February 23, 2006
Google Page Creator
Ahh Google. I forgot how much I love thee. If you haven’t heard, Google’s stock has been a little shaky lately for reasons my unsophisticated mind can’t comprehend. But I would have to imagine that their investors will be quite pleased with this beauty they just released.
It’s called the Google Page Creator and it is yet another incredible piece of software that has been released by Google. If you read my last article I mentioned that I was a bit disappointed with the release of the Google Pack. Well, needless to say, they’ve completely redeemed themselves (as I suspected they would).
Google’s Page Creator is a site that allows you to create your own web pages and host them on Google’s servers. It’s free, it’s simple, and it’s a lot of fun. It’s kind of like Blogger meets Geocities, but better and a lot better. The interface is extremely easy to use and you don’t need to know html to make a great website. You can host files and have multiple pages, all for the low, low price of nothing. This is going to make web hosting companies like GoDaddy very unhappy, but this is what the internet is morphing into. A true example of Web 2.0.
Experts are now saying that people, my generation and younger, will most likely accomplish the following in their lifetime:
- Write a novel
- Write a poem
- Write a song
- Create a website
- Learn a new language
- Write some kind of computer code
- Make a movie/video of some kind
This isn’t because we are smarter than our parents and grandparents, but because the tools to accomplish these things are more easily accessible to us. The Google Page Creator is just another great example of this. It’s something anyone can use, and should.
I’ve always everyone should own a website of some kind. This will just make it easier for people to do just that. I created this website in under ten minutes. No kidding. Now imagine if I actually put some effort into it. You could do some pretty incredible and useful things with this software.
Ahh Google, how I love thee.
Filed under: Software, Google, Productivity, Web 2.0, Design / Development, News, Internet
February 23rd, 2006 at 8:05 pm
hmmm I’m not too impressed because I went to download it and it’s unavailable due to popularity….so shame on them for not anticipating this….jk
February 24th, 2006 at 10:09 am
lol. Actually I should have mentioned there is nothing to download. Everything is created right on their website. All you need to do is get a gmail/gtalk account (which you already have) and you’re good to go.