Google Sites
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| Developer(s) | |
| Operating system | Operating System Independent (web-based application) |
| Type | Wiki |
| License | Creative Commons or Apache License |
| 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. 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 users needed a domain name, which Google 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. However, Mobile SMS verification is required for fraud prevention.[5]
[edit] Features
(November 2009[update]), Google Sites offers the following features:[6]
- Ability to create full copies of sites, including copying from Google Apps to Sites (and vice versa)[7]
- Ability to insert:
- Videos from Google Video/YouTube
- Google Docs document
- Google Calendar
- Google Maps
- AdWords and AdSense (none by default)
There are no ads displayed by default.
[edit] Limitations
- 100 MB of storage (for free account) and 10 GB of storage for Google Apps users[8]
- non-collaborators cannot add anonymous comments (only invited people can "write" to site.)
- no serviceable RSS feeds for site updates, but builders can subscribe to site changes by e-mail.
- must use provided site themes and structure (limited customization is available, colors, font-type, font-size, no CSS, no JavaScript, etc.).
(see official sites wishlist)
- A web address of the form "http://sites.google.com/site/sitename/".
- A site can also be displayed on a custom domain (e.g. www.example.com, wiki.example.com, support.example.com), but you must own the domain and have access to change the CNAME records.
- Limited use of HTML coding. CSS (cascading style sheets) cannot be incorporated in the theme templates.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ↑ Schonfeld, Eric (2008-02-28). "CNN's - The Webtop". CNNMoney.com. http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/03/01/8370596/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ↑ Gruman, Galen (2006-05-15). "JotSpot delivers enterprise wikis and mashups". InfoWorld. http://www.infoworld.com/archives/emailPrint.jsp?R=printThis&A=/article/06/05/15/77897_20FEstartups9_1.html. Retrieved 2008-02-29.
- ↑ Spot on - Google Blog, November 1st 2006
- ↑ Auchard, Eric (2008-02-28). "Google offers team Web site publishing service". Yahoo! News. http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080228/tc_nm/google_sites_dc_1. Retrieved 2008-02-28.
- ↑ "Google Sites Help Group". 2008-05-22. http://groups.google.com/group/sites-help-suggestions/browse_thread/thread/b8ea11cfff75a45a. Retrieved 2008-05-22.
- ↑ "Google Sites". http://sites.google.com/. Retrieved 2009-11-10.
- ↑ http://jonwestfall.com/2009/10/migrate-a-google-sites-to-a-google-apps-installation/
- ↑ "How much storage do I have in Google Sites?". http://www.google.com/support/sites/bin/answer.py?answer=96770. Retrieved 2008-09-10.
[edit] External links
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