Google Sites

History

Originally the company JotSpot worked on " social software " specially designed for small and medium businesses. In October 2006 the company was acquired by Google. In February 2008, Google Sites was unveiled as a new service from Google. The software uses the JotSpot technology. Since March 2008, the Google service is freely accessible.

Functions

Users can choose from various pre- prepared page types. Simple text pages, pages for files, lists and forum sites are possible. Access to the sides can be controlled by invitations. The invited user can then be made ​​either to the owner of the site to employees or only get read access. The owner of a site can also decide if the site should be publicly available on the web.

Restrictions

The free space available depending Google Site is limited to 100 MB, "Google Apps Premier Edition " users are 10 GB.

An RSS feature that would inform you of changes to the pages, does not exist. Users can, however, subscribe to the sides and are then informed by email about changes to the pages.