Google wants us to use Linkedin for Small Business.

Google wants us to use Linkedin for Small Business.  This is an official Google Page and this is the group that runs the "Google Small Business Community".   I must admit, this one has me scratching my head.  Several  people have asked me what Google is doing with this community, and I always have to tell them I have no idea.  

When Google first launched this community, it had few members and wasn't getting much traction, and I was contacted by their previous community manager asking about my "Entrepreneurs, Self-Employed & Small Business" community which at the time was much larger then theirs.  

They subsequently routed traffic to themselves so have quickly grown to over 500,000 members but their purpose has never been clear to me.  I thought it was to help small business make more effective use of Google technology, but apparently I was wrong.   I am sure they have some justification for this, but it still seems odd.  What next - will Google want us to use Facebook for Small Business? 

Originally shared by Google Small Business

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