Get a Gmail Account - No Tricks Necessary

It used to be that you needed to have an existing Gmail user send you an invitation before you could get a Gmail account. Then Google added this process that involved using a mobile phone to get an account.

All that stuff is done with. You can now get a Gmail account without any of that stuff. All you need to do is go to the Google Mail home page and click the Sign up for Gmail link. Fill in the blanks on the form that appears on your screen and you are off and running.

However, you do want to think about one thing before you sign up. On the signup page, Gmail offers the option to keep a Search History for you. The history records what web pages you've searched for using Google, and gives you access to that history and information like when you last visited each page, from any computer with an Internet connection.

Some privacy groups are warning that Search History will be a target for hackers who can make money from knowing where you go online. They suggest that you clear the Enable Search History checkbox when you create an account. You'll need to balance the additional convenience and information against the potential privacy risk before you sign up for the account.



When you are done signing up, close this window to return to the main Gmail Outlook connection page to complete the process.