Thinking of creating a website?

Google Sites is a free and easy way to create and share webpages.

Google Sites Overview

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.


Quick facts

Single-click page creation
Creating a new page for your Google Site just takes the click of a button.

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.

Make it your own
Our customization options let you give your Google Site your own look and feel

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Start Creating Now!

I noticed today that each result has 3 new icons next to it. After a bot of digging, I found out that it’s called SearchWiki. SearchWiki lets users reorder and remove results, and leave comments on specific links. Google will remember changes that people make to search results pages, and subsequent searches will display results with the user’s customizations and notes. Users will also have the option of seeing how other searchers have rated and reordered search results and view other people’s notes, making search results a collaborative effort.



I think this will change a lot in the way SEO effects a site. Prior to this feature, the webmaster was the only one who could have an influence on where his/her page listed in the results but now each and ever Google user has the ability to decide where that site will be listed. But how much weight will it actually have over a websites ranking? Surely anyone, for example your competitor, can Google your site hundreds of times and click the remove button? Or do you need to be logged in to Google for it to count?

I guess time will tell.

If you’re starting out with a new site or even as a webmaster, it’s probably best to learn about the biggest search engine in town.  This is how the web-masters are detailing how you should optimize your site so chances are it’s going to be pretty good.

Google’s SEO Starter Guide

The first thing you should so when you’re starting up your new website is create a Google Webmaster Account.  This is a very valuable resource with extensive information that will help you maintain your site.

Some features of a Google Webmaster account include Backlink total, Web Crawl Errors, Diagnostics, Statistics, Top Search Queries, Sitelinks, Sitemaps and additional Tools to make your site more professional.