Google Sites
About Google Sites
Google Sites is a no-code website builder that allows users to effortlessly create impactful team sites, public websites, company intranets, and private portals. With Google Sites, users can build and host simple business websites.
The platform is highly customizable, enabling users to match their company branding and create a unique online presence. Google Sites integrates seamlessly with other Google Workspace applications, making it easy to embed documents, calendars, and spreadsheets. Users can further enhance their sites by leveraging custom Google Sites gadgets to incorporate dynamic content such as slideshows, RSS feeds, and interactive elements. The platform supports HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, and Google Apps Script, providing advanced customization options.
Google Sites offers robust security features, including encrypted connections, real-time file saving, and fine-grained sharing controls. It is highly responsive, optimizing intelligently for all devices and viewport sizes. The platform also provides integration with Google Analytics and Search Console, allowing users to monitor and optimize their website's performance.
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- Industry: Machinery
- Company size: 201–500 Employees
- Used Weekly for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
A great option for the non-technical who just need basic features
Reviewed on 2023/02/15
Overall, I am very happy with Sites and think it is a great tool for building basic web pages....
Overall, I am very happy with Sites and think it is a great tool for building basic web pages. While it does lack some of the features that the bigger website builders like Wix and Squarespace have, it also lacks the big price tag those services have. I think Sites is the perfect tool for building basic websites for small businesses, classes, and clubs, but would struggle to handle the needs of bigger more established businesses. For us, we primarily use Sites to build internal pages, so it meets our needs well.
Pros
I really love how easy it is to edit and publish pages and sites with Google Sites. Google Sites has a good variety of templates and themes to choose from and the drag-and-drop interface makes editing simple even for those who know nothing about CMSs or web development. The content blocks, Google services integrations, and simple, easy-to-use interface is what makes Google Sites shine. Also, the integration with Google Domains makes it easy to set up a custom domain for your site if you need one.
Cons
Google Sites is pretty capable for what it is, but lacks a lot of features that pros need to adequately customize their sites. The lack of support for things like HTML editing, scripts, and third-party integrations makes customization a challenge and hampers the ability for Google Sites to be used on a professional basis. Sites also lacks some really important features like contact forms, password-protected pages, and blog functionality.
Reasons for Switching to Google Sites
Google Sites was free and much easier to set up and start using since it already included Google service integration. Cost was a major concern for us, so we decided to go with Sites since it was free.- Industry: Information Technology & Services
- Company size: 11–50 Employees
- Used Weekly for 6-12 months
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- Likelihood to recommend 10.0 /10
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Reviewed on 2025/02/03
It is a user-friendly interface and accessible flexible designs features
It is a user-friendly interface and accessible flexible designs features
Pros
Google sites is the best for the beginners where its features are easy to learn and cheaper to use
Cons
I haven't found any challenges with this software
- Industry: Construction
- Company size: 2–10 Employees
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 6.0 /10
A Little Clunky but Great for Price (Free!!)
Reviewed on 2024/11/26
This is actually a very good program, especially for people who don't know how to build a website...
This is actually a very good program, especially for people who don't know how to build a website or need something simple. There are some great templates that are easy to edit and a lot of options for placing content. However, it is very clunky, not as customizable as I would like and hard to get content exactly where you want it and to display exactly how you want it to.
Pros
It is FREE!
Themes are easy to set up, edit and use.
There are premade templates which are easy to edit.
Pages Module very easy to navigate and use.
Settings very easy to navigate.
There are lots of options for adding content
Easy to publish
Cons
It is clunky, meaning doesn't flow very well and getting some content where you may want to put, will either be very difficult or not possible.
Settings aren't very customizable.
Placing pictures to display exactly what you want is very clunky and hard to do and sometimes not possible.
Reasons for Switching to Google Sites
Because it was included in my Google Workspace, at no additional cost.- Industry: Higher Education
- Company size: 1,001–5,000 Employees
- Used Monthly for 2+ years
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- Likelihood to recommend 8.0 /10
Simple, clear and free
Reviewed on 2024/10/03
Very simple to use but not many options available. Suitable for novices as they can't really do...
Very simple to use but not many options available. Suitable for novices as they can't really do much wrong.
Pros
Simple to use and free link to custom domain.
Cons
Design options are very simplistic. It simply looks plain in comparison to others.
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WordPressReasons for Switching to Google Sites
WISIWIG interface and free link to custom domain.- Industry: Marketing & Advertising
- Company size: Self Employed
- Used Daily for 1+ year
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- Likelihood to recommend 9.0 /10
google site
Reviewed on 2024/12/05
The experience is good ,but you need to practice more
The experience is good ,but you need to practice more
Pros
I like it because you can create you own design in they templet.
Cons
To create my landing page for my marketing business.
Google Sites FAQs
Below are some frequently asked questions for Google Sites.Q. What type of pricing plans does Google Sites offer?
Google Sites offers the following pricing plans:
- Pricing model: Free Version
- Free Trial: Not Available
Free to use. No registration or set up fees are required.
Q. Who are the typical users of Google Sites?
Google Sites has the following typical customers:
2–10, 11–50, 51–200, 201–500, 501–1,000, 1,001–5,000
Q. What languages does Google Sites support?
Google Sites supports the following languages:
Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish
Q. Does Google Sites support mobile devices?
Google Sites supports the following devices:
Q. What other apps does Google Sites integrate with?
We do not have any information about what integrations Google Sites has
Q. What level of support does Google Sites offer?
Google Sites offers the following support options:
Email/Help Desk, Chat
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