Google Sites

About Google Sites

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.

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" , and in May 2006, it was honored as one of InfoWorld's "15 Start-ups to Watch" . In October 2006, JotSpot was acquired by Google. In February 2008, Google Sites was unveiled using the JotSpot technology. 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.