Visiting cards or people cards is a new search feature that is introduced by Google in India, available on mobile and that too in the language of English. This is helpful to people who have started their new business, entrepreneurs, self-employed people, freelancers, and also to them who wish to improve their online visibility. The world can not only find you with this innovative feature but also you can find others via virtual visiting cards. As a part of Google search, people cards will only appear when you search for someone or some business on Google. This card comes with a name, location, profession, etc. It shows you multiple cards just in case there are people with the same name and it helps to distinguish one from the other.
As claimed by Google, the quality of information will be maintained using a variety of protection and control parameters. You will be protected against abuse or content that is offensive in addition to it you can limit the experience of the card with only one visiting card allowed per account. Creators must comply with their content policies. Human reviews and some techniques are used by Google to flag policy-violating content. There is a feedback button as well which helps to identify and report information of low quality. Also when you feel like you want to opt-out of cards, you can do so. For every card, there will be one authentic mobile number. In any case, if one feels like identity is impersonated then they can also report it to Google. In short, the users have complete control of the card that they create.
You can create your visiting cards for yourself. For doing so, you will have to follow the steps mentioned below:
- Open Google app and log in to your Google account.
- Search “Add me to search”. Click/tap on the Get started button. There you will find a card that says you to “Add yourself to Google Search.”
- Here you need to choose an account to which you wish to link your people card.
- On the next page, you will be directed to enter all your details such as name, profession, location, work details, educational details to name a few. Here you can add any information of yours that you wish to be added to your card.
- After you finish off with filling your details in the card, tap on the Preview, and finally submit your card.
Your card will now appear on Google search (on searching your card) once it gets its approval from Google.
We can rightly say that with this feature Google is making it easier to build an online presence. If you want to make your presence online, then you must use this amazing feature of Google. I hope this article helps you out.
