 Let's Get This Straight - Yes, There Is a Better Search Engine - http://archive.salon.com/21st/rose/1998/12/21straight.html Scott Rosenberg's article: "While the portal sites fiddle, Google catches fire." From Salon Magazine. |
 Salon: From Beta to Bona Fide - http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/23/google/index.html Janelle Brown's article: "Google, a favorite search engine of the plugged-in crowd, uses its $25 million in venture funding to launch a site almost unchanged from the "test" version." |
 CNN.com: Going Ga-ga for Google - http://archives.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/04/24/google.idg/ Liane Gouthro's article: "Fickle Web surfers often switch from one search engine to another as if they were brands of soap. But one that has drawn a loyal following is Google, a search engine launched last fall with a different twist." |
 Wired News: A Catalog to Catalog All Catalogs - http://www.wired.com/techbiz/media/news/2001/12/49187 "Google's catalog search combs the pages of more than 600 current catalogs -- 1,500 including back issues -- to help both consumers and corporations find everything from apple butter to zipper doodles." |
 Wired News: Searching for The New York Times - http://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/07/64110 One of America's newspapers barely gets a mention in Google. Here's an explanation and a suggested remedy. |
 Wired 9.10: I'm Feeling Lucky - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.10/google.html Chip Bayers' article: "Google's built a no-nonsense path to profitability by treating advertising just like search. The secret? Three words, ranked by relevance: Results. Results. Results." |
 Forbes.com: How Google Is That? - http://www.forbes.com/1999/10/04/feat.html Om Malik's article: "The reason why all these Valley hotshots are going gaga over Google is because the company has a search technology that is far better than anything else out there." |
 Google: Time Warner's AOL and Google to Expand Strategic Alliance - http://www.google.com/intl/en/press/pressrel/twaol_expanded.html Press release announcing that Google is to invest $1 billion for a 5% stake in AOL. |
 Google Introduces New Features - http://www.google.com/press/pressrel/enhancements.html Press release about new services personalized Web search and Web alerts. Also explains the changes to the Google design and new search features. |
 CNet: Google Protects Its Search Results - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-883558.html Gwendolyn Mariano's article: "Dimandja Emoungu got a surprise when he tried to search Google this month: Instead of a results list, he says, the company handed him a 'rude' note denying service." |
 CNet: Google Ushers Web Surfers Into Its Labs - http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-919173.html Paul Festa's article: "Popular search engine Google on Tuesday launched two sites for developing experimental search and browsing technologies." |
 Approved Sites may Profit from Blockage : Google's Loss Spells Gain for Web Firms in China - http://www.iht.com/articles/2002/09/11/_dotcom_ed1_.php The blocking of Google means increased traffic for Chinese based sites. |
 MSNBC: Can Google's Search Engine Find Profits? - http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-514893.html "Google.com seems to have it all...But one thing Google doesn't seem to have -- or at least isn't answering questions about -- is a business plan." |
 USA Today: Google Hit With Patent Suit Over 'Paid Listings' - http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/04/05/google-suit.htm "Internet advertising company Overture Services said Friday it sued search-engine company Google, alleging that Google's system for featuring paid advertisements infringes an Overture patent". |
 USA Today: Thrill of Hunt Lures Google Competitors - http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2002/05/13/search.htm Jefferson Graham's article: "Even as Google keeps growing, competitors are taking aim at the Internet's top search service." |
 BusinessWeek: Can Google's Prodigies Make a Search Tool Pay? - http://www.businessweek.com/cgi-bin/ebiz/ebiz_frame.pl?url=/ebiz/9909/em0929.htm Neil Gross' article: "Sergey Brin and Larry Page insist that their math wizardry and magical search results can compete with the entertainment-heavy portals". |
 BusinessWeek Online : Google's Ads - and Minuses - http://businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2004/tc2004039_1592_tc047.htm Argues that restrictive and opaque policies regarding Google's Adwords program hurts Google's reputation. |
 Information Today: Google Buys Applied Semantics - http://newsbreaks.infotoday.com/nbreader.asp?ArticleID=16713 Google announced that it has acquired Applied Semantics, a Santa Monica, California-based company known for its semantic text processing technology. |
 PCWorld.com: A Search Engine Worth Gambling On - http://www.pcworld.com/article/12974/a_search_engine_worth_gambling_on.html "Developed by two Stanford Ph.D. candidates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google is lightning-quick. And, while it's not completely on target, it's close." |
 PCWorld.com: War, Music, Magic Sought in 2001 - http://www.pcworld.com/article/77328/war_music_magic_sought_in_2001.html "Inquiring minds searched the Internet on a virtual cornucopia of topics during 2001, stretching from war and terrorism to music, magic, and prophecy, according to a listing of top queries released by Google." |
 NYTimes.com: Sites Become Dependent on Google - http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/09/technology/09NECO.html Many smaller merchants in specialized niches rely on their sites turning up in Google's free search results. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.] |
 NYTimes.com: Postcards From Planet Google - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D07E1DF1538F93BA15752C1A9649C8B63 Discusses how Google organizes and analyses the collective searches of people worldwide. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.] |
 WorldNetDaily: Google bans Christian ad - http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=39992 Anti-homosexual remarks considered to be 'hate' content. |
 Google is Three Times Bigger Than the Experts Think - http://www.pressflex.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/44/Google_is_three_times_bigger_than_the_experts_think.html Article from Pressflex.com: "OK, guys, listen closely: Google processes at least three quarters of all Internet searches". |
 Ogling Google - "Jesus" is Bigger Than "The Beatles" - http://www.pressflex.com/news/fullstory.php/aid/42/Ogling_Google:__Jesus__is_bigger_than__The_Beatles_.html Explains how AdWords can be used to determine the popularity of given keywords From Pressflex.com. |
 BBC: Google Data Request Fuels Fears - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4631924.stm Net experts and civil libertarians fear US official requests for data could set a dangerous precedent. |
 BBC News: China Blocking Google - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2231101.stm Beijing bears down on Google, blocking access to the search engine. |
 BBC News: Google Is 'Feeling Lucky' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/1978993.stm "Seek and ye will find ... two entrepreneurial students with a $100k cheque in their pockets did just that, and founded the internet search engine Google. Peter Day, of BBC Radio 4's In Business programme, checks out a dot.com business that's far from failing". |
 BBC Is Google Good for You? - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3334531.stm The Google search engine has become the Coke of the web, argues technology analyst Bill Thompson. |
 BBC: Google Celebrates Fifth Birthday - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3084442.stm The hugely popular search engine, Google, is turning five years old this weekend. |
 BBC News: Google Hit By Link Bombers - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/1868395.stm "Popular search site Google is being exploited by some net users to mount protests and play jokes on their friends." |
 BBC: Google Changes Anger Web Businesses - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/working_lunch/3290277.stm Tweaks to the way the world's biggest search engine works mean many companies no longer show up on rankings. |
 Can the Marcia Brady of Search Stay Sweet? - http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2164991 Article by Danny Sullivan on the growing dominance of Google and their ability to draw attention to themselves. |
 The Search Engine Report: Google Goes Forward - http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2167311 "While I've considered Google a "major player" in the search space for some time, the deal with Netscape gives it a mass audience for the first time, along with its first business deal." |
 SearchEngineWatch: Happy Birthday, Google! - http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2160731 Five years ago, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated their fledgling startup, notes Chris Sherman. |
 MediaGuardian.co.uk: How Google Got It So Right - http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2002/may/06/mondaymediasection.comment1 David Teather's article: "The success of Google, the internet search engine, has come about through the old fashioned form of viral marketing: word of mouth." |
 Sites Blocked by China - http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/google-replacements/ Research article documenting specific web pages blocked in China. |
 Localized Google Search Result Exclusions - http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/google/ Harvard Law School researchers document sites filtered by international versions of Google. |
 Science Friday: Google - http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2003/Sep/hour1_090503.html Twenty-four minute NPR radio show segment interviewing Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google, and Rael Dornfest, coauthor of two new books about Google. [Realaudio] |
 OJR: Companies Subvert Search Results to Squelch Criticism - http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/050601glaser/ Companies are using Google-bombing, link farms and Web spam pages to place positive sites in the top search results with a goal of pushing the negative ones down. |
 E-Commerce Times: UK Shopping Guide Turns to Google - http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/1848.html Andy Wang's article: "UK-based entertainment and shopping guide Virgin Net announced today that it has selected upstart search engine Google to provide search services for its Web site." |
 Google's Florida Shake Up: A View from the Beginning - http://www.isedb.com/db/articles/600/ Jim Hedger of the Internet Search Engines Database presents a compilation of his reactions and conclusions over weeks following Google change of 16 November. |
 The Register: Google Labs Passes Borges Test - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/23/google_labs_passes_borges_test/ Andrew Orlowski's article: "Google has opened its kimono on some new labs work, soliciting feedback for four experimental features." |
 Slashdot: Craig Silverstein Answers Your Google Questions - http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/02/07/03/1352239.shtml?tid=95 11 questions answered covering technical, business model, and site ranking issues. |
 Linux Gazette: Sergey Brin - http://linuxgazette.net/issue59/correa.html Transcript of an interview with Google's co-founder. |
 Daring Fireball: Writing for Google - http://daringfireball.net/2004/05/writing_for_google Weblog entry. If you wish for something you write for web consumption to turn up in a Google search, here are some suggestions. |
 Google Likes Directory Sites - http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/google.html Describes how Google can be used as a gateway to high-quality, subject-specific search directory sites. |
 Google Tales: Peer-review Popularity vs. Dotcom Popularity - http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/notes4.html Eric Rumsey analyses Google's popularity. |
 San Francisco Chronicle - Google's ad rules - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/09/BUGAD835EP1.DTL Details of Google's ad policy disclosed in internal documents obtained by The Chronicle. |
 Searching leads back to Google - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/19/BU230843.DTL&type=tech A Henry Norr article on current issues facing Google. |
 A Search for Google’s Success Turns Up Two Words: Trust and Technology - http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article.cfm?articleid=435 Article that looks on the reasons behind Google success. [Free registration required.] |
 Pandia: PageRank For Sale - http://www.pandia.com/features/pagerank.html SearchKing has started selling text ads on its network of independent portals, with prices based on Google PageRank. Jono Craig asks Robert Massa of SearchKing if he really believes he can get away with it. |
 NetProfit: Google''s Florida Update: One Month Later - http://www.enquiro.com/net-profit/Google's-Florida-Update.asp Gord Hotchkiss of Search Engine Positioning looks at Google's new algorithm and reactions to it. Includes the possible use of Applied Semantics. |
 Who's Naughty, Who's Nice: Google Christmas 2003 - http://www.strategicmarketingmontreal.ca/newsletter-35.htm Barry Welford's summary of what happened in the Google Florida Update and the likely reasons. Includes a discussion of stemming and Applied Semantics. |
 The Google Government Report - http://www.ggreport.com/ Newsletter which focuses on the application of Google within the Federal, State and Local enterprise. |