Today Google opened Google sites for the public. Google sites is a brilliant move from Google to increase the usability of their Google Apps as many might know that these apps weren’t that hit as Google expected.

The story started when Google acquired JotSpot few months ago and started to integrate their application into Google Apps during this period Google sites were available to only Jotspot subscribers and now when everything is stable , Google officially released Google sites to the public use.

What is Google sites ?

Google sites in simple words is A TOTALLY FREE online tool that enables you to create websites for any use of your choice without having to use any HTML coding to be published over the web or for a specific group of users. Also you can integrate

Google Apps into this site including Gmail , Google Calender , Google Talk ,Google docs and Security and compliance.

Quick facts about Google Sites (copied from Google sites official site)

• Single-click page creation Creating a new page for your Google Site just takes the click of a button.

• No HTML required Creating a Google Site is as easy as editing a document, which means there’s no markup language for you to learn — just get started.

• Make it your own Our customization options let you give your Google Site your own look and feel

• Get started with templates We offer a growing list of page types — web page, announcements, file cabinet, dashboard and list– to help you get started with your Google Sites pages.

• Upload files and attachments Use the file cabinet to upload files up to 10MB in size. Each Google Apps account receives at least 10GB of storage in Google Sites. Google Apps Premier and Education editions get an additional 500MB for each user account.

• Embed rich content Google Sites is integrated with other Google products, so you can insert videos, docs, spreadsheets,presentations, photo slide shows, and calendars directly onto your Google Sites pages.

• Work together and share Our permission settings let you designate owners, viewers and collaborators (meaning they can edit pages) for your site. And you can make your Google Sites available to just a few people, your entire organization, or the world.

• Search with Google You can search across Google Sites pages and content using powerful Google search technology. You’ll find specific pages and documents instantly, the same way you would on Google.com.

It seems like the Internet Giant is taking a new path in the direction of social networking .First they came up with Google Friends Connect now they are pioneering in their Google sites Application . Will other social media sites stand the competition !!!!!