Transcript Google is Born By Thaddeus Lewis

Google is Born
By Thaddeus Lewis
Academic Writing
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What does academic writing have to do
with Google?
 Citations
 Bibliometrics
How are they similar?
 How are they different?
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Google Relationships
Hubs and Authorities
 Clever
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 Famous
approach besides Google
Google’s Start
What was the idea that started Google?
 What was the flaw that hypertext had?
 How did Google solve this problem?
 What was Backrub?
 How did Backrub compare to other search
engines?
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PageRank
What is PageRank?
 How does PageRank link to Larry Page
naming his search engine Google?
 When was the first version of Google
released?
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Issues Faced by Google
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Finding space and hardware
 Too
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much space used
Complaints from web-site owners
 Stealing Information
 Art Museum
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PageRanks
 People
upset with rankings
 Civil War webpage
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Academic publications
To Sell or Not to Sell Google
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Who did Page and Brin try to sell Google
to and why didn’t it work?
 “Pure
search” technique not popular
 Portals
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Why did they ultimately decide to run
Google themselves?
Google’s Takeoff
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What skyrocketed Google?
First Big Issue as a Premier
Company
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What was the one thing Google lacked?
 advertising
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What different approach did Google take
to generate money?