Earlier this year, Google was beta testing a website builder for Google My Business customers. Well, that tool is now available globally for any business within Google My Business.

Marissa Nordahl announced it in a Google My Business Help thread yesterday. She said “we know that getting a website can still be a challenge for a lot of small business owners around the world: too complex, too expensive, too time consuming.” Google said 60% of small businesses do not even have a web site!

Google launched this website builder to help, she wrote:

Here is what you see when you click on the website builder in Google My Business:

And within seconds, it automatically made me a web site that I can then customize:

This tool give you:

Custom domain name
It’s mobile friendly
Drives calls and visits
Automatically updates
You can manage it on your mobile phone
You can easily place ads on them

Mike Blumenthal has a lot more detail on this release.

Forum discussion at Google My Business.