Introduction
Google is the worlds biggest search engine. Along with that, Google has a great, fast and efficient email provider called Gmail. Practically anyone can sign up for google accounts, all you need is to enter a little bit of information and you're on your way to having your very own free email account.
Step 1
When signing up for google accounts, you'll first need to go the official Gmail home page. Type in www.gmail.com into your favorite search engine or browser.
Step 2
Once your on the official google accounts or gmail web page. You'll need to enter the information that Google asks of you. They ask you for your first name as well as your last name. You also will need to provide your country and state of residence or providence. You then will want to choose a unique and creative google accounts screen name for yourself or user name. After that, make sure you enter a unique password, that only you know.
Step 3
On the google accounts sign up page, you'll also be asked for your phone number. They ask you to provide this to ensure that you're not a bot or spam. You need to enter your real phone number as it's for verification purposes and you'll receive a text to validate your account. On the same page, enter the capatcha code they ask of you.
Step 4
Once you're done setting up your google account, you then will need to click 'next step'. If you're account is done correctly, it will send you to the next step but if not, you'll need to reenter the information that they tell you is not correct. Once you're on the next step, you'll see that they ask you to enter a code. Check your cell phone or pick up your house phone if it's ringing. You will receive an automated text or a voice automated code from either of these. Enter it into the google accounts verification code step.
Step 5
Once you're done with all the verifying, you're all set and ready to begin using your new google accounts. You can simply click 'go to my account' and browse the interface. You can change your settings to your liking and change whatever other information you'd like.
Features
Google accounts are not just for email usage. You also can use your google accounts for other things such as to talk through Google talk, chat with their messenger features, access to google docs, calendars and planning and to collaborate. Along with all these great features included in google accounts, you also will have access to other google products such as Youtube.
Tips and Comments
When signing up for google accounts, it's always best to use your legitimate and real information as if you ever forget your google account information such as your password or location, you can then retrieve your google accounts by entering your information in the retrieve my account process. Signing up for google accounts is very simple and it's quite an easy task. It only takes about 5 minutes to sign up for google accounts.
