I don't like the URLs that don't reflect what my pages contain.

[linlyons]

Google sites are better at that.
But that site does other things with my posts that I don't like.
Too bad.
Oh well, if it's free, my choices are use it or not.
Probably not at the current time.   😞

I do see that I can have 'aliases' that point to pages.
That is better than nothing, but I still don't like it.

[bill_pier3 · Accepted solution]

What do you mean 'aliases'?

Google Sites supports custom domains, a site can be addressed at your domain instead of the Sites URL.

Further, Sites webpages can be assigned a 'custom path' under Page / properties.  This 'path' can be appended to your custom domain, e.g. https://goodstuff.myplace.io/deals ), allowing for a custom URL that addresses a specific webpage in your Sites website.  It's not perfect, but it does provide nice aliasing to webpages.

[linlyons]

I've learned more about google sites, and this isn't an issue.
It was confusing because while I was editing, and also posting, my chosen url was not used.
Now that I know more, it's not an issue.