While several other services offer free websites, Google Sites makes it easy for anyone to create a website in minutes!
In this guide, I will show you how to create a free essential website with google sites in a few minutes. Absolutely free, No experience, No Coding is required.
What are google sites?
Google Sites is a service from Google to create an essential website with few clicks. This service intends to let people make their online presence easily with no experience.
Most webmasters need a website to promote their online presence, but they don't know how to create one. Several options are available for creating a website, but Google Sites may be the simplest one.
Google Sites is a tool for creating websites. Other website builders are Wix and Weebly. Google sites are something similar but specialized for web-based teams or business identities. Creating a Portfolio or a site that works as your resume is super easy with it.
Google Sites is an excellent online service that allows users to create websites quickly and conveniently. It lets you upload images, text, videos, and even build an entire website, all without needing to leave your browser.
How do google sites work?
Sites are part of the Google workspace family. Suppose you have used any of google's products. In that case, you must know that Google offers all of its products with a single email to boost business productivity. Google workspace is free to use for everyone with a Gmail account. But there are paid workspace subscriptions from 6$ to 18$ per month.
You can access all of its products Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, Meet, Sites, Finance, Classroom and etc., with just a single Gmail account. If you don't have any yet, Create a Gmail account now.
With a Gmail Account, google gives free 15GB of cloud storage, which will be used across the products you access.
You can use unlimited google storage and create your first blog form here.
What can you do with google sites?
You can create a basic and functional website in a minute without knowing any coding with google sites. It's very easy to edit, customize and publish. If you have any questions, please refer to the google sites support page.
While building your site, choose a theme for your site first. Like other platforms, WordPress and Tumblr, Google sites allow you to customize your site with their built-in site builder. You can add gadgets to show your published spreadsheet or PPT files. You can add maps, calendars, and many more things with widgets.
One thing to note: Google sites websites are not eligible for Adsense monetization. If you want to monetize your website content, you must choose other platforms.
If you work with a large team, you might want to consider using Google Sites to create an internal network. It can help you communicate better among team members.
You have complete control over who can and can't access your site. You can either turn visitors into subscribers or let them edit and save the pages. You can choose to grant privileges to specific users you want to allow to edit the pages.
How to Create a free website with google sites?
Okay, now let's make a website with google site in under 2 minutes. First, if you don't have a Gmail account create one from here.
Go to sites.google.com and log in with your Gmail account.
Your website is ready to publish.
Designing your website
This is where your creativity works. Google sites have only a few pre-made themes to choose from. Select one from them and start making your website beautiful by adding images and content.
let's do the work ;)
Creating a Page Title is the first step. Create a page title. This will show up on the top of your website.
Place a logo. Hover over the left side of the header and you will find options to upload a logo. The Internet is full of resources. You can easily create a free logo, or if you already have one, just upload it.
Make your page Header. The header is important. Google sites offer different types of headers, and you can choose Cover, Large Banner, or only Text header.
Okay, now, let's make the content part. There are so many options you can do here.You can add tables for charts, Image carousel, Embed Media files, Slides, sheets, Maps, Calander, or youtube videos to your page.
It is up to you how many pages you want on your site. Go to the page section upper right side and click on Page press the (+) icon. Here you can add a new page.You can customize your website as you wish. To give a better look consider adding a custom domain to your site. Now your site is ready to publish. Click on publish to make your site visible to everyone. In conclusion, If you want to create a website without dealing with domain names or hosting, and you don't have the coding skills, you can still get a site up quickly. Instead of spending hours in a code editor, you can use Google Sites to create a website. For more advanced customization there are lots of tutorials available on youtube.search with the terms-
How to create a website on Google for free?
New Google Sites tutorial.
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I will share a few established sites created with google sites with you for inspiration.
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