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How Google works with small businesses

While Google is best-known for its search and advertising services like AdWords, there are a number of other services it offers that can be useful for small firms like yours.

  • Google Docs: word processing, spreadsheets and presentations from wherever you are. Share documents and store them safely online.
  • Google Talk: combine email and calendar applications for businesses, integrate voice, video chat and instant messaging facilities, accessible from anywhere.
  • Google Checkout: ments into your existing systems to get the competitive payment processing fees.
  • Google Analytics: find out who’s been visiting your website – how they got there and what they looked at.
  • Google AdSense: make money by referring users of your website to other sites.
  • Google Maps: get your business listed on your local Google map.
  • Google Site Search and Google Mini: offer users a Google search for your own website.

FREE AdWords and information pack – DONUT EXCLUSIVE

Google’s AdWords service can get your business on the right-hand side of the search engine’s results page for relevant searches – putting your business in front of the right people at the right time.

You decide where your ad is displayed, choosing from country, region or even town. You’re only charged when someone clicks on your ad, and you can set your own budget.

This offer is intended for first time users of Google AdWords (vouchers can only be used for AdWords accounts less than 14 days old).