Google Page Creator (Beta...)

Google Page Creator is a free online tool that makes it easy for anyone to create and publish useful, attractive web pages in just minutes.

• No technical knowledge required.
Build high-quality web pages without having to learn HTML or use complex software.

• wysiwyg (What You See Is What You Get)
Edit your pages right in your browser, seeing exactly how your finished product will look every step along the way.

• Don't worry about hosting.
Your web pages will live on your own site at http://yourgmailusername.googlepages.com

It gives you 100MB of storage and it does not have ads on it yet (!). It won't let you put anything but simple html on it. No java script or flash.

Google claims that your pages will be indexed into Google very fast - but you will not get a position advantage in the search results.

Before shifting to Google Pages you should keep this part of their disclaimer in mind:

"You acknowledge that Google has set no fixed upper limit on the number of transmissions you may send or receive through Google services or the amount of storage space used; however, we retain the right, at our sole discretion, to create limits at any time with or without notice. "

Try it out on:
http://pages.google.com
(it was temporarily closed for new users when I tried it)