The Google Story (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of The Google Story 8 days ago.

• "Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors’ and Ford’s combined, its staff eats for free in a dining room that used to be run by the Grateful Dead’s former chef, and its employees traverse the firm’s colorful Silicon Valley campus on scooters and inline skates. The Google Story is the definitive account of the populist media company powered by the world’s most advanced technology that in a few short years has revolutionized access to information about everything for everybody everywhere. In 1998, Moscow-born Sergey Brin and Midwest-born Larry Page dropped out of graduate school at Stanford University to, in their own words, “change the world” through a search engine that would organize every bit of information on the Web for free. While the company has done exactly that in more than one hundred languages, Google’s quest continues as it seeks to add millions of library books, television broadcasts, and more to its searchable database. Readers will learn about the amazing business acumen and computer wizardry that started the company on its astonishing course; the secret network of computers delivering lightning-fast search results; the unorthodox approach that has enabled it to challenge Microsoft’s dominance and shake up Wall Street. Even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult choices that will enable it to continue expanding while sustaining the guiding vision of its founders’ mantra: DO NO EVIL."

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Google Story 8 days ago.

• Added a contributor: David A. Vise: (Primary Author)

Manish Ahuja edited the table of contents of The Google Story 4 weeks ago.

• Introduction
  Chap 01. A Healthy Disregard for the Impossible
  Chap 02. When Larry Met Sergey
  Chap 03. Learning to Count
  Chap 04. The Secret Sauce
  Chap 05. Divide and Conquer
  Chap 06. Burning Man
  Chap 07. The Danny Sullivan Show
  Chap 08. A Trickle
  Chap 09. Hiring a Pilot
  Chap 10. You've Got Google
  Chap 11. The Google Economy
  Chap 12. And on the Fifth Day
  Chap 13. Global Goooogling
  Chap 14. April Fools
  Chap 15. Porn Cookie Guy
  Chap 16. Going Public
  Chap 17. Playboys
  Chap 18. Charlie's Place
  Chap 19. Space Race
  Chap 20. A Legal Showdown
  Chap 21 A Virtual Library
  Chap 22. Trick Clicks
  Chap 23. Attacking Microsoft
  Chap 24. Money Machine
  Chap 25. The China Syndrome
  Chap 26. Googling Your Genes
  Appendix I: 23 Google Search Tips
  Appendix II: Google Labs Aptitude Test (GLAT)
  Appendix III: Google's Financial Scorecard
  A NOTE ON SOURCES
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  PHOTO CREDITS
  INDEX

Timothy Gray approved Ulrich’s request to change the title of The Google Story Saturday, October 31 2009.

Amanda approved Ulrich’s request to change the contributors of The Google Story Tuesday, October 13 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Mark MalseedDavid A. Vise: (Primary Author)
• Edited a contributor: David A. ViseMark Malseed: (Primary NoneAuthor)

Ulrich edited the contributors of The Google Story Tuesday, October 13 2009.

• Edited a contributor: Mark MalseedDavid A. Vise: (Primary Author)
• Edited a contributor: David A. ViseMark Malseed: (Primary NoneAuthor)

Ulrich changed the title of The Google Story Tuesday, October 13 2009.

Shelfari edited the description of The Google Story Friday, July 31 2009.

• "Here is the story behind one of the most remarkable Internet successes of our time. Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to Google, the book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company whose name is a favorite brand and a standard verb recognized around the world. Its stock is worth more than General Motors’ and Ford’s combined, its staff eats for free in a dining room that used to be run by the Grateful Dead’s former chef, and its employees traverse the firm’s colorful Silicon Valley campus on scooters and inline skates. The Google Story is the definitive account of the populist media company powered by the world’s most advanced technology that in a few short years has revolutionized access to information about everything for everybody everywhere. In 1998, Moscow-born Sergey Brin and Midwest-born Larry Page dropped out of graduate school at Stanford University to, in their own words, “change the world” through a search engine that would organize every bit of information on the Web for free. While the company has done exactly that in more than one hundred languages, Google’s quest continues as it seeks to add millions of library books, television broadcasts, and more to its searchable database. Readers will learn about the amazing business acumen and computer wizardry that started the company on its astonishing course; the secret network of computers delivering lightning-fast search results; the unorthodox approach that has enabled it to challenge Microsoft’s dominance and shake up Wall Street. Even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult choices that will enable it to continue expanding while sustaining the guiding vision of its founders’ mantra: DO NO EVIL."

Shelfari edited the contributors of The Google Story Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: Mark Malseed: (Primary Author)
• Added a contributor: David A. Vise: (Primary None)