GOOGLE TO GET 20M SMES ONLINE BY ’ 17

New Delhi, May 26: Search engine giant Google on Tuesday said it aims to bring 20 million small and medium businesses ( SMBs) in India online by 2017 through its mobile app, Google My Business ( GMB).

The GMB app will help SMBs create and manage their business information online across Google in English and Hindi for free, without having to invest in a website or a domain.

“In the next three years, India will have over 500 million internet users, who will search for information, including local businesses. The search experience for local business in India is broken today and we want to help connect businesses and customers,” said Rajan Anandan, Google South East Asia and India VP and MD, adding, of the total 51 million SMEs in India, less than 5- 6 per cent have an online presence.