		{"id":37507,"date":"2017-07-24T18:01:26","date_gmt":"2017-07-24T10:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=37507"},"modified":"2017-12-08T19:45:10","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T11:45:10","slug":"business-web-google-my-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/business-web-google-my-business\/","title":{"rendered":"My Business &ndash; Google&#8217;s Very Own Website Builder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Starting up a simple web-based business can be intimidating, considering the fact that you\u2019ll need to create a website of your own. Thankfully, this particular problem can now be remedied rather easily as Google has <strong>launched its My Business website builder to the public<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Available as part of Google\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/business\/\"><strong>My Business suite<\/strong><\/a>, this particular website builder is available <strong>for all to use<\/strong>. However, before you\u2019re able to construct a website of your own, you\u2019ll first need to <strong>register your business on the My Business platform<\/strong>. Doing so is just a matter of filling up the provided form with your business\u2019 particulars.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/business-web-google-my-business\/01-my-business-suite.jpg\" width=\"1909\" height=\"941\" alt=\"my business suite\"><\/figure>\n<p>Once the form is submitted, you\u2019ll be <strong>brought to the website builder page<\/strong>. From here, you\u2019ll be given the option to select your website\u2019s theme, edit the text on the website, and <strong>add photos<\/strong> to it in order to make the website look more personable.<\/p>\n<p>Once the website has been modified to your liking, you can \"<strong>live\"<\/strong> it simply by clicking the <strong>Publish button located at the upper right hand corner<\/strong> of the screen.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/business-web-google-my-business\/02-click-publish.jpg\" width=\"1907\" height=\"945\" alt=\"click publish\"><\/figure>\n<p>There is no denying that <strong>Google\u2019s website builder is rather simplistic<\/strong>. Considering the fact that the tool is actually meant to be used by small businesses rather than large corporations, it isn\u2019t too surprising that <strong>websites created by this tool tend to be rather basic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>While the tool may not be the most sophisticated, startups that are looking to establish an online presence of their own shouldn\u2019t pass up on this <strong>particularly handy tool<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"recommended_top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Read Also:<\/strong>\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/build-websites-with-needly\/\">Build Professional Websites Without Any Coding Using Needly<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting up a simple web-based business can be intimidating, considering the fact that you\u2019ll need to create a website of your own. 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