oh, you thought i was over google- wrong!
* update: i’ve realized that i don’t think google pedometer is actually from google, but a hack of google maps done by a third party.

so sometimes you just need a website. maybe you’re searching for a job, selling a lot of furniture, trying to make an online shop, or hawk your services as a dogwalker/fishing guide/piano teacher. note: if you’re looking to create a blog, this is probably not the best tool to use, try blogger, or word press or typePad if you’re fancy.

having an online location- a link to anyone in email that doesn’t require them to open any attachments is essential. especially if you’re offering something visual (and you really should be,) as a place anyone can find your info on the web. even if this is only a bit of info about yourself, your contact info, & a picture (optional, but highly recommended- so we know you aren’t a convict and can recognize you when we bring fido to the dog park.)

google pages is a great temp to permanent solution that requires no purchases (no domain/image hosting-which you really shouldn’t have to pay for anymore anyway,) but i do suggest buying a domain name you like- as soon as yesterday. you can always forward that domain to your google page and then just give people your domain as a link.

here is a single page site i created as an example of how you can use google pages as a job search resource.

http://tess.evans.googlepages.com/

if you have a google account you already have a google pages site set up: http://pages.google.com/