Google Sites
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Google Sites is a Web hosting - service of the US company Google . Registered users can create public or restricted websites there . The service left beta status on January 26th, 2009 . Google Sites replaces the Google Page Creator service, which was used to create web pages online. A wiki functionality is also included in Google Sites .
history
Originally the company JotSpot worked on " social software " especially for small and medium-sized companies. In October 2006 the company was taken over by Google. In February 2008, Google Sites was introduced as a new service from Google. The software uses the JotSpot technology. The Google service has been freely accessible since March 2008.
Functions
Users can choose from a variety of ready-made page types and designs. Simple pages for texts, files, lists and forums are possible. Access to these can be controlled by the user via invitations, whereby the invited users can either be appointed as the owner of the website, as employees or only given read access. In addition, you can decide whether the site should be publicly available on the Internet or only for certain people.
Restrictions
The free storage space available per Google site was limited to 100 MB in classic Google Sites, "Google Apps Professional" users had 10 GB available.
There is no RSS feature that would inform about changes to the pages. However, users can subscribe to the pages and are then informed of changes to the pages by email.
See also
- Google App Engine : Platform for developing and hosting web applications on Google's servers
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Spot on - Google Blog, November 1, 2006
- ↑ Insert Google files, videos and other items. Answer to Google Help
- ↑ Google Apps Professional (Google Apps for Business)