<s>
Google	B-Application
Sites	I-Application
is	O
a	O
structured	B-Protocol
wiki	I-Protocol
and	O
web	O
page	O
creation	O
tool	O
included	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
free	O
,	O
web-based	B-Application
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
Editors	I-Application
suite	O
offered	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
also	O
includes	O
Google	B-Application
Docs	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Language
Sheets	I-Language
,	O
Google	B-Application
Slides	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Drawings	I-Application
,	O
Google	B-Application
Forms	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
Keep	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Sites	I-Application
is	O
only	O
available	O
as	O
a	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
Sites	I-Application
started	O
out	O
as	O
JotSpot	B-Application
,	O
the	O
name	O
and	O
sole	O
product	O
of	O
a	O
software	O
company	O
that	O
offered	O
enterprise	O
social	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
was	O
founded	O
by	O
Joe	O
Kraus	O
and	O
Graham	O
Spencer	O
,	O
co-founders	O
of	O
Excite	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2006	O
,	O
JotSpot	B-Application
was	O
named	O
part	O
of	O
Business	O
2.0	O
,	O
"	O
Next	O
Net	O
25	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
May	O
2006	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
honored	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
InfoWorld	O
's	O
"	O
15	O
Start-ups	O
to	O
Watch	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
JotSpot	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
.	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Google	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
prolonged	O
data	O
transition	O
of	O
webpages	O
created	O
using	O
Google	B-Application
Page	I-Application
Creator	I-Application
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
Google	B-Application
Pages	I-Application
"	O
)	O
to	O
Google	B-Application
Sites	I-Application
servers	O
in	O
2007	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
February	O
28	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Sites	I-Application
was	O
unveiled	O
using	O
the	O
JotSpot	B-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
free	O
,	O
but	O
users	O
needed	O
a	O
domain	O
name	O
,	O
which	O
Google	B-Application
offered	O
for	O
$10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
as	O
of	O
May	O
21	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
Sites	I-Application
became	O
available	O
for	O
free	O
,	O
separately	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Apps	O
,	O
and	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
a	O
domain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
a	O
complete	O
rebuild	O
of	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Sites	O
platform	O
,	O
named	O
the	O
New	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Sites	I-Application
,	O
along	O
with	O
transition	O
schedule	O
from	O
Classic	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Sites	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
new	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Sites	I-Application
does	O
not	O
use	O
JotSpot	B-Application
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
new	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Sites	I-Application
became	O
the	O
default	O
option	O
for	O
website	O
creation	O
,	O
while	O
in	O
November	O
2021	O
,	O
all	O
websites	O
made	O
with	O
classic	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Sites	I-Application
were	O
archived	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
a	O
Turkish	O
regional	O
court	O
ruling	O
in	O
2009	O
,	O
all	O
pages	O
hosted	O
on	O
Google	B-Application
Sites	I-Application
were	O
blocked	O
in	O
Turkey	O
after	O
it	O
was	O
alleged	O
that	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
pages	O
contained	O
an	O
insult	O
of	O
Turkey	O
's	O
founder	O
,	O
Mustafa	O
Kemal	O
Atatürk	O
.	O
</s>
