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Google Sites

Structured wiki- and Web page-creation tool

Structured wiki- and Web page-creation tool

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nameGoogle Sites
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screenshotFile:Screenshot of Google Sites editing.png
captionScreenshot of the editing mode in the
New Google Sites.
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genreWebsite creation Collaborative software
website
(New version)
(Classic)

New Google Sites. (New version)

(Classic) Google Sites is a structured wiki and web page creation tool included as part of the free, web-based Google Docs Editors suite offered by Google. The service includes Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google Drawings, Google Forms, and Google Keep. Google Sites is only available on the web.

History

Google Sites started out as JotSpot, the name and sole product of a software company that offered enterprise social software. It 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",{{cite web |url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/03/01/8370596/index.htm

In June 2016, Google introduced a complete rebuild of the Google Sites platform, named the New Google Sites, along with transition schedule from Classic Google Sites. The new Google Sites does not use JotSpot technology.

In August 2020, the new Google Sites became the default option for website creation, while in November 2021, all websites made with classic Google Sites were archived.

Censorship

Following a Turkish regional court ruling in 2009, all pages hosted on Google Sites were blocked in Turkey after it was alleged that one of the pages contained an insult of Turkey's founder, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk. In 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled the blockage a breach of Article 10 of the European Convention on Human Rights (Yildirim v Turkey, 2012). The blockage was lifted in 2014.

References

References

  1. Gruman, Galen. (May 15, 2006). ["JotSpot delivers enterprise wikis and mashups"](http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/jotspot-delivers-enterprise-wikis-and-mashups-327). InfoWorld.
  2. [http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/10/spot-on.html Spot on] – Google Blog, November 1, 2006
  3. Auchard, Eric. (February 28, 2008). "Google offers team Web site publishing service". Yahoo! News.
  4. (May 22, 2008). "Google Sites Help Group".
  5. Lardinois, Frederic. "Google's redesigned Google Sites goes live". TechCrunch.
  6. "Google Apps for Work – Email, Collaboration Tools And More".
  7. "An update on the classic Google Sites deprecation timeline". G Suite Updates Blog.
  8. "Convert your classic Sites to new Sites - Sites Help".
  9. 1 Crown Office Row. (January 16, 2013). "Turkish block on Google site breached Article 10 rights, rules Strasbourg". UK Human Rights Blog.
  10. "Google Transparency Report – Turkey, Google Sites".
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