Google is testing a new thing for making webpages. It’s similar to blogging software, but easier. It took me about 2 minutes to make this webpage:
http://dalewisely.googlepages.com/home
There’s not much to the website. But, keep in mind, 2 minutes.
Bacon is cruel and evil. 
Google will own the world
beat Cran didn’t ya?
Well, he’s already going on about scented things in the “Death to All Machines” thread, so I had to pick something.
I didn’t even start that, though. Somebody else did. I just joined in.
Quite true, now that I go over it again. 
Hey, how about those webpages? Do they cost anything? Seems daunting to someone as low-tech as me.
You need a google account, which is free, and then when you make a page, it appears at an URL like the one you see in my original post. So, it’s free.
This is a Google “Lab” project, meaning it’s still under development. Google keeps things in “beta” forever (gmail is still beta), but this is not even considered “beta” yet.
But can you take it down (cancel the page all together), or change it, or replace it entirely? Where do the images reside? Who do your images belong to once Google has them? In other words, is this my whole soul, or just the naughty bits, and is it permanent, or just a loan?
djm
You might also be surprised to know that the phrase “cruel and evil (and seedy)” is not my creation, either. It is Martin Milner’s creation in parody of me, and I just liked it so much that I adopted it.
Me too.
… you forgot “… and where do I plug my coffee maker in?” 
You can take it down, cancel it, change it, replace it entirely. The images are hosted in Googledom. I don’t know to whom the images “belong” once hosted at Google, but I guess the question could be asked of virtually all hosted images.
DW
In exporing Google’s instructions about how to create a page, I got to the place where I had to enter my cell phone number for the secret code to be returned as a text message in order to proceed. I decided that I didn’t want to give them my cell phone number. I dread the thought of receiving cell phone spam. I am trying to retain my peaceful composure by deleting all of my email spam, but I think that I would get really grumpy if I had to cope with unwanted calls on my cell phone. So, for me, I will wait until Google doesn’t require a cell phone number in order to create a webpage.
Google requires the cell-phone thing to sign up in order to prevent spam-bots from creating google/gmail accounts and sending you spam. Google doesn’t send cell phone spam (or any sort of spam). You can also create a gmail account if you get an invitation to create one, and you won’t need your cell phone no. I’ll send you one.
Yer justa itchin’ to give 'em away aintcha?
C’mon… what’s your email? I’ll send you one, too. You know you want one. It’s the only way you can save Padme, and I can teach you…
'besides he only has to give away five more to win a coffee pot!
I accepted Bloomberg’s invitation to start a gmail account. For years I have been using Outlook Express from Microsoft, but, so far, I would have to say that I like the increased functionality of Google’s gmail. Email searches and logical grouping of posts and replies are two aspects that are helpful.
For some time I have had a fairly simple website which I constructed on some free space of my dial-up internet provider, earthlink.net. However, I am in the process of moving to another city, so I have been wanting to discontinue using my current internet provider, but I didn’t want to lose my website in the process. When Dale mentioned Google’s new webpage making software and 100 MB of free webspace, I was curious to see if I could move my webpage from earthlink to google. Here is the link to my new website. I am open to comments and suggestions about how I can improve it. All in all, I very impressed with how easy the Google page-making software is to use.
http://dougsflutes.googlepages.com/home
Its very difficult to advise someone else on how to do up their site. Is this the colour scheme you prefer? How about some more graphics, especially on the first page? It might just be some group shots of a session (where everyone plays Tipple flutes, naturally) or maybe a shot of yourself playing one of your own instruments without a net, or maybe a couple of pics of chocolate covered dancing girls, but I suppose that depends on whether you care for chocolate or not …
djm