Google+ for business? Not yet.

The newest social network site, Google+, is up and running and growing every day. Many of you are probably thinking about setting up a business page. At this point though, Google+ is discouraging business pages, but promises opportunities in the future. According to Google Product Manager Christian Oestlien:

With so many qualified candidates expressing intense interest in business profiles, we've been thinking hard about how to handle this process. As a result, we have refocused a few priorities and we expect to have an initial version of businesses profiles up and running for EVERYONE in the next few months.

In the meantime, we ask you not to create a business profile using regular profiles on Google+. The platform at the moment is not built for the business use case, and we want to help you build long-term relationships with your customers. Doing it right is worth the wait. We will continue to disable business profiles using regular profiles.

For now, take this opportunity to make sure your Google Places listing is up-to-date. You have one, right? I hope so because searching for local businesses on Google is easy and effective for consumers. You don't want to miss out on being in those search results. And it's free! Can't beat that.

As more information becomes available about listing businesses on Google+, I will be sure to let you know.