Google Rolls Out People Cards – Virtual Visiting Card in India.

Google has rolled out the new feature ‘People Card’ that enables business people or anyone who wants themselves to be easily identified. This feature is first rolled out in India, because of being the second largest internet market in the world. The feature is currently supported only in the English language for now, though other languages would be added in the future. The people card feature uses Google’s Knowledge Graph to display information provided by the user. The People card feature can be obtained by using your Google Account and by providing the mobile phone number.

The Google Card feature is available only on mobile phones. As a user, you can create a card by yourself to build a Google Card follow the below-mentioned steps.

1. Sign in to your Google account.
2. Surf your name on the Google search and select a prompt showing “add me to Search”.
3. A form will appear where it will ask for your phone number and once the phone number is provided, a 6 digit unique code is sent to verify the number.
4. Then you can build up your card by providing a bio (description) of yours, a picture that is associated with the Google Account will be taken as a default image. And if you want, you can provide links to your social media profiles and other personal information like phone number, address, work, education details, and many more.
5. Once all the information is given then you are good to go.

 When it comes to a security concern, Google provides options to all users to flag abuse, impersonation, low-quality content, or when you see anything odd in the people’s card. Anyway, there is a combination of human reviews and automated techniques to flag the violating contents, to prevent fake people cards, only one card is allowed per Google Account.

To make your profile visible easily, you have to provide more information to the People Card. The company claimed that it has put many measures to prevent the misuse of the new feature. Lauren Clark, the product manager Google Search wrote in a blog post “We have a number mechanisms to protect against abusive or spammy content, and if you come across low-quality information or a card that you believe was created by an impersonator, you can tap the feedback link to let us know”, she also added that people card can also be deleted when a person no longer wants it to be displayed.

This feature is the latest step of Google to reduce the people’s need for other services, it somehow targets LinkedIn, but a person cannot get connected to others. The Product Manager Lauren Clark said “For millions of influencers, entrepreneurs, prospective employees, self-employed individuals, freelancers, or anyone else out there who wants to be discovered, we hope this new feature will help the world find them. For people in India searching on mobile phones, people cards are rolling out in English starting today”.