A Collection of Resources To Tell The Story of Google
The mission
“to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”
Can you imagine the web without Google? Can you remember the days when you had to rely on Excite, Yahoo!, WebCrawler, Lycos, Infoseek, and AltaVista?
In those days the search results were plentiful, but not accurate. The search engines would retrieve a long list of results but many of the results were inaccurate. Then Google (starting off as “BackRub,”) came along with search results that were relevant. Now, you could find what you were looking for.
It was all due to the Google algorithm, PageRank, that involved using links pointing to a page to determine its popularity and relevance. Think of it as a voting system. If a variety of pages pointed to a page using similar anchor text (the text used in the hyperlink) then that page was popular and relevant to what the anchor text described.
Sun Microsystems co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim was so impressed with the search engine that he wrote out a check for $100,000 made out to Google Inc. Which remained uncashed until the two co-founders incorporated their newly formed company Google Inc. on September 4, 1998. Google opened its first office in Menlo Park, California.
Google filed for and received a patent for “PageRank” in 2001 invented by Larry page. The company also relocated to near Palo Alto.
In 2015 Google was restructured under a conglomerate named Alphabet With Sergey Brin as President, and Larry Page as CEO.
Google has created and acquired many innovative and useful products such as:
- Gmail
- Youtube
- Google Docs
- Maps
- Android OS
- Analytics
- Adsense
- Adwords
- Google Books
- Google Translate
- Blogger
- See the complete list in the resources to follow
For the complete story of one of the world’s most successful tech startups see the following resources.
Resources
History
History of Google: How It Began and What’s Happening Beyond 2019 – TheStreet
The History of Google and How It Was Invented
Google Inc. | History & Facts | Britannica.com
A look at the history of Google and how it was founded
The History of Google | Internet History Podcast
Founders
Google founders Larry Page’s and Sergey Brin’s cars, yachts, houses – Business Insider
How we started and where we are today | Google
Executives
Google CEO and Key Executive Team | Craft.co
Former Google executives Eric Schmidt and Diane Greene to leave Alphabet’s board | VentureBeat
GOOG Company Profile & Executives – Alphabet Inc. Cl C – Wall Street Journal
Mission Statement
Google’s Mission Statement and Vision Statement (An Analysis) – Panmore Institute
How Google Search Works | Our Mission
Google mission statement 2013 – Strategic Management Insight
Google Mission Statement and Vision Statement In A Nutshell | FourWeekMBA
Google Business Profile and Mission Statement
Business Strategies
Google’s Generic Strategy & Intensive Growth Strategies – Panmore Institute
Google Couldn’t Survive with One Strategy
Google’s Strategy – Business Insider
Google’s Business Strategy: Have No Business Strategy
Google’s Three-Pronged Enterprise Strategy
The business strategy of Google | Version Daily
Facts
19 Crazy Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Google
15 Fascinating Facts About Google Most People Don’t Know
50 Fascinating Facts About Google You Probably Don’t Know – Hongkiat
50 Amazing and interesting facts about Google – Spinfold
26 Crazy Facts You Didn’t Know About Google | WordStream
The Impact of Google on The Tech Industry?
Three Data Regulatory Issues Facing Google and the Tech Industry | Fortune
Google, Not the Government, Is Building the Future – The New York Times
Google, Facebook, Amazon on trial as House panel begins investigation
The Economic Impact of Google
Google’s Ever-Growing Impact on the Global Economy | U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Google’s Impact on the Economy – Making of a Millionaire – Medium
Google Claims $80 Billion of Economic Impact on U.S. Economy – Search Engine Journal
Reports and Financial Statements
Google’s 5 Key Financial Ratios (GOOG)
Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Stock Price, Quote, History & News
Introduction to How Google Finance Works | HowStuffWorks
Revenue Strategies
How Google Makes Money? – Revenues & Profits
Four ways Google makes money outside of advertising – TechRepublic
Employee Relations
How Google’s Strategy For Happy Employees Boosts Its Bottom Line
How Google motivates its employees
Google launches new employee portal for reporting workplace issues – Business Insider
How to improve employee experience the Google way
Google Divisions and Subsidiaries
List of mergers and acquisitions by Alphabet – Wikipedia
Top 4 Companies Owned by Google
Google’s 30 US Subsidiaries & Google’s International Companies – Search Engine Journal
Every division under Google’s parent company, Alphabet – Business Insider
List of Subsidiaries of Registrant
Top 10 Companies and Brands Owned by Google as of 2017 – Stash Learn
Alphabet company list: Everything housed under Google’s parent company – Business Insider
Ownership And Investors
Who Owns Google? | FourWeekMBA
The A to Z of Alphabet, the company that now owns Google – The Verge
Competitors
Competitive threats to Google, and what they mean for you – Search Engine Land
Who Are Google’s Main Competitors?
Search Engines That Compete With Google
Google’s Eric Schmidt: Our biggest search competitor is Amazon — not Microsoft or Yahoo – GeekWire
Marketing Strategies
Marketing Strategy of Google – Google Marketing Strategy
Everybody On The Planet Is Our Target Audience: Google Marketing Boss – B&T
Google marketing goals & media strategy – Think with Google
What are Google’s Marketing Strategies?
Products & Services
A List Of Google Products – Business Insider
List of Google products – Wikipedia
A List Of Google Products – Business Insider
Over 251 Google Products & Services You Probably Don’t Know
Company Culture
Council Post: 13 Reasons Google Deserves Its ‘Best Company Culture’ Award
All the Things that Google’s Company Culture Gets Right – Peakon
10 Great Examples of Google’s Company Culture
Inside Google’s Culture of Success and Employee Happiness
Google Company Culture | HowStuffWorks
Reputation
The World’s Most Reputable Companies For Corporate Responsibility 2018
Google Tops Reputation Rankings for Corporate Responsibility | Civic | US News
As Google turns 20, its reputation is at risk
Google Has A Better Reputation Than Apple, Microsoft, Or Any Other Company – Business Insider
Google has the best reputation of any company in the world – report | ITworld
Complaints
Failures
Google’s top 10 failures – Electronic Products
Google’s Product Failures (Updated 2018) — Lewis C. Lin
Top 50 failed Google products ranked from best to worst
10 Failed Google Projects | HowStuffWorks
Google Failures and What We Can Learn from Them | BuildThis
5 Google Products That Failed and What Startups Can Learn From It
Google Fails 36% Of The Time – The Next Web
Successes
4 Keys To Google’s Success – VentureBlog
The Story Behind Google’s Success
How did Google become the world’s most valuable company? – BBC News
Google’s Two Secrets of Success
Articles and Stories of Interest
10 Crazy Stories About Google’s Early Days From An Insider Who Was There – Business Insider
Google: Who Were The People In That 1999 Video? – Business Insider
6 Reasons Working at Google Isn’t Right for Most People | Inc.com
Google Jobs – Ramya Raghavan Digital Trends Google Plus
Books
Books From Amazon Related To Google
Google Book Search Related To Google
The Latest About Google
Google Searches
Latest Searches Related To Google
Latest Scholar Searches Related To Google
Latest Image Searches Related to Google
