Jul 31, 2020, 6:15 AM UTC. Google is launching a new tool that allows businesses to identify themselves as Black-owned through the company’s Maps and Search listings. The new feature is part of ...

Add the Black-owned attribute to your free listings on Google. With your free listings on Google, potential customers searching for products like yours can find your business. You can also add the Black-owned business attribute to show that your business is Black-owned. For more info, visit the Help Center .

When Google approached us to participate in their fourth annual Black-owned Friday campaign, my response was "100%." Black-owned Friday, created by Google in partnership with the U.S. Black Chambers, Inc., is all about celebrating Black-owned businesses and encouraging everyone to search, shop and support Black-owned.

Business owners can add the Black-owned attribute by visiting the Google Merchant Help Center. The feature will become visible to shoppers and available to all U.S. Google Merchants in coming months. This update builds on the Black-owned business attribute we launched across Google Search and Maps last summer and is another way people can shop ...

Watch the video and shop the products from Black-owned businesses you'll see along the way. Watch the 100% #BlackOwnedFriday film from Google starring Keke Palmer, Crystal Waters, and Black-owned businesses. ... Stand out to customers on Google Maps and Search by adding the Black-owned business attribute to your free Business Profile. For ...

Searches on Google for "Black owned businesses" have jumped 600% over the last 12 months, according to the post. However, one report found that 41% of Black-owned businesses had been closed due to ...

After witnessing a surge of online searches for Black-owned businesses in summer 2020, Google’s product teams worked quickly to introduce new ways to help support Black business owners, including the addition of a Black-owned business attribute for merchants, which shows up when people use Google Search and Maps.

Contributing Reporter. Fri, Jul 31, 2020 · 1 min read. Google. Google is making it easier for buyers and customers to find Black-owned businesses to support. The tech giant has introduced a Black ...

Jewel Burks, head of Google for Startups U.S. said: With this attribute, our goal is to make Search and Maps more inclusive and help support Black-owned businesses when they need it most."Everyone ...

Championing Black-owned businesses with Black Pound Day. Google is supporting Black Pound Day, a movement to address the economic inequalities our Black communities have experienced, caused by structural and systemic racism over generations. Black business owners are four times more likely to be rejected for loans, or pay higher interest rates ...