Google to offer Business cards for free

Yup, you have read it right. Google has began providing business cards for free. The motivation behind this move is to promote the public profile pages. However it is worth mentioning that it is offering only 25000 business cards and this offer is only valid for people residing in the United States of America.

This is what Google stated:

We are giving away 10,000 sets of 25 Google profile business cards totally free. Have a little fun and show off your profile

Business cards offered by Google are far from being completely conventional. They include only a search box containing your name and a link to your profile page. If you happen to have a searchable public profile, Google will include it at the bottom of the search results page for your name.

What we gather from reports is that the technology being employed by Google in printing business cards is the one used by iPrint.

The offer is only available in the continental U.S., and Google says the cards should arrive within 10-12 days.

One can possibly argue that Business cards are something that has previous existence. That argument is completely right but the addition of an OneBox for Profile search is a big incentive and attraction for anyone to create a profile and to build and manage your online reputation.