This article from Wired talks about how Google is taking steps to make creating web sites easier. I think this idea is one that will bring Google more users. The fact that Google is acknowledging that “regular” people now have the need to make websites and actually are making websites is a huge step. Creating websites is not only something that is reserved for people with enormous knowledge of the Internet and computers (a group which from which I do not include myself).
As a journalism major, we are constantly being told that to be competitive in the job market, we have to be able to work a website. This idea has seemed daunting to me in the past, but suddenly, it’s becoming a lot less frightening… especially with companies like Google reaching out a hand…
