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Google Sites now open to everyone

13 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/google-sites-now-open-to-everyone.88656/

CadCrazy
CadCrazy Original post #1
May 23, 2008 at 2:18 PM
A few months ago we launched Google Sites exclusively as part of Google Apps for companies and organizations that wanted to use the service on their own domains. Now we've made it easy for anyone to set up a website to share all types of information -- team projects, company intranets, community groups, classrooms, clubs, family updates, you name it -- in one place, for a few people, a group or the world. You can securely host your own website at *sites.google.com/[your-website] and add as many pages as you like for free.

Getting started with Google Sites is easy. You can create different types of pages from scratch with the click of a button, and you can embed documents, calendars, photos, videos and gadgets directly into those pages. Similar to Google Docs, built-in editing tools allow for popular text and formatting changes to be made in a straightforward, WYSIWYG manner. Once your site is up and running, inviting people to edit or view your content is as simple as entering in their email address (of course, you can change access levels at any time). And you (or anyone who has editing privileges) can add or edit information whenever you'd like.

Via Google Blog
T
May 23, 2008 at 2:23 PM
Thanks for the news.
dheeraj_kumar
May 23, 2008 at 7:55 PM
What is the difference between google pages and google sites?
Night Rider
May 23, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Good news. Thanks for the information.
anand1
anand1 #5
May 23, 2008 at 9:30 PM
good news i will check it out and will be working on it.
din
din #7
May 24, 2008 at 12:04 AM
... You can securely host your own website at *sites.google.com/[your-website] and add as many pages as you like for free.

Small correction

The format is

*sites.google.com/site/your-site-name
NIGHTMARE
May 24, 2008 at 7:35 AM
thanks
Voldy
Voldy #9
May 25, 2008 at 12:17 PM
Grt news and thks for info
casanova
casanova #10
May 26, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Great news. I hope I launch my site soon
kumarmohit
May 26, 2008 at 12:48 PM
how is this different from google pages?
dheeraj_kumar
May 26, 2008 at 8:35 PM
^^ kumarmohit, I asked the same question, no replies yet, I'll try out the sites soon and let people know.
naveen_reloaded
May 27, 2008 at 6:10 PM
few question....

1.) is it like free google hosting ??
2.)if soo how much is the bandwidth and space ??
3.) if not wht is it anyway...

coz we have googlepages now... wht is this anyway??