Google Sites
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| OS | Any (web based application) |
| Type | Wiki |
| Website | http://sites.google.com/ |
Google Sites is a structured wiki offered by Google as part of Google Apps. It was launched on February 28, 2008 and is currently in beta stage. It replaces Google Page Creator, Google's previous webpage creation service.
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[edit] History
Google Sites started out as JotSpot, a software company that offered enterprise social software. The product was targeted mainly at small-sized and medium-sized businesses. The company was founded by Joe Kraus and Graham Spencer, co-founders of Excite.
In February 2006, JotSpot was named part of Business 2.0, "Next Net 25" [1], and in May 2006, it was honored as one of InfoWorld's "15 Start-ups to Watch" [2]. In October 2006, JotSpot was acquired by Google.[3] In February 2008, Google Sites was unveiled using the JotSpot technology.[4] The service was free, but a domain was needed to be able to be used, which Google had offered for $10. However, as of May 21, 2008, Google Sites became available for free separately from Google Apps, and without the need for a domain.[5]
[edit] Features
In its current stage of development (December 2008), Google Sites offers the following features:[6]
- A web address of the form "http://sites.google.com/site/username/".
- A limited number of themes (23 as of September 2008).
- Limited use of HTML coding. CSS (cascading style sheets) cannot be incorporated in the theme templates.
[edit] Limitations
- 100 MiB of storage (for free account)
- 10 GiB of storage for Google Apps users[7]
- non-collaborators cannot add anonymous comments (only invited people can "write" to site.)
- cannot clone/copy site.
- no RSS feeds for site updates.
- cannot add arbitrary HTML to site - only the WYSIWYG editor can be used
- must use provided site themes and structure (limited customisation is available, colours, font-type, font-size, etc.)
(see official sites wishlist)
[edit] References
- ^ Schonfeld, Eric (2008-02-28). "CNN's - The Webtop". CNNMoney.com. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ^ Gruman, Galen (2006-05-15). "JotSpot delivers enterprise wikis and mashups". InfoWorld. Retrieved on 2008-02-29.
- ^ Spot on - Google Blog, November 1st 2006
- ^ Auchard, Eric (2008-02-28). "Google offers team Web site publishing service". Yahoo! News. Retrieved on 2008-02-28.
- ^ "Google Sites Help Group" (2008-05-22). Retrieved on 2008-05-22.
- ^ "Google Sites". Retrieved on 2008-08-17.
- ^ "How much storage do I have in Google Sites?". Retrieved on 2008-09-10.
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