GOOGLE has finally acquired JotSpot, which specialises in “wiki” collaborative web pages. Many are expecting this deal to be as big as YouTube’s one but details of the JotSpot acquisition were not disclosed. Earlier this year the California, company launched JotSpot 2.0, saying it was a leap forward in the evolution of the way people share and edit websites.

JotSpot 2.0 is a “wiki” that enables people to make joint calendars, spreadsheets, photo galleries and virtual filing cabinets.

The term “wiki” was inspired by the Hawaiian word “wiki-wiki” for “very quick,” and is used in internet parlance to refer to a site that allows visitors to make changes to content.

The popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia is the seminal example of a wiki. JotSpot will move its 27 employees to Google’s campus.

Here is the official announcement on their blog…

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