A friend passed along this link recently:Â http://www.iowagetonline.com/ It looks like Google and Intuit are teaming up with economic development agencies to get Iowa small businesses online for free. How cool! Here’s the full scoop at governing.com.
The little web designer in me felt a little threatened when I first came to this page (Google is taking my clients!!!). I was happy that Big Web Designer stepped in quickly and recognized what a great opportunity this is for both local businesses and myself. First, and most important of all, small businesses are getting online! Second, Google is doing me a huge favor: getting the word out about the importance of a web presence, guiding and reassuring the nervous business owner as he registers his domain name, cautiously writes his first “About Us” page and goes live with his version 1.0 of his web presence. In time, he will tire of the limits of his free website (you always get what you pay for) and I will be happy to come to the rescue, building and improving on the foundation that Google helped him lay.