Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
Ebook60 pages28 minutes
Google, Making Information Accessible: The search engine that changed the world
By 50MINUTES
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
()
About this ebook
Find out how Google became the most visited site in the world just 50 minutes!
Google is one of the world’s most valuable brands, and currently has billions of users worldwide. From humble beginnings in the computer labs of Stanford University, the search engine’s innovative approach to organising and classifying pages on the internet quickly set it apart from its competitors, and before long the company began branching out into other products, such as its Chrome web browser, Gmail email service and applications such as Google Hangouts and Google Maps. In this concise and accessible guide, you will find out how Google’s founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were able to develop a revolutionary search engine and make the World Wide Web’s incredible reserves of information accessible and easy to navigate for users everywhere.
In 50 minutes you will:
• Understand what made Google’s search engine stand out from its competitors
• Learn about the wide range of products and services the company offers
• Find out about Google’s spectacular growth and future prospects
ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | BUSINESS STORIES
The Business Stories series from the 50Minutes collection provides the tools to quickly understand the innovative companies that have shaped the modern business world. Our publications will give you contextual information, an analysis of business strategies and an introduction to future trends and opportunities in a clear and easily digestible format, making them the ideal starting point for readers looking to understand what makes these companies stand out.
Google is one of the world’s most valuable brands, and currently has billions of users worldwide. From humble beginnings in the computer labs of Stanford University, the search engine’s innovative approach to organising and classifying pages on the internet quickly set it apart from its competitors, and before long the company began branching out into other products, such as its Chrome web browser, Gmail email service and applications such as Google Hangouts and Google Maps. In this concise and accessible guide, you will find out how Google’s founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page were able to develop a revolutionary search engine and make the World Wide Web’s incredible reserves of information accessible and easy to navigate for users everywhere.
In 50 minutes you will:
• Understand what made Google’s search engine stand out from its competitors
• Learn about the wide range of products and services the company offers
• Find out about Google’s spectacular growth and future prospects
ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | BUSINESS STORIES
The Business Stories series from the 50Minutes collection provides the tools to quickly understand the innovative companies that have shaped the modern business world. Our publications will give you contextual information, an analysis of business strategies and an introduction to future trends and opportunities in a clear and easily digestible format, making them the ideal starting point for readers looking to understand what makes these companies stand out.
Read more from 50 Minutes
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Fight for Fundamental Freedoms The Ku Klux Klan: The Hooded Face of Prejudice in the United States Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCoco Chanel: The Queen of Haute Couture Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSaddam Hussein: The Rise and Fall of a Dictator Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Korean War: From World War to Cold War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsApartheid: Racial Segregation in South Africa Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Protestant Reformation: Returning to Christianity’s Roots Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Industrial Revolution: The Birth of the Modern World Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBloody Sunday: The Bogside Massacre Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJohn Calvin: The Protestant Reformation in Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Crusades: The Fight for the Holy Land Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPrincess Diana: The Tragic Fate of the Nation’s Sweetheart Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJoan of Arc: The Maid of Orléans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Nuremberg Trials: The Investigation into Crimes Against Humanity Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Beatles: The Sound of the Sixties Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAndrew Jackson: The American Lion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSaint Thomas Aquinas: Reason as the Servant of Faith Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWorld War II: The Resistance: The Fight for Freedom in Occupied Europe Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWorld War I: Part Two: 1915-1917: Stalemate Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMarie-Antoinette: The Queen and the French Revolution Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTheodore Roosevelt: The Fight Against Corruption Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsJohn Locke: The Father of Modern Liberalism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMargaret Thatcher: The Iron Lady Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Islamic State: Terror in the Name of Religion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStalin: The Man of Steel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFranklin D. Roosevelt: From the New Deal to the Second World War Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Treaty of Versailles: The Treaty that Marked the End of World War I Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5John F. Kennedy: His Fight Against Communism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related to Google, Making Information Accessible
Titles in the series (14)
TripAdvisor : « Plan and book your perfect trip »: Quand la révolution du secteur du voyage passe par l’e-tourisme Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoogle: De la startup de garage au géant du web Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsApple « Think different »: L’épopée de la firme de Cupertino Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmazon, génie de l'e-commerce: « Travailler dur, s’amuser, écrire l’histoire » Jeff Bezos Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYouTube « Broadcast Yourself »: Le début de la révolution vidéo sur Internet Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYouTube: La plataforma de vídeo que revoluciona el mundo digital Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGroupon: El fenómeno de los descuentos en línea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsApple: La empresa a la vanguardia de la tecnología Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsApple and the Digital Revolution: The firm at the cutting edge of technology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTripAdvisor: The Online Travel Community: How a crowdsourced review website transformed an industry Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoogle, Making Information Accessible: The search engine that changed the world Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAmazon: El gigante del comercio electrónico Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoogle: La conquista del universo informático Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5La Wikipedia: Una revolucionaria enciclopedia libre y colaborativa Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Related ebooks
The Road Ahead (Review and Analysis of Gates' Book) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsResponsive Web Design With Html 5 & Css Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPlanet Google: One Company's Audacious Plan to Organize Everything We Know Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Chronicle of a Startup Town: Los Angeles Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGoogle+ for Business (Review and Analysis of Brogan's Book) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings& The 8 most Important Metrics to Follow to Ensure the Success of Your Website Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBehavioral Economics A Complete Guide - 2019 Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSmall Business Solutions: How to Fix and Prevent the 13 Biggest Problems That Derail Business Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe DragonSearch Online Marketing Manual: How to Maximize Your SEO, Blogging, and Social Media Presence Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCashing In With Content: How Innovative Marketers Use Digital Information to Turn Browsers into Buyers Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Capitalist Manifesto: Analysis of Causes and a Cure for Economic Failures of the Twentieth Century Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should Worry) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Money For Nothing Making Money With Volunteers Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDigital Marketing: 7 Easy Steps to Master PPC Advertising, Affiliate Marketing, Email Marketing & Online Retargeting Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEasy Guide to: Conversion Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMarketing 101 How to Generate Big Revenue Without a Big Budget Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMy Experience Running Facebook Ads: It’s a Desert Out There If You Don’t Research: MFI Series1, #14 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInternet Marketing Revealed The Complete Guide to Becoming an Internet Marketing Expert Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Connections: An Introduction to the Economics of Networks Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMarketing Automation: Streamlining Your Marketing Efforts for Maximum Efficiency Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Entrepreneurs' Guide to Self-Publishing Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDigital Marketing Essentials You Always Wanted To Know: Self Learning Management Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYouTube Authority Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsClick Your Way To Freedom Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBeginning Kubernetes on the Google Cloud Platform: A Guide to Automating Application Deployment, Scaling, and Management Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInfluencer Marketing A Complete Guide - 2021 Edition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMake Money Creating Profitable Turnkey Websites Fast Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsYour Portable Empire (Review and Analysis of O'Bryan's Book) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInfonomics Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDivining Desire: Focus Groups and the Culture of Consultation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Corporate & Business History For You
The Reckoning Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Billion Dollar Whale: the bestselling investigation into the financial fraud of the century Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap...And Others Don't Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The House of Morgan: An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Trader Joe: How I Did Business My Way and Still Beat the Big Guys Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Since Yesterday: The 1930s in America, September 3, 1929–September 3, 1939 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Pharma: Greed, Lies, and the Poisoning of America Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Inside Job: The Looting of America's Savings and Loans Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Firm: The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Only Yesterday: An Informal History of the 1920s Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Taking of Getty Oil: Pennzoil, Texaco, and the Takeover Battle That Made History Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Secret History of Brands: The Dark and Twisted Beginnings of the Brand Names We Know and Love Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Perfume: The Alchemy of Scent Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5No Filter: The Inside Story of Instagram Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Up Close and All In: Life Lessons from a Wall Street Warrior Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Theory of Money and Credit Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReminiscences of a Stock Operator: The All-Time Wall Street Classic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Good To Great And The Social Sectors: A Monograph to Accompany Good to Great Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One: How Corporate Executives and Politicians Looted the S&L Industry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Witness to a Prosecution: The Myth of Michael Milken Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLevi's Unbuttoned: The Woke Mob Took My Job But Gave Me My Voice Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Secret Formula: The Inside Story of How Coca-Cola Became the Best-Known Brand in the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Win at All Costs: Inside Nike Running and Its Culture of Deception Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsGangs of America: The Rise of Corporate Power and the Disabling of Democracy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Du Pont Dynasty: Behind the Nylon Curtain Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5
Related podcast episodes
#074 - How to stop wasting hours of coding ... step back and look at the greater design! 0% found this document useful7 Stoic Strategies For Being Creative 0% found this document usefulUsing AI to Compete With the Big Boys 0% found this document usefulAutomating Print-on-Demand: Strategies for Etsy Sellers to Make $100,000/year with print on demand Etsy shops 0% found this document usefulWrite Copy That Converts w/Joanna Wiebe (Founder of Copyhackers) 0% found this document useful#101: Four Secrets To Transforming Your Business | Patty Azzarello 0% found this document usefulHow Many Keywords Should You Have? (Episode #367) 0% found this document usefulMy 7-Figure SEO Playbook [The Complete Audio Guide] 0% found this document usefulHow Airtable Found Product Market Fit (It's Not What You Think) 0% found this document usefulHow to Make High Tickets Sales Without Feeling Pushy with Leah Neaderthal 0% found this document usefulLeveraging AI for Etsy: How to use AI to build hundreds of listings and jumpstart a niche brand 0% found this document useful133: The Secrets of Making Money Blogging: The Seven Secrets of Making Money Blogging 0% found this document usefulHow to Get a Job in Web3 (with or without experience) 0% found this document useful
Related articles
How Facebook Changed Social Connections and the Political Landscape Forever NewsweekArticle
How Facebook Changed Social Connections and the Political Landscape Forever
Aug 2, 2019
9 min readFloundering In The GENERATION GAP NZBusiness and ManagementArticle
Floundering In The GENERATION GAP
Jun 24, 2019
2 min readNew World Order BBC Science Focus MagazineArticle
New World Order
Oct 1, 2020
2 min readHow To Get Personal In An Increasingly Private World NZ MarketingArticle
How To Get Personal In An Increasingly Private World
Sep 22, 2021
2 min readPhilanthropy’s Big Moment Newsweek InternationalArticle
Philanthropy’s Big Moment
May 1, 2020
6 min readHow I Created a Billion-Dollar Company Inc.Article
How I Created a Billion-Dollar Company
Aug 1, 2017
5 min readTIKTOK: 2 BILLION USERS & COUNTING FOR THE WORLD-DOMINATING APP AppleMagazineArticle
TIKTOK: 2 BILLION USERS & COUNTING FOR THE WORLD-DOMINATING APP
May 8, 2020
5 min readWhat Does The Bible Say About CAPITALI$M? JOY MagazineArticle
What Does The Bible Say About CAPITALI$M?
Sep 16, 2019
The dictionary defines capitalism as “an economic system characterised by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision, and by prices, production, and the distribution of goods that are deter
3 min readIn Conversation with Chloe Jessamy – Founder of Supportal Business Services and Clutter Cutdown Parents in BizArticle
In Conversation with Chloe Jessamy – Founder of Supportal Business Services and Clutter Cutdown
Apr 20, 2020
5 min readWhy The World Should Be Wary Of ‘Wolverine’ Javier Milei Guardian WeeklyArticle
Why The World Should Be Wary Of ‘Wolverine’ Javier Milei
Oct 20, 2023
3 min readHow to Think Like Your Customer EntrepreneurArticle
How to Think Like Your Customer
Apr 1, 2013
2 min readOutage Highlights How Vital Facebook Has Become Worldwide TechLife NewsArticle
Outage Highlights How Vital Facebook Has Become Worldwide
Oct 9, 2021
4 min readOpportunity Costs Guernica MagazineArticle
Opportunity Costs
Feb 7, 2020
10 min readThe Behavioural Science of Online Manipulation Rotman ManagementArticle
The Behavioural Science of Online Manipulation
May 1, 2020
13 min readData On Demand: putting Some Muscle into Les Mills’ Pure Play Bid NZ MarketingArticle
Data On Demand: putting Some Muscle into Les Mills’ Pure Play Bid
Jun 9, 2021
4 min readThe Power Of Email Newsletter Marketing The Artist MagazineArticle
The Power Of Email Newsletter Marketing
Jul 21, 2023
2 min readThe App That Does Nothing The AtlanticArticle
The App That Does Nothing
Jun 9, 2017
6 min readHow Do We Diversify The Design Industry? WallpaperArticle
How Do We Diversify The Design Industry?
Jul 8, 2021
8 min readFacebook Is Testing Ways To Compensate Video Creators So It Can Cut Into YouTube's Dominance Los Angeles TimesArticle
Facebook Is Testing Ways To Compensate Video Creators So It Can Cut Into YouTube's Dominance
Mar 19, 2018
If you're a die-hard fan of a Facebook video creator, the social network may soon give you a way to pay for exclusive content and award you with a digital badge to declare your fandom. Those are some of the new ideas Facebook is introducing in the co
2 min readFrom Impossible To Possible: NZ MarketingArticle
From Impossible To Possible:
Mar 13, 2020
4 min readMailchamp Inc.Article
Mailchamp
Feb 1, 2018
13 min readPut Your Money Where Your Interest Lies The Big IssueArticle
Put Your Money Where Your Interest Lies
Feb 14, 2022
Energy, food, furniture, housing and clothing prices are all outpacing wages. So much so that the cost of living has risen at the fastest rate in 30 years. The gas and electricity price hikes will hit all households on all incomes, and experts warn t
2 min readSocial Marketing Service Gets A VC Boost EntrepreneurArticle
Social Marketing Service Gets A VC Boost
Jan 1, 2013
2 min readNavigating The Fallout Of Alleged Abuse And Betrayal In A Sacred Muslim Space NPRArticle
Navigating The Fallout Of Alleged Abuse And Betrayal In A Sacred Muslim Space
Dec 5, 2019
6 min readOpenstreetmap Turns One Hundred Million! Linux FormatArticle
Openstreetmap Turns One Hundred Million!
May 4, 2021
7 min readIBPA Publishing University The WriterArticle
IBPA Publishing University
Aug 15, 2020
3 min readTracking Customers Beyond Google Analytics EntrepreneurArticle
Tracking Customers Beyond Google Analytics
Oct 1, 2013
2 min readWhat Makes a Crowdfunding Campaign Successful? Home Business MagazineArticle
What Makes a Crowdfunding Campaign Successful?
Jun 25, 2022
2 min readHow Much Money Is a Good Leader Really Worth? EntrepreneurArticle
How Much Money Is a Good Leader Really Worth?
Mar 1, 2014
6 min readWhy More Philanthropists Are Giving Before They Die The AtlanticArticle
Why More Philanthropists Are Giving Before They Die
Nov 26, 2017
6 min read
Reviews for Google, Making Information Accessible
Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
0 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Google, Making Information Accessible - 50MINUTES
Google: from startup to internet giant
A few months shy of the turn of the millennium, Sergey Brin and Larry Page headed to the offices of Excite, a collection of popular websites and services and one of the leading tech companies of the time, in California. They were determined to sell their company and offered a price of $1 million to the Excite CEO George Bell.
Bell declined their offer, even when Brin and Page dropped their asking price to $750 000. The two friends therefore left the meeting empty-handed and decided to continue developing their search engine, which was designed to classify and organise all the pages on the internet to make it easier to find information. At the time, there was no way they could have foreseen that this rejection and their determination would propel them to the head of one of the 21st century’s most influential companies and make them both billionaires.
This book will explain how two students developed a revolutionary search engine that is now used by billions of people around the world. It will outline the principles and strategies that turned Google, which started life as a university project, into a tech empire in the space of just a few years, as well as the obstacles the company has encountered to date and the steps it has taken to overcome them.
After learning about the main stages in its meteoric growth, you will understand how Google was able to succeed in a complex and constantly changing environment and develop an innovative, effective business model.
Key information
Founders: Larry Page (American PhD student in computer science, born in 1973, aged 25 in 1998) and Sergey Brin (Russian-born American PhD student in computer science, born in 1973, aged 25 in 1998).
Founded: 4 September 1998 in Menlo Park, California.
Sector: internet.
Key figures:
1999: 3 600 000 searches and annual turnover of $220 000.
2000: 9 238 200 000 searches and annual turnover of $19 108 000.
2001: 27 474 600 000 searches and annual turnover of $86 426 000.
2014: 2 095 100 000 000 searches and annual turnover of $68 000 000 000.
2015: 2 834 650 000 000 searches and annual turnover of $75 000 000 000.
2016: 4 000 000 000 000 searches (estimated) and annual turnover of $89 500 000 000.
Context
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1