Another day, another service joins the Google Graveyard.
Google’s Business Profiles had a feature that allowed sole traders and small businesses to quickly and easily set up a simple website.
Sure, it’s not WordPress, but it was a good option for less tech savvy small businesses to get a web presence up quickly and easily.
And, as part of Google’s ongoing enshittification, it’s going: https://support.google.com/business/answer/14368911?hl=en&ref_topic=7032534&sjid=14999411477128650858-AP
“Websites made with Google Business Profiles are basic websites powered by the information on your Business Profile. In March 2024, websites made with Google Business Profiles will be turned off and customers visiting your site will be redirected to your Business Profile instead. The redirect will work until June 10, 2024.”
YouTube will most likely remain king. Simply don’t get the videos on Vimeo or Dailymotion.
Used to be all over Google products but got my soul back and sold it to Apple instead. All the big corps are the same in the end, I think.
I had Windows Phone, BlackBerry 10, CyanogenOS, Jolla Sailfish and was waiting on Firefox os and Ubuntu to be available in my country they never were. We are stuck with stripped back versions of Android and iOS.