Source: googleblog.blogspot.com

Google has acquired JotSpot, which describes itself as "the first application wiki company." In a well-coordinated display, JotSpot’s co-founder Joe Kraus made a post about the purchase on the Google Blog, while the JotSpot site supplied the answers to eleven "frequently asked questions" about the deal. There’s another post on the "JotBlog," as well.
It  allows businesses and individuals to use wikis for collaboration.

the acquisition occurred because "Google shares JotSpot’s vision for helping people collaborate, share and work together online. JotSpot’s team and technology are a strong fit with existing Google products like Google Docs & Spreadsheets, Google Apps for Your Domain and Google Groups."

"Joining Google allows us to plug into the resources that only a company of Google’s scale can offer, like a huge audience, access to world-class data centers and a team of incredibly smart people," Joe Kraus stated.

Google made the announcement today on the Google blog, and gave some clues to their possible Google Borg integration intentions:

After all, information created by a single user becomes exponentially more valuable when it’s shared and combined with information from other people or places. We’ve been tackling this step by step for awhile now, including enabling people to move their calendars, photos and documents onto the web — unlocking them from one PC or one piece of paper to open up a wide range of possibilities for working, planning, socializing, organizing, and so on.

JotSpot will shortly be making the transition over to Google’s software architecture and Joe Kraus of JotSpot also discusses the acquisition at the Google blog.

Bill Slawski of SEO by the SEA is an enthusiastic JotSpot user and adds :

“This was an excellent choice for Google, and the program provides a nice additional tool to go along with Google’s Docs and spreadsheets. There is some overlap between what it offers, and what those programs provide, but the addition of the team behind JotSpot should work to make the programs even better.“

JotSpot and Google are not going to immediately benefit from the hubbub caused by the buyout, however. "Our first task is to focus on the integration and the migration to Google’s systems," says the Jotspot FAQ section, and "as a result, we’ve closed off new registrations." The company will notify would-be users (who provide their e-mail addresses) when registration is opened again.

In the meantime, know that Joe Kraus and the JotSpot Team "couldn’t be more excited" about the acquisition.

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