Well it looks like the rumours about Google creating a website creator were true as Google this morning released an Ajax page creator called Google Page Creator, just one problem though and that is that Google has had to disable registration and access to it until they can increase capacity to it has they received an overwhelming amount of traffic to it, here’s the official message:

Thank you for your interest in Google Page Creator! Google Page Creator has experienced extremely strong demand, and, as a result, we have temporarily limited the number of new signups as we increase capacity. In the meantime, please submit your email address and we will notify you as soon as we are ready to add new accounts. Thank you for your patience.

So as you can see you can’t register yet so I’ll leave you with a bit more information about it:

Want to create an online photo tour of your vacation to Bali? An overview of the South American precipitation cycle for your science class? A shrine to your pet ferret?

Now’s your chance. We’re testing a new product that makes creating your own web pages as easy as creating a document in a word processor. Google Page Creator is a free tool that lets you create web pages right in your browser and publish them to the web with one click. There’s no software to download and no web designer to hire. The pages you create are hosted on Google servers and are available at http://yourgmailusername.googlepages.com for the world to see.

At Google, we’ve found that listening to our users early helps us develop the best possible products. So we’re giving our users a chance to play with Google Page Creator even though it’s not yet fully baked, and we’re counting on you to send us your feedback and suggestions. If you’d like to stay up to date on all the latest Google Page Creator happenings, sign up for our updates mailing list.

Via: Google Page Creator Site