Googly Graciousness Toward Small Business

[2triky]

Google Japan Launches Minna no Business Online, Free Website Hosting For Small-Mid Business

September 13th, 2011 by Akky Akimoto

Minna no Business Online (=business for everyone online) is a newly released web hosting service by Google in Japan, today on September 13 2011.



The site is, very different from typical Google web services, not under google domains but have its own jp domain (minbiz.jp), designed with vivid red, like the color which is used by the nation's largest e-commerce mall Rakuten [J].

Features they post on the top page are:

Easy for everyone to build
Free for 1 year
Specialized designs for many industry categories
Your own domain

On your registration, you will be asked a new domain name you want to use, from the selection of ".jp", ".com", ".net", ".org", ".biz" and ".info", which covers most top level domains Japanese companies usually choose.
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[Coligny]

Ok, already some enjou kosai business in dere ?

[2triky]

Ok, already some enjou kosai business in dere ?

I don't really know the level of scrutiny involved in screening those interested in signing up for this service, but I can see what you're intimating. Your lack of faith in the legitimacy of the prospective business concerns taking advantage of this offer is puzzling.<insert sarcasm here>

[Samurai_Jerk]

Wow, if you look at the Google Japan Blog it says that 76% of SMB's in Japan do NOT have a website. Fucking pathetic.

[2triky]

Wow, if you look at the Google Japan Blog it says that 76% of SMB's in Japan do NOT have a website. Fucking pathetic.

That's startling.

[damn name]

I think that websites are overrated for small businesses. There is life outside Tokyo and Osaka and most small businesses don't need a website. You can find a map and phone number of most small businesses easily from consolidation sites after a search. There are also so many distributors that don't need a website.

Websites are a burden to maintain. Why waste time on them? Why in the world does every ramen shop need a home page?

Selling on the internet is different. Rakuten and Yahoo already offer a place for businesses to use without their own domain.