Google India announced: 'GROW WITH GOOGLE SMALL BUSINESS'

Hub and other features to help small businesses recover and emerge stronger with digital

Continuing with its efforts to support small businesses in India impacted due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Google India has recently introduced a host of new helpful products and initiatives for small businesses in order to help them recover and rebuild in this new environment by going digital.

First to make it easier for small businesses to discover all the Google resources, it has launched the “Grow with Google Small Business” hub in India. This hub is kind of web page that will serve as a single destination for all small businesses to get access to all the products and tools they need to go digital, maintain business continuity and get access to helpful resources like quick help videos, support pages to learn digital skills, and more. According to Google, this web page will soon be made available in Hindi as well.

Additionally, for small businesses looking to build an online presence and start using digital payments, Google India has also introduced a host of new features on both “Google My Business” app and “Google Pay for Business” app, designed to help small businesses to be discovered by customers across Google search and maps.

Talking about the new tools and features, SHALINI GIRISH, Director, India, Google Customer Solutions said, “We have consistently invested in programs and solutions to remove the barriers that come in the way of small and medium businesses benefiting from digital. And every month we drive over 150M direct connections between these businesses and customers including calls, online reservations, and direction requests. But the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns have accelerated the need for many more businesses, especially small businesses to adopt technology and get online to minimize the disruption and recover.”