Google Sites Portfolio
Learn how to create your own personal, business or student portfolio for absolutely free and without typing a line of code.
What is a Google Sites Portfolio?
A Google Sites portfolio is your way of sharing your profile of work with the world. This digital collection can contain your writing, artwork, photography, personal and professional accomplishments.Ā
What makes Google Sites an excellent e-portfolio option is its user friendly and free to use. You can create a simple one page business card or resume, or use it for blogging and projects. Your portfolio can easily expand and grow with your achievements. There are many site layouts, themes and templates to choose in the template gallery.
Remember, an online portfolio increases your presence on the web, so it's particularly inviting for freelance designers, developers or artists. Your showcase can certainly convert into new leads, clients or projects. So get ready to share your skills with the world by starting a free digital portfolio website today.
Benefits of a E-Portfolio on Sites
Free hosting for your website
Free sites.google.com web address (or connect a domain for a fee)
No coding knowledge required
WSIWYG drag and drop site builder interface
Controls for SEO to have your portfolio or resume indexed by Google
How to Make Portfolios, Resumes & CVs
Create your Google Site from Google Drive
Give your portfolio a site title
Choose or install a custom theme to fit your personality
Create pages like My Work, My Projects, My Blog or My Skills
Upload images, insert documents or embed resources
Preview your site and make sure it looks good on mobile (Sites is automatically responsive)
Check SEO - site title, page titles and headings are important
Publish your site and use a custom web address
Best Features to Use
Google Docs for your up to date detailed curriculum vitae (CV)
Youtube for a personal introduction video or work showcase
Google Slides embed for your pitch deck or presentation
Social links widget to easily gain followers
Apps like Calendly to allow setting client meetings on your schedule
Important Tips for an Impressive Site
Keep the design clean and simple, that includes your page count
Show off your best work. These are the visuals besides maybe your headshot photo
Maintain your portfolio and inform visitors of new content updates
How to Publish and Share Your Site
Ensure your site is shared publicly with the whole world because some sites by default are set as private
Allow crawlbots to crawl your site by reviewing your publish settings
Select a web address that is description of you or your work
Publish whenever you make portfolio updates
Portfolio Type Website Templates
These are all available from our Google Sites developer partners, sorted for Google Sites personal site and portfolios.
Popular Examples - Portfolio Use Cases
Student Class Portfolios
Due to the wide circulation of Google Workspace for Education, Google Sites is an accessible platform for students to build their own portfolios. There sites are secure and allow for creativity in the classroom. Many teachers create activities for on Google Sites.
Professionals
We've seen Google Sites for almost every line of work, this includes doctors, researchers, professors, artists, photographers, designers, developers and consultants. Google Sites is so quick to get up and running, even importing your content, that the busiest entrepreneurs still have time to slap one together. The fact is a these portfolio sites can look great.Ā
If you need more help on the how to specifics, read up here.