Google® Business Solutions All-in-One For Dummies®

Chapter 5. Sharing Information with Google Sites

In This Chapter

• Making the Web pages you need

• Collaborating on your projects using Google Sites

• Publishing company information for yourself and the public

• Setting up a new site from scratch

The chapter on Google Docs showed how powerful online collaboration can be. Collaboration allows you to work with others on a centralized depot of information and have the most up-to-date data at all times. You can also set up levels of permission, so you can control who has access to view or change your information. Now, apply those capabilities to Web sites, and you can track more than just a few documents — you can track entire projects. Google Sites gives you the power to create an entire information infrastructure for your small business with a little effort and time.

Google Sites is an easy tool that allows you to create collaborative Web sites for use either within your company or outside it, with the public. You can choose from several different templates, customize the color options to match corporate branding, and use several tools that allow you to maximize your collaboration options. You don't need a professional Web designer to make this happen — Google provides the tools necessary to build the sites, manage the operation of the sites, and interpret the data you receive.

What You Can Create with Google Sites

Even if you don't have the corporate needs and resources of a huge company like IBM or Apple, you can still benefit from using Google ...