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Class 9a Lars-Sören Steck

Class 9a Lars-Sören Steck Released under Creative Commons  — Attribution- ShareAlike 2.0 Germany — CC BY-SA 2.0 See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de / For license. Some facts about google. Google is the most widely used search engine in the world Google‘s name

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Class 9a Lars-Sören Steck

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  1. Class 9a Lars-Sören Steck ReleasedunderCreative Commons — Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Germany — CC BY-SA 2.0 See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/de/ Forlicense

  2. Somefactsaboutgoogle • Google is the most widely used search engine in the world • Google‘s name • Google is a misspelling of the world googol. Googol means the number 1 followed by one hundred zeros • The name was chosen to show the large number of data provided • The search engine was named BackRub before they changed the name to Google • The algorithm that gives a rank to each page on the Google database, depending on it’s usefulness is called PageRank. • The inofficial slogan of Google is “Don’t be evil.” • Google’s idea is to make “all of the world’s information ‘universally accessible and useful.” Sources: [1], [2], [8]

  3. In March 1996, thehistoryof Google started. Foundingofgoogle

  4. Historyof Google • The historyof Google startedas a researchproject in March 1996 • It was foundedbythe ‚DoctorofPhilosophy‘ students Larry Page and Sergey Brinatthe Stanford University. • It was originallydevelopedwhileworking on the ‚Stanford Digital Library Project‘ • Google was named ‚BackRub‘ atthis time • The PageRankalgorithm was founded • The PageRankalgorithmmadethedifferencecomparedtoothersearchengines • The PageRankalgorithmrankedtheimportanceofwebsitesbased on thebacklinkstothemfromotherwebsites • The PageRankalgorithmisconsistingofcomplicatedMaths • Funny fact: It was not named after web pages, it was named after the Google founderLarry Page • The Google Crawlerstarted in March 1996 atthehomepageof Page. Sources: [2], [4], [5]

  5. Larry Page • Lawrence Page isoneoftheco-foundersof Google. • He was bornat March 26, 1973. He is 37 yearsoldatthemoment. • Page will beGoogle‘s CEO from April 4, 2011 – replacing Eric Schmidt whobecomesexecutivechairman Sources: [6], [7]

  6. Sergey Brin • Sergey MikhaylovichBrin was born in August 21, 1973 in Russia • He immigratedintothe USA attheageofsix • He receivedthebachelorofsciencedegreewithhonors in mathematicsandcomputersciencefromthe University of Maryland • After thegraduation he movedto Stanford • He wantedtoreceive a Ph.D in Computer Science there Sources: [10], [11]

  7. Historyof Google Sources: [30]

  8. Historyof Google • Andy Bechtolsheimgavethefirstfoundingfor Google on August 1998 (100,000$). Google as a companydidn‘tevenexistatthis time. • Theysetuptheir „Google Workspace“ in a rentedgarage • In June 1999 theygot a fundingof 25$ millionbytherivalventurecapitalfirms „Kleiner Perkins“ and „Sequoia Capital“ • Google starteddisplayingtextads on theirwebsites • Sequoia Capital forced Google tohire a CEO „ortheywouldtake back theborrowed $12.5 million“ [4] • Google hired Eric Schmidt Sources: [18], [4]

  9. Eric Schmidt • Eric Schmidt was born on April 27, 1955 in Washington, DC • In August 2001, he became Google CEO • From August 28, 2006 to August 3, 2009 he was a memberofthe „boardofdirectors“ of Apple Inc. Sources: [27], [28]

  10. GOOGLE today

  11. Working at Google • Google hasachieved a Top 5 ranking in „FORTUNE‘s 100 Best Companies to Work For“ • Free breakfast, lunch, dinner • Free drinksateverytime, freesnacksateverytime • „The goalistostripawayeverythingthatgets in ouremployees‘ way. Weprovide a standardpackageoffringebenefits, but on top ofthatare first-class diningfactilities, gyms, laundryrooms, massagerooms, haircuts, carwashes, dry cleaning, commutingbuses – just aboutanything a hardworkingemployeemightwant. Let‘sfaceit: programmerswanttoprogram, theydon‘twantto do theirlaundry. So wemakeit easy forthemto do both.“ – Eric Schmidt, CEO Google [20] • Youcanreadmoreat http://mashable.com/2010/07/05/google-employees-working-google/ andat http://www.google.com/jobs/lifeatgoogle/toptenreasons/index.html Sources: [19], [20], [21], [25]

  12. Googleplex Sources: [32]

  13. Googleplex • The „Googleplex“ istheheadquarterof Google • It was built in 1997 • In 2003, Google leasedthebuilding • In 2006, Google purchasedtheGoogleplex (for 319 mio.$) [15] • It‘slocated in Mountain View, California (near San Jose) • Thereareofficesof Google in a lotof countries [14] • While „Google“ is a referenceto „Googol“ - a 1 followedby 100 zeros – Googleplexis a referenceto „Googolplex“ whichis a 10 followedby a googolzeros • Google offerstheiremployees (from San Francisco, the East Bay orthe South Bay) a freebusshuttle („Google shuttle“) toandfromwork • Itincludes a freewifihotspot • The shuttlesrun on biodiesel • Whenbusesrunlate, riderscansignuptoreceive an alert on theircomputerorsmartphone • YoucanseephotosoftheGoogleplexat http://goo.gl/HTGxR • A video tour throughtheGoogleplex: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFeLKXbnxxg • Fun fact: Thereis a biggreenstatueoftheAndroid logo on the Google Campus • Youcanseeitat http://goo.gl/lBgs8 Sources: [12], [13], [14], [15]

  14. Importantmilestones in thedevelopmentof Google • 2000 • Google keywordadvertisingsystem „AdWords“ launched [22] • 2001 • Schmidt becomes CEO of Google andchairmanoftheboardofdirectors [23] • 2004 • Intialofferingof 19.6 millionshares (Openingprice: $85 per share) [24] • 2006 • Google buys YouTube for $1.65 billion • 2008 • Google announcesthattheirindexingsystemsearches 1 trillionunique URLs [26] • 2011 • Page becomes CEO of Google on April 4 Sources: [16], [22], [23], [24], [4], [26]

  15. Google – themost powerful brand in theworld • Google was ranked the “most powerful brand in the world” • Google‘svision was oftencomparedto Gutenberg – theauthorsof „The Google Story“ wrote: „Not since Gutenberg… hasanynewinventionempoweredindividuals, andtransformedaccesstoinformation, asprofoundlyas Google.“ [9] • Youcanreadmoreovergooglesphilosophyat http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html Sources: [17], [9]

  16. Google products • Standaloneapplications • Google Chrome • Google Earth • Picasa • Online • AdSense • AdWords • Blogger • Calender • Docs • FeedBurner • Reader • Voice • YouTube • Android • Search • Blog search • Books • News • And a lotmore… Sources: [31]

  17. Sources [1] http://www.google.com/press/funfacts.html [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google [3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil [4] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Google [5] http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.08/battelle.html?tw=wn_tophead_4 [6] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Page [7] http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/execs.html#larry [8] http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/apr/21/googlethemedia.digitalmedia [9] „The Google Story“ by David Viseand Mark Malseed – Delta Publishing (2006) [10] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Brin [11] http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/execs.html#sergey [12] http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/10/technology/10google.html [13] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Googleplex [14] http://www.google.com/corporate/adress.html [15] http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-6083899-7.html [16] http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/history.html [17] http://goo.gl/ZCGlh [18] http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/3167-3.html

  18. Sources [19] http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/lifeatgoogle/fortune/index.html [20] http://www.google.com/intl/en/jobs/lifeatgoogle/benefits/index.html [21] http://mashable.com/2010/07/05/google-employees-working-google/ [22] http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/3167-4.html [23] http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/3167-5.html [24] http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/3167-6.html [25] http://www.google.com/jobs/lifeatgoogle/toptenreasons/index.html [26] http://ibnlive.in.com/photogallery/3167-9.html [27] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Schmidt [28] http://www.google.com/intl/en/corporate/execs-html#eric [29] http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html [30] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/GoogleSept1998.png - Releasedunderpublicdomainat wikimedia.org by „Ktorbeck“ [31] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Google_products [32] http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/Google_Campus2_cropped.jpg - licensedunderCreative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic license avaliable under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en

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