complicated, or both. We think that's backwards. So we built the opposite.
Brian McCullough
Founder · El Segundo, CA
Founder story
Built by someone who saw this problem up close
"I built LinkToReview because I watched great local businesses lose customers to competitors with better review counts. We wanted the simplest possible fix: one link, one flow, more good reviews. No bloated dashboard, no contracts, no friction."
— Brian, Founder of LinkToReview
Brian has been building and managing websites for business owners since 2007. In 2019 he founded Stack Host— a full-service web team in sunny El Segundo, California — after a late-night server crash taught him a lesson he never forgot: small businesses don't need more software, they need someone in their corner who actually picks up the phone.
Year after year, helping local shops get online, one pattern kept repeating: the business with the better reviews won — even when the business next door did better work. The fix shouldn't require an agency, a $300/month subscription, or an SEO degree. It should take one link and thirty seconds. So we built it.
Why now
The way customers find you is changing faster than ever.
AI answers, Google's local pack, map rankings, fresh-review signals — the local search landscape shifts every month, and it rewards the businesses that show up with recent, glowing reviews and a clean online presence. Most owners simply don't have the time to keep up. That's exactly the gap we close.
LinkToReview does the hard parts for you: it turns happy customers into reviews on autopilot, and our AI watches your Google profile, website, and reviews every week — then hands you a short, plain-English list of what to fix to climb the rankings. You stay focused on your customers; we keep you ahead of the algorithm.
What we believe
The principles in your corner
The same beliefs that have guided the Stack Host team for years — pointed squarely at your reputation.
Free should actually be free
The review funnel, your business page, and your QR code are free forever — no trial timer, no credit card, no bait-and-switch. Most owners never pay us a cent, and that's by design.
Simple beats powerful
One link. One flow. No bloated dashboard, no contracts, no 40-step setup. If you can send a text, you can use LinkToReview — and be live in under 30 seconds.
Your reputation is yours
Happy customers go straight to Google. Unhappy ones reach you privately first — so you get the chance to make it right before a rough day ever becomes a public 1-star.
We watch Google for you
Local search changes every month. Our AI watches your Google listing, your website, and your reviews every week and tells you exactly what to fix — so you stay ahead without learning SEO.
Since 2007
Building for businesses online
Est. 2019
Stack Host · El Segundo, CA
1,000+
Businesses using LinkToReview
Free
Forever — really
Let's get you more good reviews.
Free forever. No account needed. Set up in 30 seconds — and we'll be right here in your corner.