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Advantages of making a google account

By making a gmail account you open the doors to all of google’s services. All of them use one google account.

Gmail is mail that can be accessed from anywhere, any device and at any time, with or without special apps or programs.

What is required to open an account

To open a google account you will need base personal information. In addition you will need phone number of a working phone. However you do not need to verify this number.

Making a Gmail account

First of all you will need to head over to the mail page. After that press the button that says “sign up”. Here you will be asked if you are opening a business or a personal account. In addition when you select the personal account option, a new page will open.

On this page, you need type in your first and last name into the first fields. In the second field you need to type in the name of your future email address. However because there are a lot of users, the name you might want could be taken. In addition you will have some options recommended by Google below. The second part of your email address is always the same for personal accounts, it’s “@gmail.com”.

In the third part you will need to type in your password, which only you should have access to. It’s also recommended to change it from time to time out of security reasons.

If everything is filled out we can proceed to the next page.

On this page, you need to enter your phone number, make sure to select your country though.

If you have a second email account you can enter it here, In addition this can be of use if you ever forget your password.

After that enter in your date of birth and your gender.

Now this page is done, next is terms of service which you have to agree with if you want to use the email.

With this you now finished opening your Google account. You now have access to your email, after that Google will give you a tour of what is what if you’re new to it.