A new application, Google Sites, was just launched from Google, making online file sharing a breeze!

In desperation to find an application for a new client, Hank’s Photos, I stumbled upon this new product. (Hank’s Photos doesn’t have access to a database) Although it’s not a solve-all free website hosting application, it could be just what you need for your company’s collaboration and productivity services. I found it a lot more user-friendly than ZOHO which was my choice prior to finding Google Sites.

From the article at webware.com:

[Google Sites] has two main features: First, you can set it up so anyone you want can edit a Google Sites page (or you can keep it private). And second, it records all changes and lets you change things so you can un-do these edits.

Users who want to keep track of changes to a Google Sites project, or just a page on it, can easily sign up to get alerted when other users make changes.

So, I did a little messing with it to see what could be done, and just how easy it would be for the non-techy to use. You can view my resulting design works here.

Other links of interest:

• Choose which edition you need
• Mashable’s blog post about Google Sites
• Google Relaunches Jotspot - TechCrunch
• My delicious bookmarks on googlesites

All-in-all, I give this new application from Google Apps a thumbs-up!

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