- Salon.com: Meet Mr. Anti-Google
"A crusading webmaster says the popular search engine's page-ranking algorithm is 'undemocratic.'"
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/08/29/google_watch/
- Salon: From Beta to Bona Fide
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 from the "test" version."
http://www.salon.com/tech/log/1999/09/23/google/index.html
- Science Friday: Google
Twenty-four minute NPR radio show segment interviewing Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google, and Rael Dornfest, coauthor of two new books about Google. [Realaudio]
http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2003/Sep/hour1_090503.html
- SearchEngineWatch: Happy Birthday, Google!
Five years ago, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated their fledgling startup, notes Chris Sherman.
http://searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/2160731
- Searching leads back to Google
A Henry Norr article on current issues facing Google.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/08/19/BU230843.DTL&type=tech
- SEO Journal News: Google
News topics specific to Google's technology.
http://www.seojournal.com/modules.php?name=News&new_topic=1
- Sites Blocked by China
Research article documenting specific web pages blocked in China.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/google-replacements/
- Style.com: Journey to the Center of Google
Lengthy article by John Heilemann detailing the contribution of experienced managers and financiers to a company built on youthful inventiveness.
http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_422
- Sunday Herald: Billions Vote In World's Biggest Ever Poll
Stephen Naysmith's article: "As magazines and newspapers prepare annual end-of-year lists of the events and people who captured the public imagination in 2001, the internet has already provided definitive answers."
http://www.sundayherald.com/21099
- TechTV: Google Image Search
Mick Lockey compares Google's offering with Altavista's competing service.
http://www.techtv.com/products/software/story/0,23008,3344643,00.html
- The Buzz on Google's IPO
Sophisticated view from Wharton School on Google's IPO. [Free registration required to view]
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=981
- The IPO Report: Google
Tom Taulli's article: "Who knows -- perhaps Google.com will be the next Stanford start-up to get its Nasdaq ticker symbol and multibillion-dollar market cap."
http://www.hedge-hog.com/sub/ipo45.html
- The Register: 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."
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/05/23/google_labs_passes_borges_test/
- The Search Engine Report: Google Goes Forward
"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."
http://searchenginewatch.com/sereport/article.php/2167311
- Unofficial Google Fan Club
Weblog offering news and information about Google and Google-related technologies and services.
http://www.ugfc.org/
- USA Today: Google Hit With Patent Suit Over 'Paid Listings'
"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".
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2002/04/05/google-suit.htm
- Wharton School: What is Google Worth?
Long article covering most aspects of Google "going public" or remaining a privately held company. [Free registration required to view]
http://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/index.cfm?fa=viewArticle&id=888
- Who's Naughty, Who's Nice: Google Christmas 2003
Barry Welford's summary of what happened in the Google Florida Update and the likely reasons. Includes a discussion of stemming and Applied Semantics.
http://www.strategicmarketingmontreal.ca/newsletter-35.shtml
- Will Weblogs Blow Up the World's Favorite Search Engine?
John Hiler's article explores the concept, ethics, and possible effects of "Google bombing" -- a technique used to improve a site's ranking for a given search term. From Microcontent News.
http://www.microcontentnews.com/articles/googlebombs.htm
- Wired 9.10: I'm Feeling Lucky
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."
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.10/google.html
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