Small Business

Build a Workgroup Web Site with Google Sites

By Rick Broida

Updated on: May 22, 2008 / 12:00 PM EDT / MoneyWatch

Back in February, Google unveiled Google Sites, a free service enabling users to whip together secure, team-friendly Web sites. Unfortunately, it was available only to Google Apps users. But as of yesterday, Google Sites is now available to everyone. Here's an overview:

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.

Sounds perfect for team projects, company intranets, and the like, no?

Yes. As with so much other Google goodness, Google Sites costs nothing to use. Peep the above video for a quick demo. [via The Official Google Blog]