Website builder
A site filled from your Google profile: templates, the name on the site, sections, address, QR and sharing.
Website publishes a one-page site (microsite) for your business, filled from your Google Business Profile. It gives a business without a website a mobile-friendly, server-rendered page. It's managed from the Website screen.
This feature depends on the website_builder feature flag. Changing the site requires the locations.manage permission; roles without it see the screen read-only. A published site opens at localghost.co/sites/<address>.
The screen
At the top you see the site's status (Live, Draft or Not published) and, when it's live, its address and visit count. The editor card is on the left and a preview of the live site on the right (Desktop, Tablet, Phone). The template and language you pick show in the preview without saving; other changes reach the site when you publish. A site that isn't live yet can't be previewed; the publishing steps show instead.
Tabs
- Design — six ready templates (colors and fonts come with the template), the site language, the text and the site address. The language only translates the site's own buttons and headings ("Services", "Get directions"); your business content stays as it is on Google.
- Name on the site: if your Google name carries a branch or keyword tail ("Name - Branch", "Name | slogan"), the site shows its short form, and you can write your own. The page title and search engine code (JSON-LD) keep the full Google name.
- If Heading is empty, the name on the site is used. About us is filled from your business description on Google.
- The site address uses lowercase letters and digits only. A new site's address comes from the name on the site; if you change it, the old address and printed QR codes stop working.
- Sections — the site's real section order (by your business sector until you change it), reordering with the up / down arrows, and on / off switches. If your Google profile has no menu, the Menu row says "Not on Google". The WhatsApp button pinned to the corner of the screen has its own row and isn't reorderable. Whether reviews show on the site is decided by the Reviews row.
- Share — the site address (copy, open), the site's QR code (download PNG), a WhatsApp link (the ready message is in the site's language and uses the name on the site) and a Google Maps embed code. The site already includes its schema code (JSON-LD); to use it on another site, get the code from the Schema Generator.
- Details — the name, category, phone, address, hours and website the site takes from your Google profile, read-only. To change them use Business Profile; changes go to Google and show up on the site automatically.
Publishing
Publish makes the site live. On a live site the button becomes Publish changes and stays off while nothing has changed. The ⋯ menu has Save as draft for a site that isn't live, and Reset visit counter and Take offline for a live one. Taking the site offline doesn't delete its content; the public address returns "page not found" and you can publish again anytime. Every save refreshes the page cache.
What's on the site
The site is drawn from your Google profile: name, category, description, hours, services, reviews of four stars and up, contact details and directions. The site has no photos. The page carries structured data for your business type (LocalBusiness JSON-LD). A site with very little text is kept out of search engines until it has enough content. If your subscription ends the site stays published; editing needs an active plan.
What's next
If you have your own website, add your business details to it with Schema markup.