Google Sites: How It Falls Short As A Website Builder

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Google Sites: How It Falls Short As A Website Builder

September 7, 2021 | 4:59 pm

Google Sites: How It Falls Short As A Website Builder

September 7, 2021 | 4:59 pm

Google Sites: How It Falls Short As A Website Builder

September 7, 2021 | 4:59 pm

Google Sites: How It Falls Short As A Website Builder

September 7, 2021 | 4:59 pm
As a digital marketing agency, so much of what we do at District Maven involves Google in some shape or form. We regularly optimize our client’s sites and campaigns to perform better within its search engine pages. Google Workspace is our platform of choice for email, sharing documents, and communicating as a team and with clients.

With that immense value and convenience in mind, noticing the newly available “Google Sites” app available to us in G-Suite immediately piqued our interest. In addition to already being included in our monthly subscription price and integrated with our docs, sheets, and forms, we initially assumed it would be a robust platform that offered user-friendly alternatives to writing complex code.

After additional investigation and some tinkering, we discovered that this is only partially true. Sure, Google Sites is free and easy to use, eliminating the need for any true coding to publish a site online. However, its significant shortcomings quickly clarified that the platform is genuinely nothing more than a lackluster website builder with a flashy name.

Let’s explore further:
As a digital marketing agency, so much of what we do at District Maven involves Google in some shape or form. We regularly optimize our client’s sites and campaigns to perform better within its search engine pages. Google Workspace is our platform of choice for email, sharing documents, and communicating as a team and with clients.

With that immense value and convenience in mind, noticing the newly available “Google Sites” app available to us in G-Suite immediately piqued our interest. In addition to already being included in our monthly subscription price and integrated with our docs, sheets, and forms, we initially assumed it would be a robust platform that offered user-friendly alternatives to writing complex code.

After additional investigation and some tinkering, we discovered that this is only partially true. Sure, Google Sites is free and easy to use, eliminating the need for any true coding to publish a site online. However, its significant shortcomings quickly clarified that the platform is genuinely nothing more than a lackluster website builder with a flashy name.

Let’s explore further:
As a digital marketing agency, so much of what we do at District Maven involves Google in some shape or form. We regularly optimize our client’s sites and campaigns to perform better within its search engine pages. Google Workspace is our platform of choice for email, sharing documents, and communicating as a team and with clients.

With that immense value and convenience in mind, noticing the newly available “Google Sites” app available to us in G-Suite immediately piqued our interest. In addition to already being included in our monthly subscription price and integrated with our docs, sheets, and forms, we initially assumed it would be a robust platform that offered user-friendly alternatives to writing complex code.

After additional investigation and some tinkering, we discovered that this is only partially true. Sure, Google Sites is free and easy to use, eliminating the need for any true coding to publish a site online. However, its significant shortcomings quickly clarified that the platform is genuinely nothing more than a lackluster website builder with a flashy name.

Let’s explore further:
As a digital marketing agency, so much of what we do at District Maven involves Google in some shape or form. We regularly optimize our client’s sites and campaigns to perform better within its search engine pages. Google Workspace is our platform of choice for email, sharing documents, and communicating as a team and with clients.

With that immense value and convenience in mind, noticing the newly available “Google Sites” app available to us in G-Suite immediately piqued our interest. In addition to already being included in our monthly subscription price and integrated with our docs, sheets, and forms, we initially assumed it would be a robust platform that offered user-friendly alternatives to writing complex code.

After additional investigation and some tinkering, we discovered that this is only partially true. Sure, Google Sites is free and easy to use, eliminating the need for any true coding to publish a site online. However, its significant shortcomings quickly clarified that the platform is genuinely nothing more than a lackluster website builder with a flashy name.

Let’s explore further: