Videos about Google services
Google has made some videos to explain a little bit about how its services work. The videos are pretty elementary but they are short so you might take a look.
How search works:
How search ads work:
How Google Apps work:
Does Google’s search algorithm rule the Web?
That’s the thesis of a Wired Magazine article by Steven Levy. Before Google, there were many search engines. But the search algorithms of Google made a difference. Somehow Google searches were faster and more accurate. And Google grew and grew. The search algorithms also change constantly. As Google amassed greater and greater databases, it kept [...]
Google everywhere
No longer just a search engine, Google seems to be everywhere. In fact, the word “empire” is an apt description. Just how apt is described by the following video clip. It shows how Google has expanded into omnipresence:
Why your search results may differ from someone else’s
That search engines want to tailor your search results according to personal preferences is not news. They’ve been doing that through cookies for some time. But you may be surprised by the extent that searches are personalized. According to a post at the Register, Google says that it is using a combination of things to [...]
All about Google
Google is so often in the news that I could write about the company and nothing else. Here is a list of some of the latest about Google:
Does Google Make Us Stupid?Majority answering Pew Research survey say “no” but vocal minority (21%) says “yes”.
Top ten Google settings you should know aboutLifehacker selection.
Introducing Google Maps Labs, [...]
Hack attacks on Google traced to Chinese schools
The New York Times reports:
A series of online attacks on Google and dozens of other American corporations have been traced to computers at two educational institutions in China, including one with close ties to the Chinese military, say people involved in the investigation.
In addition, Computerworld reports:
One of two Chinese academic institutions identified in a [...]
Google Buzz makes privacy advocates irate
Google’s venture into social networking that it calls “Buzz” is creating a different kind of buzz than Google intended. The New York Times reports:
When Google introduced Buzz — its answer to Facebook and Twitter — it hoped to get the service off to a fast start. New users of Buzz, which was added to Gmail [...]
Google to be an ISP?
Google wants to set up an experimental network with the blazing speed of 1 gigabit/sec. The Official Google Blog says:
We’re planning to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. We’ll deliver Internet speeds more than 100 times faster than what most Americans have access [...]
Google Buzz
So far, Google has not been much of a player in the social network scene but it is trying to get in the game with something called “Google Buzz”. The Google Operating System blog has some details.
The different ways Google and Microsoft do marketing
I have always been baffled by Microsoft marketing. Sometimes it has struck me as being designed by teenagers doing a high school course project. And Microsoft always seems to be assuming that the audience is pretty dumb. Now I realize that most advertising is pretty dumb but a lot of Microsoft customers are highly trained [...]
Wander the sea floor with Google Earth
Google Earth can take you a lot of places and that includes the bottom of the sea. The Google Lat Long Blog has some details about some added data that provides a new underseas tour using Google Earth.
