I just caught wind of Google's new Page Creator. Read the announcement on the Google blog. So I decided to give it a whirl.
Turns out, it's incredibly simple to use. In fact, I created a page in less than 5 minutes just to show you what you can do. (Not to mention how good the pages look!)
Here are a few links for you to investigate.
- See the page I made with Google's Page Creator.
- Read the announcement about Page Creator.
- Start building your own site with the Google Page Creator.
Let me know how you like it, OK?
Hi Ryan,
I've had Dreamweaver for quite some time and never use it.
Why?
I use NVU.
A free software you can download at...
http://www.nvu.com/
For copywriting it is excellent has most of dreamweaver's features and may even be superior in some ways.
Kindest regards,
Andrew Cavanagh
Posted by: Andrew Cavanagh | April 23, 2006 at 12:10 AM
...To see just one example of a site created with NVU go to www.copywriter1.com
Andrew Cavanagh
Posted by: Andrew Cavanagh | April 23, 2006 at 12:12 AM
I learned an even harder route...
All my sites (including www.natural-persuasionCopy.com and www.realitycopywriting.com) were done using a filtered version of MS Word.
Crazy, huh?
I went throught nightmares.
I'm glad to see you spent as much time learning this stuff as I.
Maybe we should of started with direct mail? Made some money. Hired a designer.
I've just started working with a freelance designer. It's great. Life's becoming a bit simpler.
But, thanks for the post. Its about time someone put out something like what Google's doing.
It will likely change the web. The easier it is for people to put up custom sites, the more content there will be.
Imagine what the net will look like in a decade?
John
John A. Manley
www.REALITYCopywriting.com
A "Live" Online Look at the Day to Day Life of a Fulltime Copywriter From Starving Writer (Day One) to...?
Posted by: John A. Manley | April 23, 2006 at 07:35 AM
Ryan - Thanks for the heads up! I can't wait to start my page.
Posted by: Ann | April 23, 2006 at 02:04 PM
Ryan,
I got your e-mail about this just as I was about to switch from Blogger to WordPress on my own domain, with the goal of more AdSense flexibility. I was not happy about having to pay for hosting, but Page Creator seems to bypass that. Is this a good choice if you want to optimize for AdSense?
Thanks.
Lisa
Posted by: Lisa | April 24, 2006 at 01:03 PM
Right now Page Creator is not the best option for Adsense. Two reasons:
1. You're limited to one web site with many pages.
2. Your web site URL is based on your Gmail username.
What this means is you will not be able to optimize your URL for your topic. Neither will you be able to build multiple sites around multiple topics.
That said, the product is in beta. They say in their FAQ that they plan to allow people to have multiple sites, just not yet.
Also, I just sent Google a suggestion to make Adsense easy to add to pages made with Page Creator. A plug-and-play kind of thing. It's really a no-brainer for them.
Posted by: Ryan Healy | April 24, 2006 at 01:27 PM
Update: I just wrote a new article about Marketing Uses for Page Creator. Click on my name to read it.
Posted by: Ryan Healy | April 24, 2006 at 02:16 PM
Ryan,
Thanks for posting Google's Page Creator. If you hadn't done so, my site would still be in the planning stage.
http://mountainsprings.caleb.googlepages.com/solidfitnesslinks
Thanks Again!
-Caleb M.
Posted by: Caleb M. | April 25, 2006 at 12:46 PM
Way to go, Caleb. Congratulations for taking action. :-)
Posted by: Ryan Healy | April 25, 2006 at 02:35 PM