Google Account

A Google Account is a user account that provides access to Google services such as Blogger, YouTube, and Google Groups. A Google Account is required for the use of Gmail, but account holders are not required to use Gmail and it is possible to create a Google Account without Gmail. Accounts in EU countries were hosted on the domain googlemail.com, instead of gmail.com because Google did not own the trademark. Since resolving the domain dispute, user account use either gmail.com, or may use another provider's address.