Just as every business has a telephone number it is a matter of time before each and every business will have a website.
It’s unnecessary to look beyond Google for help in this area. Google Sites is a powerful all inclusive website creation system. There are no hosting fees and there are no domain charges.
The output is no cheesy-looking website. The site can be made to look extremely professional and modern but most important the site can be made to be consumer friendly and interactive.
The website is not meant to be a fully fledged ecommerce site but should have the capability of being used as catalogue and price list download vehicle for example. It might even be used to show a video by the business owner showing the commitment the business has to the customer.
A free Google website using Google Sites is no bare bones ugly web page creator. It is a powerful WSYIWYG web editor with top of the range, easy to implement features.
Quick Facts from Google’s Website... For more info CLICK HERE Refer http://www.google.com/sites/overview.html
Google Sites is the easiest way to make information accessible to people who
need quick, up-to-date access. People can work together on a Site to add file
attachments, information from other Google applications (like Google Docs,
Google Calendar, YouTube and Picasa), and new free-form content. Creating a site
together is as easy as editing a document, and you always control who has
access, whether it's just yourself, your team, or your whole organization. You
can even publish Sites to the world. The Google Sites web application is
accessible from any internet connected computer.
1. Single-click page creation… Creating a new page for your Google Site just
takes the click of a button.
2. No HTML required… Creating a Google Site is as easy as editing a document,
which means there's no markup language for you to learn -- just get started.
3. Make it your own… Our customization options let you give your Google Site
your own look and feel
4. Get started with templates… We offer a growing list of page types -- web
page, announcements, file cabinet, dashboard and list -- to help you get started
with your Google Sites pages.
5. Upload files and attachments… Use the file cabinet to upload files up to 10MB
in size. Each Google Apps account receives at least 10GB of storage in Google
Sites. Google Apps Premier and Education editions get an additional 500MB for
each user account.
6. Embed rich content… Google Sites is integrated with other Google products, so
you can insert videos, docs, spreadsheets, presentations, photo slide shows, and
calendars directly onto your Google Sites pages. This ability is of great
importance. For example it becomes possible to maintain a completely updated
price list in a website without going into the website itself. This is
accomplished simply by editing a Google spreadsheet and the web content is
automatically updated.
7. Work together and share… Our permission settings let you designate owners,
viewers and collaborators (meaning they can edit pages) for your site. And you
can make your Google Sites available to just a few people, your entire
organization, or the world.
8. Search with Google… You can search across Google Sites pages and content
using powerful Google search technology. You'll find specific pages and
documents instantly, the same way you would on Google.com.
9. Few local businesses will need anything more than Google Sites can offer in
the short to medium term.
Example of a basic website created using Google Sites. The calendar is an example of an embedded Google Gadget which is updated automatically from outside the actual website
In summary… at this stage we’ve discussed two important yet free valuable and useful tools to illustrate an organisation’s fundamental competence to any potential customer.
1. Creating a Google Maps listing for no cost
2. Creating a powerful website for no cost
Google Sites is the easiest way to make information accessible to people who need quick, up-to-date access. People can work together on a Site to add file attachments, information from other Google applications (like Google Docs, Google Calendar, YouTube and Picasa), and new free-form content. Creating a site together is as easy as editing a document, and you always control who has access, whether it's just yourself, your team, or your whole organization. You can even publish Sites to the world. The Google Sites web application is accessible from any internet connected computer.
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