Google Sites (in Russian “Google Sites”) is a free website builder and designer, one of the many services of the search giant that allows anyone with a registered Google account to create their own small web resource such as a portfolio, business card, landing page, etc. .P.

 

You can even make something a simplified version of a full-fledged thematic information resource, such as, for example, this summer resident’s knowledge base, it was created on the Google Sites platform:

When creating a site, we get a third-level domain for free. But if you wish, you can bind your own, more readable or promoted domain.

 

Websites are created using space in Google Drive. By the way, they can be produced in large numbers and with a huge number of pages for each. But not these factors are limiting in work with Google Sites.

 

Work with the service is limited to:

 

The maximum data volume of each individual site is 100 MB for users of regular free accounts and 10 GB for users of G Suite accounts;

The maximum weight of the attached file is 20 MB for users of regular free accounts and 50 MB for users of G Suite accounts;

The number of links in the Sitemap is no more than 1000;

The inability to place ad units.

Google Sites is not a full-fledged hosting, and the company is by no means interested in information resources created for earning on contextual advertising. For these purposes, she has another service - the blogging platform Blogspot.com.

 

The Google Sites platform was created primarily for the promotion of products, services and projects. This is a platform for companies, entrepreneurs, freelancers and other self-employed people. But just as a company does not allow users to monetize sites created on its site with the help of advertising, so it itself does not pile up users' creations with its contextual blocks. In this regard, the service works honestly.

 

Sites created using Google Sites are indexed. True, it’s hardly worth counting on their appearance in places of honor in the search results of Yandex.

 

So, the main negative characteristic of the service is the negligible site size (only 100 MB) in the framework of working with a free Google account. With such weight, you can’t leave farther than the “para-page” site.

 

And what benefits can the service offer? There are a lot of them:

 

Simple and clear tools for site building;

Modern, stylish themes, responsive design;

Integration of Google services (YouTube, Photos, Docs, Calendar, etc.);

The possibility of group work on the site;

The ability to operate the site in private mode with access after authorization;

Hosting on foreign servers.