Google Sites and Chrome For Dummies [Paperback]

Ryan Teeter (Author), Karl Barksdale (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0470396784 | ISBN-13: 978-0470396780 | Publication Date: February 9, 2009 | Edition: 1

Curious about Google Sites and how team collaboration Web sites can help you share documents online from various locations? Curious about Google’s new Chrome browser? Google Sites & Chrome For Dummies has what you want to know!

Today, Google is so much more than another word for “search.” Google Sites & Chrome For Dummies shows you how to create great collaborative Web sites with Google Sites and surf the Web with the super-fast Google Chrome browser. Find out how they work with other Google Apps, too. You’ll learn to:

• Take advantage of free hosting, free tools, and a simple, straightforward interface with Google Sites
• Set up a Google account or Google Apps account
• Create wiki sites that let coworkers collaborate on projects or keep family members up to date
• Use Google gadgets to keep track of projects, manage calendars and documents, or display photos
• Integrate documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other Google Apps into your site
• Work with Contact List, Google Talk, and Google Chat, and handle e-mail with Gmail
• Download and install the speedy Google Chrome browser
• Install browser plug-ins, enable offline access to Google Docs, and manage misbehaving tabs

You’ll even find instructions and examples to help you plan sites for personal and business use, plus a sample college course site. With advice from Google Sites & Chrome For Dummies, you can make collaboration easy and have the high-speed Web at your fingertips.

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From the Back Cover

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When you hear "Google", do you think "search"? Most people do. But Google is much more, and you won't have to search far to get the scoop. This book shows you how to create great collaborative Web sites with Google Sites and surf the Web with the super-fast Google Chrome browser. You can even boost your business with Google AdWords — look inside for more!

• Simple and free — take advantage of free hosting, free tools, and a simple, straightforward interface with Google Sites

• Wonderful wikis — create wiki sites that let coworkers collaborate on projects and keep family members up to date

• A gaggle of gadgets — use Google gadgets to keep track of projects, manage calendars and documents, or display photos

• Take a shine to Chrome — create a highly efficient, personalized browser using tabs and shortcuts

• Sample a scheme — explore sample schemes for a personal site, business intranet, or college course site

• Tinker — install browser plug-ins, enable offline access to Google Docs, and manage misbehaving tabs

• Applicable applications — integrate documents, spreadsheets, presentations, and other Google Apps into your site

Open the book and find:

• Where Google Sites beats other team site packages

• How to create a Google account or Google Apps account

• Advice on setting up sites that work

• Tips for managing collaborators

• Chrome's better way of fixing unruly tabs

• Steps to take when designing a scheme

• Why you should consider Gmail

About the Author

Ryan Teeter was an external trainer for Google, where he developed a comprehensive training program for corporate customers and Google Apps users.

Karl Barksdale has written more than 50 business and technology books, and has consulted for both Microsoft and Google.

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: For Dummies; 1 edition (February 9, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470396784
• ISBN-13: 978-0470396780
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #311,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Good, all-around instruction manual for several Google products and services, May 12, 2009

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Jerry Saperstein (Evanston, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Google Sites and Chrome For Dummies (Paperback)

This book should be evaluated on two levels. First, the majority of computer literate users will not need it. All the information presented here is either easily intuited or available in Google's somewhat convoluted help system. In other words, nothing covered here is rocket science.

On the other hand, for those who fear the computer, don't like hunting for sometimes elusive information on sites like Google or just prefer a well organized and comprehensive approach to product training, this book is excellent.

The products and services covered are Google Sites, Chrome browser, Google Apps (including Google Docs (Word Processing, Presentations, Spreadsheets, Calendar, Gmail, Contacts, Video Chat and Talk).

That's a lot of territory - and the authors do a fine job of covering it.

On the whole, the book is a well designed, well written overview, rather than a detailed instruction manual. It is sort of a middling reference manual. But it has to be remembered that none of the Google apps and services are very complex in terms of user interface.

Overall, for those who need a book like this, it is excellent. For those with substantial computer use experience, you're just as well off with the Google help pages.

Jerry

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars you won't learn much, November 10, 2011

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Robert Johnson (Ann Arbor, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Google Sites and Chrome For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) (Paperback)

About 1/3 of the book is about Sites and 2/3 is about Chrome. Since I hoped to get some guidance about working with Sites, I was disappointed that the little information here about Sites adds almost nothing to what you can access on Google's help page for Sites. Since that Help is inadequate (the reason that I wanted a book about Sites), the book is inadequate as well. Anyone ready to use Sites to construct a web page certainly knows how to use a browser, so there seems little point to putting them together. I think that every penny I paid for this book was wasted.

Incidentally, my experience shows the drawback of on-line book buying, If I had seen this in a bookstore, I would have riffed through the pages and known immediately that the book was useless for me.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book., February 14, 2010

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Jennifer M. Fitzpatrick "jenmusic1" (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Google Sites and Chrome For Dummies (Paperback)

I used this book to help me with a class I was taking on Google Apps and developing a website. The book was more helpful than some other recommended books.