Google revives wiki web publishing - more user-friendly and less customizable
March 4, 2008
Google continues to expand its Apps, adding a team web publishing tool to the bulk. Google had acquired JotSpot wiki service back in October 2006, and now, after 16 months, launched it as a new Google App, naming it Google Sites.
Michael Arrington writes on techcrunch.com “Google Sites looks absolutely nothing like Jotspot, other than the fact that both are hosted wikis. All of the structured data templates launched by Jotspot in July 2006 have been stripped out.”
The new Google App added user-friendliness but took away from functionality, lacking an application program interface (API), and having limited backward scalability, writes Juan Carlos Peres on arnnet.com.au, summarizing the mixed feelings incumbent Jotspot users have voiced.
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