Google Sites Launches, Using AJAX to Include Gadgets, to Mixed Reviews

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Trumpeting it as the filling of ‘a key last hole in the Google Apps suite,’ Matt Glotzbach, product management director for Google Enterprise, heralded the arrival of Google Sites - exclusively available in Google Apps - but early reactions have included industry bloggers who are not overly impressed with Google’s use of AJAX despite its claim to make ‘Building a site…as simple as editing a document, and you don’t need anyone’s help to get started.’

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