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Google has launched Google Ventures, a new venture capital fund that will invest in innovative startup companies, including health care, IT, consumer Internet products and biotechnology firms, Healthcare IT News reports. Rich Miner - co-founder of Android, a mobile platforms company acquired by Google in 2005 - and Bill Maris, who founded Web hosting pioneer Burlee.com, will serve as Google Ventures' managing partners. Miner and Maris, wrote on the Google Blog, "This is Google's effort to take advantage of our resources to support innovation and encourage promising new technology companies." They added, "Economically, times are tough, but great ideas come when they will. If anything, we think the current downturn is an ideal time to invest in nascent companies that have the chance to be the 'next big thing,

Members of the web hosting community are set to benefit from an expanded version of Google Services for Websites, according to the Official Google Enterprise Blog. A new version of the access provider program will feature Google Site Search, as well as Custom Search and AdSense. Google Site Search enables website owners to customise their search options and utilise flexible branding, according to the search engine

Celebrating its first birthday, Google App Engine (appengine.google.com) presented Java runtime support as a gift to developers, combining the simplicity of Google App Engine with the power and flexibility of the Java platform.

Google has been sending notifications via email to business owners about issues related to duplicate Google Places listings. I received such an email a few days ago, but thought it may have been an isolated occurrence until I saw more business owners and SEOs saying they received the same thing. The email being sent out reads:

Dedicated hosting company, Limestone Networks, Inc. is the first company to enable full server management through an Android-based application on the new Google G1 mobile phone.

Before you launch a website, you need to find a hosting service that will allow people to see & search your site on the Google search results.

Easyspace, one the largest web hosting providers in the UK, has this week added a new range of low cost, feature rich, shopping cart solutions to its product portfolio. With the ability to accept payments via a number of the most popular methods already built in (including Paypal and Worldpay), as well as exporting options allowing you to easily list your products on sites such as ebay, Google Base and Kelkoo as well as on your own site, the new eCommerce solution from Easyspace offers an intuitive way for users to start or improve their business online.

We created this list so you don't have to google or bing "How to create a website for free", and skip the painful process of going through dozens of links. To help you get started with your first website, we have compiled a list of 11 website builder's in total, who offer website building and hosting services. There are 8 Free website builders and 3 paid.