diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7c7a444..3280c09 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "urlencoding",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2373,6 +2374,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "urlencoding"
+version = "2.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "daf8dba3b7eb870caf1ddeed7bc9d2a049f3cfdfae7cb521b087cc33ae4c49da"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "utf-8"
 version = "0.7.6"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 71a0542..02e2099 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.12.12", features = ["json"] }
 serde = "1.0.217"
 serde_json = "1.0.134"
 tokio = { version = "1.42.0", features = ["full"] }
+urlencoding = "2.1.3"
diff --git a/config.json b/config.json
index b84b5f4..78befb0 100644
--- a/config.json
+++ b/config.json
@@ -5,5 +5,6 @@
     "log_channel_id": 0,
     "name_approvals_channel_id": 0,
     "monitor_address": "127.0.0.1:8003",
-    "ofapi_endpoint": "api.example.xyz"
+    "ofapi_endpoint": "api.example.xyz",
+    "search_query_string": "https://www.google.com/search?q={}"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 29347c3..4b95b71 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ struct Config {
     name_approvals_channel_id: u64,
     monitor_address: String,
     ofapi_endpoint: String,
+    search_query_string: Option<String>,
 }
 impl Config {
     fn validate(&self) -> Option<&str> {
@@ -89,6 +90,7 @@ struct Globals {
     name_approvals_channel: Option<ChannelId>,
     monitor_address: String,
     ofapi_endpoint: String,
+    search_query_string: Option<String>,
     //
     state: Mutex<State>,
     reconnect_notification: Notify,
@@ -434,7 +436,7 @@ async fn namereqs(ctx: poise::Context<'_, (), Error>) -> Result<()> {
 
     let channel = ctx.channel_id();
     for req in reqs {
-        if let Err(e) = util::send_name_request_message(channel, &req).await {
+        if let Err(e) = util::send_name_request_message(channel, &req, &globals.search_query_string).await {
             println!("Failed to send name request message: {}", e);
         }
     }
@@ -539,6 +541,7 @@ async fn main() {
                         },
                         monitor_address: config.monitor_address,
                         ofapi_endpoint: config.ofapi_endpoint,
+                        search_query_string: config.search_query_string,
                         //
                         state: Mutex::new(state),
                         reconnect_notification: Notify::new(),
diff --git a/src/monitor.rs b/src/monitor.rs
index bcfb4fd..6f27717 100644
--- a/src/monitor.rs
+++ b/src/monitor.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ async fn handle_name_request_event(
         return Ok(());
     };
     let name_request: NameRequest = name_request_event.into();
-    util::send_name_request_message(channel, &name_request).await?;
+    util::send_name_request_message(channel, &name_request, &globals.search_query_string).await?;
     Ok(())
 }
 
diff --git a/src/util.rs b/src/util.rs
index 2f0df20..89bcfcf 100644
--- a/src/util.rs
+++ b/src/util.rs
@@ -1,17 +1,19 @@
 use poise::serenity_prelude::{ButtonStyle, ChannelId, CreateButton};
+use urlencoding::encode;
 
 use crate::{send_message_with_buttons, NameRequest, Result};
 
 pub(crate) async fn send_name_request_message(
     channel: ChannelId,
     name_request: &NameRequest,
+    search_template: &Option<String>,
 ) -> Result<()> {
     let messsage = format!(
         "Name request from Player {}: **{}**",
         name_request.player_uid, name_request.requested_name
     );
 
-    let buttons = vec![
+    let mut buttons = vec![
         CreateButton::new("namereq_approve")
             .label("Approve")
             .style(ButtonStyle::Success),
@@ -20,6 +22,12 @@ pub(crate) async fn send_name_request_message(
             .style(ButtonStyle::Danger),
     ];
 
+    if let Some(query_string) = search_template.as_ref() {
+        let encoded_name = encode(&name_request.requested_name).into_owned();
+        let search_url = query_string.replace("{}", &encoded_name);
+        buttons.push(CreateButton::new_link(&search_url).label("Search"))
+    }
+
     send_message_with_buttons(channel, &messsage, buttons).await?;
     Ok(())
 }