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Free Yelp Review Widgets for Google Sites

Embed Yelp reviews on the new Google Sites in 60 seconds — pastes straight into the built-in Insert → Embed → Embed code tab. Yelp only embeds one review at a time; only third-party widgets like BlooTrue can put Yelp reviews into Google Sites.

Key facts: 60-second install on Google Sites · fills Yelp's missing embed gap · works on personal + Workspace sites · no add-on or Chrome extension · no Yelp API key required · schema.org markup on paid plans

Last updated September 27, 2026·by Mike Ragimov

SEO + AI schema · paid plans

Review schema markup, on paid plans

Paid widgets add schema.org Review and AggregateRating JSON-LD to the page they sit on, so search engines and AI answer engines can read your Google reviews as structured data. Google does not show review stars for reviews a business shows about itself, so the gain is readability, not stars. The free plan shows the reviews without the schema. See how the schema works

Install guides

Same Yelp widget, platform-specific install guide. Pick where your site lives.

Looking for a different review source? See all Yelp widgets

Setting this up on a different platform? See all Yelp review widgets · Want a different review platform on Google Sites? All review widgets for Google Sites

Why Use BlooTrue for Yelp on Google Sites?

The only free way to put Yelp reviews on a new Google Sites page — Yelp itself doesn't offer an embed.

Your Whole Yelp Page, Not One Review

Yelp only embeds one review at a time. Only third-party widgets like BlooTrue can put Yelp reviews into Google Sites — pulls reviews from your public Yelp page automatically.

No Add-on or Extension Required

Pure HTML embed. No Workspace Marketplace add-on, no Chrome extension, no admin approval. Pastes straight into the built-in Insert → Embed → Embed code tab.

Works on Free + Workspace Sites

Works the same on free personal Google accounts and on Google Workspace Business / Enterprise sites. The Insert → Embed feature is identical across both.

No Yelp API Key Required

Works with any public Yelp business profile. No Yelp Fusion application, no API quotas, no business-level claim required.

What makes a Yelp widget different from a Google review widget?

Yelp's review ecosystem has its own API rules, review filter, and attribution requirements. Knowing them up front avoids surprises after you embed.

Where the reviews and the Yelp rating come from

The star rating and review count in the widget header come from Yelp, exactly as Yelp publishes them for your listing. They are never averaged from the cards on your page. The cards are reviews from your public Yelp page, each credited to Yelp and linked back to your yelp.com/biz page. Paid plans refresh them every day; a free widget keeps the reviews from the day you built it.

Yelp's own options are narrower. The Embed review button on yelp.com puts one recommended review on your site at a time, and it is only on the desktop site. The Yelp Places API (formerly Fusion) returns up to three review excerpts of about 160 characters per business, and it is paid after a 30-day trial.

Yelp's recommendation software and your rating

Yelp's software sorts every review automatically. Yelp says about three quarters of reviews are recommended. The rest sit under “not currently recommended” at the bottom of your Yelp page and do not count toward your star rating or review count. Because the widget header uses Yelp's own rating and count, those reviews never move it. The sorting is automated and Yelp says no employee can override it, so a review can move in or out of the recommended set over time.

Yelp asks businesses not to ask for reviews

Yelp's rule is plain: “Don't ask anyone to review your business.” That covers customers, mailing lists, friends and family, so review-request emails and signs pointing at Yelp work against you there. A widget fits inside the rule: it shows the Yelp reviews you already have and asks nobody for one. If you want to ask customers for reviews, ask on platforms that allow it, such as Google.

Yelp display compliance: logo, star icon, attribution

Yelp's display guidelines require that any third-party widget (a) display the Yelp logo or wordmark on each review card or in the widget header, (b) use Yelp's official red star icon for ratings rather than a substitute, and (c) link each review back to its source URL on yelp.com. BlooTrue handles all three automatically — you don't need to add anything to your embed code. Removing the Yelp logo or replacing the star icon (e.g. with a gold star to match your brand) violates Yelp's terms, so the widget doesn't expose those as customizable. If you need full visual control, use the BlooTrue Google widget instead, which has no such third-party constraints.

Yelp tips for Google Sites

Google Sites' Embed component supports the Yelp widget with no setup other than pasting the snippet URL.
For school or government Google Sites, confirm with your IT administrator that third-party iframes are allowed before embedding.
The Yelp widget is fully responsive inside the Google Sites embed wrapper — no manual width/height fiddling.

Want more on Yelp itself? See the Yelp widget overview or our guide to embedding Yelp reviews on any website.

How Do I Install BlooTrue Yelp on Google Sites?

Takes less than a minute. No coding, no add-on, no Yelp API key.

Open Your Site at sites.google.com

Go to sites.google.com and open the site you are editing. In the left sidebar, click the page where you want the Yelp reviews.

Works the same on free personal Google accounts and Google Workspace business sites.

Click Insert → Embed

In the right-hand Insert sidebar, click Embed (the </> icon). A dialog appears with two tabs: By URL and Embed code.

Switch to the Embed Code Tab and Paste

Click the Embed code tab — not the URL tab. The URL tab only auto-iframes a single public URL, which is not what we want here. Paste the BlooTrue Yelp embed code into the field, click Next to preview, then click Insert.

First-time users sometimes paste into the URL tab and see a blank embed — switching to the Embed code tab fixes it.

Resize and Publish

The embed appears on the canvas inside its own resize box. Drag the bottom-right corner to set a generous height — the widget auto-resizes its contents within the iframe, but the outer iframe is full-width-constrained by the Google Sites resize handles. Aim for ~500px for a slider style or 700–900px for list / masonry / grid styles.

Click Publish in the top-right corner of the Google Sites editor to push the change live. Reviews auto-sync from Yelp every 24 hours.

Technical note: Google Sites wraps every embed in its own sandboxed iframe — BlooTrue's loader detects this iframe-in-iframe case and renders correctly.

How BlooTrue Compares to Other Yelp-on-Google-Sites Options

Yelp doesn't offer an embed. Here's how BlooTrue compares to the next-best paths.

Option	BlooTrue	Yelp official	Paid widget apps
Whole Yelp page in one widget		—	Higher tier
No widget view caps		—	—
No Yelp API key needed		—	Sometimes
Pastes into Google Sites Embed code tab		—
Custom layouts and accent colors		—	Limited
SEO rich snippets (JSON-LD)		—	Paid tier
Pricing for full features	$9/mo	N/A	$15+/mo

Yelp Review Widget for Google Sites — Free, Fills Yelp's Embed Gap

BlooTrue's Yelp Review Widget for Google Sites is a free embed that displays your reviews on any new Google Sites page (sites.google.com) via the built-in Insert → Embed → Embed code feature. Yelp only embeds one review at a time — so only third-party widgets like BlooTrue can put Yelp reviews into Google Sites. It works on free personal Google accounts and inside Google Workspace business and enterprise sites at no extra cost. There is no Google Sites add-on, no Chrome extension, no Workspace Marketplace approval, and no Yelp API key required. The widget renders inside a sandboxed iframe because Google Sites wraps every embed in its own iframe — BlooTrue's loader detects this iframe-in-iframe case and works correctly. Set a generous embed height in the editor so the widget can auto-resize within the iframe without hitting a scroll cap. Six widget styles (slider, marquee, grid, list, masonry, badge, compact badge) with light and dark themes plus a free custom color picker. SEO note: Google Sites has limited control over schema.org JSON-LD because the parent page is Google's, but BlooTrue still emits Review JSON-LD inside the embed iframe — covers Bing and DuckDuckGo.

Why isn't Yelp's own embed enough?

Yelp's own Embed review button puts one review on a page at a time, and Yelp publishes no widget for a whole business page. Third-party widgets are the standard way Google Sites owners surface their Yelp reviews on their own pages — BlooTrue is the free option in that category.

About Yelp reviews in this widget

The Yelp widget puts your Yelp business page's recommended reviews on your site, with the star rating and count Yelp publishes for that page at the top. Yelp's recommendation software sorts every incoming review, and the ones it files as not recommended sit in a separate section at the bottom of your Yelp page, outside the public rating, so they never move your widget's number. Each card is credited to Yelp and links back to your yelp.com/biz page. A common mistake is pasting Yelp's own embed code, which shows one review in an iframe.

Frequently Asked Questions

A customer left me a Yelp review but it is not in my widget, why?

First check whether Yelp filed it under 'not recommended' at the bottom of your Yelp page. Yelp's recommendation software keeps those reviews out of the public rating, and the widget follows the listing as Yelp shows it. On the free plan, a review posted after you built the widget waits until a paid plan refreshes it daily.

Why not just use Yelp's own embed code?

Because it shows one review. The Embed review button on the desktop yelp.com puts a single recommended review on your page. The widget shows many at once, with Yelp's own star rating and review count in the header and each card linked back to your listing at yelp.com/biz/your-business.

Will a Yelp review widget give me star snippets in Google results?

No. The Yelp widget deliberately adds no review schema markup, and since July 2026 Google does not show review stars for reviews a business shows about itself through a widget. You still get the reviews on your pages with Yelp's rating and count in the header; you do not get star snippets from this source.

Is the BlooTrue Yelp widget free for Google Sites?

Yes. BlooTrue is completely free for Google Sites. No add-on install, no Chrome extension, unlimited widget views, no credit card. The free plan shows your Yelp reviews with BlooTrue branding in the footer.

Does this work on the new Google Sites or only the legacy Classic Sites?

The new Google Sites at sites.google.com — the modern Drive-based version. The legacy Classic Google Sites was deprecated by Google and migrated off years ago. BlooTrue uses the built-in Insert → Embed → Embed code feature, which only exists in the new Google Sites.

Will it work in a Google Workspace business or enterprise site?

Yes. Google Sites is included with every Google Workspace plan (Business Starter through Enterprise) at no extra cost, and the Insert → Embed → Embed code feature is identical to the personal-account version. No Workspace admin approval is required because the embed is pure HTML — there is no Marketplace add-on to whitelist.

Does Yelp offer its own embed widget for Google Sites?

Not for a whole page. Yelp only embeds one review at a time.

Why does my BlooTrue embed look wrapped in a frame on Google Sites?

Google Sites wraps every embed in its own sandboxed iframe — that is how the Insert → Embed feature works for every site, not a BlooTrue quirk. BlooTrue's widget loader detects this iframe-in-iframe case and renders correctly inside it. Set a generous height on the canvas so the widget can fill it without scroll, and the widget itself has a transparent background so it blends with any Google Sites theme.

Where exactly do I paste the embed — the URL tab or the Embed code tab?

The Embed code tab. The Insert → Embed dialog has two tabs: By URL (for auto-iframe of a public URL) and Embed code (for raw HTML / script embeds). Paste the BlooTrue snippet into the Embed code tab. The URL tab will not work because it expects a single URL that returns a webpage, not an HTML / script snippet.

Will the embedded reviews help with Google Sites SEO?

Partially, with one honest caveat. BlooTrue auto-injects schema.org Review and AggregateRating JSON-LD inside the embed iframe, which Bing and DuckDuckGo crawlers index normally. Google Sites itself gives site owners limited control over schema.org JSON-LD on the parent page (because the parent HTML is generated by Google), so Google's own crawler may treat the JSON-LD as belonging to the iframe context. The widget still renders rich review content as visible text on the page, contributing to topical relevance.