Google is announcing the expansion of its Chrome Web Store internationally for the first time, adding support for 24 new countries. While the Web Store has been available to all Chrome users, it was only available in English and only to US developers at first.
Google opened it up to international developers, who had the ability to target only certain countries with their apps. However, even then, only US developers were able to receive payments for their applications in the Web Store.
Leading up to the international expansion, Google started offering localized, translated versions of the site in 41 languages. But it is only now that developers will be able to sell their apps to users outside the US.
'Nine months ago, we launched the Chrome Web Store in the United States,' Rahul Roy-Chowdhury, product manager at Google, wrote. 'Today, we’re expanding and making the store available in 24 more countries.'
The Chrome Web Store will work on Chrome browsers across platforms, as well as Google’s upcoming Chrome Operating system. There will be sections for both paid and free apps. No launch date yet aside from “later this year” but it sounds like it’ll be added to the developer branch of the Chrome browser first, with stable releases to. To then access the Chrome apps, PC/Mac/Linux users with the Google Chrome browser installed on their device can: Install the Chrome App Launcher to launch apps from the desktop (pictured below), or; Type chrome://apps/ into the Google Chrome address bar (as pictured above).
'If you are based in these initial 24 countries, you’ll find it much easier to discover and add new apps, extensions, and themes to Chrome, across a variety of categories—from games to news to productivity tools,' he explained.
'In most countries, for apps that require a fee, you’ll now be able to complete the entire transaction in your local currency,' he added.
While the Chrome Web Store hasn't been a huge success, Google is still working on it. Chrome's huge user base ensures that the Web Store gets a healthy amount of traffic.
Once the selection of apps becomes more interesting, more people will start using them and, hopefully for developers, will start paying for them as well. If Chromebooks start to sell in greater numbers, Web Store apps are guaranteed another influx of new users.
The Chrome Web Store has now become available in: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
Weebly offers a simple app in a Chrome store with a name “Weebly – Website Builder”. This app enables the user to login to their Weebly account using Google account id.
This step by step article explains how to activate the Chrome app and login to your Weebly account.
Step 1
Click here to go to Google Chrome store and access the “Weebly – Website Builder App”.
Step 2
Click on the “Add to Chrome” button.
Weebly – Website Builder Chrome App
Step 3
If you did not sign in with your Google account then you will be prompted to login to your Google account. Enter your Gmail id, password and login to your account.
Click “Add” on the confirmation pop-up for adding a new app.
Step 4
You Weebly app is now added to your Chrome browser. Open a new browse window and you can see the Weebly icon is added in your screen under the “Apps” tab.
Click on the Weebly icon.
Step 5
Clicking on the Weebly icon will prompt you to grant permission to the Weebly app to access your Weebly account using Google id.
Click on the “Accept” button to grant permission.
Step 6
Now you will be logged in to your Weebly account and you can access the editor to edit your sites as normal.
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