Comments on: Two Free Website Building Platforms Compared – WordPress VS. Google Sites

By: rahul chaudhary

rahul chaudhary — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 14:04:19 +0000

really nice comparison

but for professional world(users in office) i would say it would be good to setup website using google as in cooperate world , almost everybody blocks the blog sites.

if your viewers are not limited to tech guys then surely wordpress is good

By: MD SEO

MD SEO — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:32:28 +0000

Nice comparison article. I am a big fan of wordpress. I really dont like Google sites because it lacks flexibility, design, blogging capabilities and SEO. Today, wordpress makes even a beginner look decent with all the new themes out there.

By: Angela Kennedy

Angela Kennedy — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 08:24:23 +0000

I used Google sites initially for First Class Water but soon got frustrated with its lack of flexibility, themes, plug-ins, SEO ability .. i found it a very constrained tool and really only of use to someone in need of an online classified ad. If you have the time WordPress is the premium product here.

By: Tormod

Tormod — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:20:10 +0000

I’ve recently been messing around with weebly , googlesites and wordpress.com as these are the free webuilding platforms which offer free hosting. I find that googlesites seems to be good for quick and easy setup and sharing ,table formats, files and forms easily, However, the template is customizable but only so far . There is no access to moving around the navigation bars, you have horizontal or a side bar but being able to freely move this around is not an option. The content page only allows you a number of set layouts ( this in weebly is more customizable ), it doesn’t allow for example a two column layout in the ratio 75 %one side 25 % the other. Leaving public comments on the site also proves to be problematic and requires embedding (html comments box) into the site which then causes problems in other browsers. Google site however requires no CSS coding however weebly does if you want to make your template semi attractive and without a massive header .

Weebly although flexible as mentioned above is fidgety, requiring some css coding and steady mouse clicking.

Word press.com i haven’t much experience with but the first thing i checked was trying to embed my google calendar unfortunately it was not easy and i still haven’t managed to do it . From what i understand this type of thing is more suitable for wordpress.org . This requires webhosting though and isn’t as user friendly as the others.

Anyways that’s my finding after hours of tinkering about

By: Eyal Sela

Eyal Sela — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 15:32:40 +0000

I'm really glad to hear that! Let me know if you need help, my contact details are in the Contact page

By: Ian

Ian — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 02:42:24 +0000

Thank you also, I’m working in two non profit areas and had used 1 & 1′s web site builder to get started only to find out that it is very poor + they charge extra if you use it to produce more than 25 pages.

I’m now learning Drupal but having many of the self learn hurdles slowing things down. To get the content up for now I will give google sites a go after reading your helpful comparison.
You have freed up some time for me to work on the important content.

I’ve spent vast amounts of unpaid time on problems within cancer care, Thank you for this.

By: Hila

Hila — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 16:08:02 +0000

Great article, saved me loads of time figuring out the differences myself
thanks a lot!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:49:49 +0000

just had to go through the same decision and after spending several days to work out all the several features, i came exactly to the same conclusions. unfortunately, i found your site only afterwards, but at least i am now even more reassured

Cheers!

By: Marjory Whittinghill

Marjory Whittinghill — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:38:52 +0000

Wow! For a nice and hunting yahoo for hours in this and i also as a final point found it listed here!

By: Eyal Sela

Eyal Sela — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:22:22 +0000

Good question.
1. Google sites has become more powerful since then, and got better themes.
2. The things about WordPress are still relevant.

I should note that it my be more correct to compare Google Sites with WordPress.com, which is the hosted version of WordPress. This means that you don’t have to mess around with the server configurations (but you’re much more limited)

By: Liz

Liz — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 19:16:39 +0000

This was written a year ago, do you still agree with what you said? Just wondering because I’m looking into a website for our small not for profit and things change really quickly.

By: team building phoenix

team building phoenix — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 07:14:07 +0000

Great post, Very informative..

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Meridian File Cabinet Keys — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 18:50:32 +0000

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File Cabinet Key — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:33:25 +0000

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By: Alex Johnson

Alex Johnson — Sun, 23 May 2010 01:48:31 +0000

Very helpful information. I bookmarked this article. Thanks for sharing.

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By: Gilly Barr

Gilly Barr — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 02:04:10 +0000

and one more thing…
I just wen to check out Google Sites, and it seems like they updated it with more layouts and plenty of more styles and themes to choose from. It seems like they have a them and template for any subject you could think of!
I believe, that in the long run, Google will have stronger abbilities than WordPress, but only time will tell…

By: Gilly Barr

Gilly Barr — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:51:36 +0000

This post is great, and really saved me some comparing these products myself, since I want to start using one of them soon.
You didn't mention hosting fees or limitations ???

By: mfarney

mfarney — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:49:29 +0000

All and all, Wordpress wins! I've been trying my hand with a Wordpress theme and I realized just how flexible their service really is. I wouldn't have had so much liberty with Google, that's for sure.
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Mathew Farney - Web Hosting

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 23:40:40 +0000

Great idea for a comparison post! Thanks

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