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Book Review A GOOGLE STORY
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Technology
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Content About the Author About the Book Introduction Environment
Search Engine Investments Hiring Professionals Advertising April Fool and Virtual Library
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About The Author – David A. Vise
Senior Commentator for Breakingviews.com Journalist and Writer – Washington Post President of Washington Hebrew Congregation Board member of the World Union for Progressive Judaism Pulitzer prize winner His books includes: Eagle on the Street – Wall Street vs. SEC The Bureau and the Mole- FBI Sweet Redemption- NCAA Basketball
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About The Book Two Googlers Innovative Ideas Ideas were executed
Larry Page Sergey Brin Innovative Ideas Ideas were executed Google’s Environments The difficulties that Googlers faced How it became a household name How it is revolutionizing the way internet works Future plans
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INTRODUCTION
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Introduction – A healthy disregard of the impossible
Larry and Sergey addresses to students of Israeli high school “You should try to do things that most people would not” “To just invent something and have a great idea is a lot of work but it is not enough. You have to get it out in the world” “At Google, it is a combination of scientific skills, and mathematical skills, and computer skills, and also very strong skills about how to get people excited about their work”
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Introduction (Contd.) Learning to count The secret sauce
Sergey and Larry decided to give Google a trial run before elites of Stanford campus Page-Rank algorithm Moore's Law Divide and Conquer
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Environment All at one place Family Environment
A day in a week for pet Projects Best Meal No discrimination during office hours or lunch
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“The most popular new application on the internet since email”
Investments Friends and Family - $1M Becktolsheim - $0.1M Doen and Moritz - $25M IPO (Initial Public Offering) – 2004 $ 1.67 billion Two Categories of Shares (A & B) “The most popular new application on the internet since ”
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Search Engine Fastest Search Engine Simplicity is the Key
Page Rank Algorithm Crawlers Acclaimed by the Competitors “It is very efficient marketing program. You are capturing people while they are interested” Gateway’s Pisani
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Hiring Professionals Hiring the students Hiring scholars
Hiring professional from giants Opened Centers near competitors Going to China. Opening R&D Office in India
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Advertising “Do No Evil” Privacy Issue – Email , Database
Fraud Clicks – Customers’ not satisfied No Surprises – Matt Safe-Search Main source of Revenue
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April Fool and Virtual Library
Gmail – Search is # 2 activity, is # 1 “Wow” Factor - Space, Speed, Simple Search Past s Difficulties – gets remain in History Pigeon Rank Google's Scanning Devices 15M books
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Summary Innovation was encouraged Google culture Wow Factors – Doodles
Online Shares Distribution Do No Evils Hiring Professionals Future Plans – Chip Dr Lee said: “Youth + Freedom + Transparency + new model + the general public’s benefit + belief in trust = The Miracle of Google”
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