Google To Shutdown Google My Business Website Platform
Taiwo Ayandeyi
A mail from Google business, it reads...
Websites made with Google Business Profiles will be turned off soon
Starting from 1 March 2024, customers will be redirected to your Business Profiles when they visit your Google business websites. In the past, you’ve used a Google feature (GMB) to make simple websites from the information on your Business Profiles.
This feature is going away in the coming months and will no longer be supported, meaning that the sites you created with this tool will be removed.
To help with the transition, starting 1 March 2024, customers will be redirected to your Business Profiles.
On your profiles, you can showcase similar information about your business, and also add social media links so that customers can learn more.
Your websites will redirect customers until 10 June 2024, after which they will show as unavailable.
Updating your profiles with a different website
You can update your Business Profiles to link to a different website.
If you need to make a website, you can use a site builder such as Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy, Google Sites, Shopify, or WordPress.
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https://support.google.com/business/answer/14368911?visit_id=638406669639398417-2736256280&p=website_turnoff&rd=1
In essence, go and get on a paid website.
However, they did not tell us if it affects other premium google websites.
Perhaps they are leaving the Web hosting business for small time players.
They want to have enough space to store Generative AI database.
