But imagine if it hadn't. Imagine a world where Google Sites became the container for Google+ communities. Instead of a chaotic news feed, you would have curated, static hubs (Sites) that hosted dynamic discussions (G+). A school’s Google Site could have a G+ stream just for parents. A band’s fan site could have a G+ Circle for ticket swaps. It would have been a hybrid: the permanence of the web with the velocity of social media.
The shutdown necessitated immediate changes in the Google Sites infrastructure: google sites g plus
The Integration and Retirement of Google+ Brand Pages within Google Sites: A Retrospective Analysis But imagine if it hadn't
That world doesn't exist. Google, in its infinite corporate ADD, killed the integration before it could breathe. Instead, we got two half-products: one that was too social to be useful (G+) and one that was too useful to be social (Sites). A school’s Google Site could have a G+
Embedding private or public community pages.
Now look at . Originally launched in 2008 as the successor to JotSpot, Sites is the anti-social network. It has no likes. No comments. No feed. It is a purely static, often ugly, deeply functional space. You create a page, you add a text box, and you hit publish. The world may never see it.