Egypt possessed the newest American free blogging site "BLOGRAINS.COM"

Egypt possessed the newest American free blogging site "BLOGRAINS.COM"

Finally we know there is 14 million dollars transferred from Egypt to USA this week as part of the sale of the U.S. blogging site Blograins

Unlike the usually money transfer which moving from US to Egypt as a part of US aid to Egypt economy this one became very deferent when an Egyptian company bought blograins in one cash act and who knows what will come next 

Why Google Sites Is the Right Way to Do Things

We mention in the previous section that Google Sites incorporates the best aspects of Web page, wiki, and file sharing technology into an easy-to-use online tool. But choosing Google Sites is about more than playing with a shiny new service — it’s also about saving you time and money. In this section, we share with you our two cents, just in case you’re not already convinced that Sites is the way to go.

The first thing you notice with Google Sites is Google’s trademark simplicity.  Although other services may have more bells and whistles, Google Sites keeps it simple and gives you the features you need to get your work done without making you master a whole new complicated set of tools and features.  With Google Sites, you can focus more on coordinating group activities to accomplish your tasks and less on figuring out all the extra stuff. Plus, you get all the training you need from this blog. Now that’s simple!

Google Sites is free. Talk about saving money. You don’t have to invest in expensive servers and software. All you need is an Internet connection and a Web browser, either of which you could get free at your public library, if you wanted.

Comparing Google Sites to Other Team Sites

We’re assuming that because you’re reading this blog, you’re leaning toward using Google Sites. In case you’re curious, however, here’s how the others compare.

Microsoft Office Live Workspace:

Microsoft Office Live Workspace (http://workspace.officelive.com) — a free service that’s probably the most similar to Sites — offers users the ability to share files easily and to comment on projects, as shown in Figure 1-3. Unlike Sites, however, there’s no Web page tool, so creating a wiki site isn’t part of the package.

The main advantage to using Office Live Workspace is that if you use Microsoft Office, you can download a plug-in that gives you easy access to save your Office documents directly to the site. Office Live’s big brothers, Groove and SharePoint, offer additional features for larger companies but also require expensive servers and software.

To use Office Live Workspace, you need a Windows Live ID and password, which you can get free at http://home.live.com.

What You Should Know before You Start your Google site

Before you can use Google Sites, you must first have a Google Account or Google Apps account. A Google Account gives you access to a whole bunch of other free Google online services, such as Google Calendar (http://calendar.google.com), where you can track your appointments and events, Blogger (www.blogger.com), which lets you create your own blog, Picasa Web Albums (www.picasa.com), where you can share your photos online, and Google Docs (http://docs.google.com). If you don’t have an account, blog shows you how to sign up.

Like many other services offered by Google, Sites is a perpetual beta. This means that the clever Google engineers are always improving the way Sites works by adding new features and changing ones that aren’t as helpful. If the screen looks somewhat different from the figures that you see in this blog, it’s okay. The same basic idea should still apply.

To help you understand all that Google Sites has to offer, let us introduce you to three key definitions: Web pages, wikis, and file sharing.

Getting Started with Google Sites and Chrome

GOOGLE Sites (http://sites.google.com) is a great online information buddy. After all, buddies watch out for their friends — and Sites will help take care of you. With a little thought and a few clicks, Google Sites can help you, your friends, and your co-workers stay on top of projects, meetings, classes, events, clubs, teams, causes, fundraisers, schedules, vacations, or anything else you can think of. Google Sites fills three related functions:

✓ Creates dynamic Web pages with a few clicks ✓ Constructs wikis for your users on any topic you may need ✓ Generates dynamic file sharing tools on the fly In this blog , we show how Google Sites can be very helpful to you, what that word wiki means, and how Google’s many online apps and gadgets can make your life much simpler. 

Using Google Sites as a pro paid sites

When most people think of Google, the first thing that comes to mind is Internet search. Millions of people around the globe use Google to find information, learn something new, explore issues, or discover answers to tough questions. We assume that you’ve used Google Search before — or at least heard of it. If you want to find out how to be a Google Search expert, you’ve come to the wrong place. We’re interested in the other cool tools that Google creates beyond its powerful search box. Google Sites and Chrome are two such tools.

Just so you know upfront, Google Sites is a free online service that allows you to easily create Web sites with powerful wiki, file sharing, and collaboration tools. Google Chrome is a free Web browser that you download to your computer and use to access Web sites, including your Google Sites. Google Sites & Chrome For Dummies aims to fill the void between what Google thinks is obvious and intuitive and what real people like you need to know to make the most of these two cool tools, including some not-so-obvious tweaks and features.