Keep in mind People Cards? Most likely not. It launched in Google Search in India in 2020 a method for “enterprise skilled, performer, or anybody seeking to construct up your individual on-line presence, you might need a web site, social profiles, and different info unfold throughout many websites,” Google stated. Properly, it’s being discontinued as of April 7, 2024.
Google despatched an e mail to those that created folks playing cards saying, “Individuals playing cards are going away quickly.”
The e-mail says:
You are receiving this e mail since you created a folks card on Google Search
Individuals playing cards have been created to make it simpler to focus on details about your self on Google Search, like your web sites and social profiles.Whereas folks playing cards labored as supposed, within the years since its launch, we have discovered this characteristic wasn’t as useful for folks as we hoped. On April seventh, 2024, the folks playing cards characteristic might be discontinued and it will not be doable to create new folks playing cards or replace present ones. You possibly can obtain or save your content material till Might 7, 2024.
After that date, the data might be deleted.
This transformation solely impacts folks playing cards on Google Search, not different services or products. We’ll remind you once more as we get nearer to April seventh, and within the meantime, please confer with our Assist Heart in case you have any questions. Thanks for being a worthwhile member of the Google Search neighborhood.
The Google Search group
That is what folks playing cards appeared like – they even confirmed in the US for a bit:
This was noticed by Prabir Mandal and Valentin Pletzer and extra.
Here’s a screenshot of the e-mail:
Goodbye folks playing cards – I hardly knew you…
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