DESIGER

Last year  Google redesigned its sign up form.In the new form if you click to sign up to a google account it use to redirect to gmail account sign up and if you create an gmail account you will automatically get a google account and google plus profile. At that time, the updated form was available when you clicked "sign in" and then "sign up" from Googles homepage, but now its displayed for many more Google services (some exceptions: Google Calendar, Google Books, Google Wallet) and it no longer asks you to join Google+.


Its interesting to notice that the only Google service that uses the new form and lets you use your own email address is Google Drive. You just click "I prefer to use my current email address" and skip creating a Gmail account. Heres the link to this version of the form: https://accounts.google.com/SignUpWithoutGmail.



You can also use URLs like: https://accounts.google.com/NewAccount?service=cl to see the old form.