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Google Account without a Gmail Account

*UPDATE*: 9/25/2019 to reflect changes in Google’s signup process

Note that the below directions still work but you also now get here easily from a Sign In link on any Google page. Just click on “Sign In” link and on the dialog box, click “Create account”

Screenshot showing Create Account link

This will take you to the screens mentioned below:

*UPDATED*: 4/29/2013 to reflect changes in Google’s signup process

Want to join Google+? Have been invited to to join a Google Hangout or edit a Google doc or spreadsheet? What do you do if you don’t already have a Google Account to access these services? If you are one of the lucky few who use an email account that is serviced by Google Apps, then you are good to go as most Google services now support Google Apps accounts. But what do you do if your email address is @hotmail.com or @yahoo.com? Well never fear, we can show you how to get a Google Account without creating a Gmail account (address).

By goint to https://accounts.google.com/newaccount (as shown below) you’ll be able to not only sign up for a new Google Account, but they make it easier than ever to do so using your existing email address.

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More Google’y Goodness!

Just stumbled on this posting in the main Google RSS feed. Having had a number of clients ask about which sync for Google Calendar to use, I thought perhaps this might be worth looking at. I’m gonna give it a spin but in the meantime, here is the posting…

Posted by Shirin Oskooi, Product Manager, Google Calendar
I’ve suffered major headaches trying to sync all my calendars. I used the Microsoft Outlook calendar on my desktop computer at home, but since I wanted to be able to access my schedule from anywhere, I also kept a copy of it on Google Calendar. When I traveled, I’d import my Google Calendar data into my laptop’s Outlook calendar so I could access it offline. This was not only annoying to maintain, but also quite error-prone. If I made updates on any of the copies of my calendar, I had to make sure to make those same exact changes to the other copies, too.
This was my life for a whole year before we started working on Google Calendar Sync, a 2-way synching application between Google Calendar and the calendar in Microsoft Outlook. I was probably the most excited person on the team when we started developing it, because now I can access my calendar at home or on my laptop, on Google Calendar or in Outlook. When I add an event to the Outlook calendar on my laptop, Google Calendar Sync syncs it to my Google Calendar — and since I also have Google Calendar Sync running on my desktop, the event then syncs from Google Calendar to Outlook calendar on my desktop. All of my calendar views are always up to date, and I can choose whichever one I want to use.

 

I’ll give it a shot and try and post something more about this interesting tool as soon as I have a little more seat time with it.

What’s New Google Apps?

Finding it hard to keep up with changes and updates to Google Apps? Too many posts on the main Google blog to weed through just to get what you are looking for news about Google Apps? Well, worry no more, Google has FINALLY posted an RSS feed of updates to Google Apps!

The latest improvement will help technology departments and those of you who already use Google Apps keep up with every change, no matter how often they appear: Now we’re documenting all updates in an RSS feed, so you can get notified as they happen.

Thanks for listening and making this feed available!

On the Map, So To Speak…

Woohoo! Our Google Apps Setup Service (GASS) has been listed on Google’s Enterprise Solutions Gallery…

Link to Google's Enterprise Solutions Gallery

and we’ve already begun receiving emails about it!

If you are interested in setting up YOUR small business on Google Apps and don’t have the time or the technical experience to do so, we’ve got the solution for you. Our GASS product is available for as low as $150! Go to our Google Apps Setup Service (GASS) page to get the complete story!