Dublin tipped for Google base
Date: 2003-09-22 Source: ZDNet
Google's search for a European centre of operations appears to be narrowing in on the Irish capital. Google is expected to look no further than Dublin for its European base, Irish development officials say. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Speedy Returns Are Google's Goal
Date: 2003-09-18 Source: E-Commerce Times
Google's data centers number "in the dozens" and operate in the U.S. and around the world in undisclosed locations. In the data centers, the firm operates hundreds of Web servers, running both Apache and a homegrown Web server application developed by Google. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google - the only archive we'll ever need?
Date: 2003-09-15 Source: The Register
The panel was introduced by N5M founder David Wagner who described Google as the world's first pop database. He may be right, although as regular readers are aware, there are serious implications which a largely bedazzled press chooses to ignore. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google's Big Day
Date: 2003-09-11 Source: Fool.com
Isn't it amazing what a company can accomplish in just five years? Google, the search engine that has evolved into so much more may be the most anticipated initial public offering (IPO) in ages, and it's done quite a bit of debunking on the side. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Happy Birthday, Google!
Date: 2003-09-08 Source: SearchDay
Five years ago, Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin incorporated their tiny company. The reason? So they could cash a $100,000 personal check that had been sitting in Page's desk drawer for a couple of weeks. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Is Google the next Microsoft?
Date: 2003-09-01 Source: the inquirer
This cloying, worshipping, fawning fountain of positive press is way too good to be true. Google's PR people have put in overtime working Jedi Mind Tricks on the mainstream media. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google News Finally Makes the Grade
Date: 2003-08-28 Source: OJR
Site draws more than 3 million unique visitors a month, but Nielsen and Media Metrix have excluded them from news site rankings. Now both say they are looking into ranking them with the other top news outlets. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Responds to a Couple of Recent ResourceShelf Posts
Date: 2003-08-27 Source: ResourceShelf
On our recent post about Google size estimates being off, a Google spokesperson tells us what we for the most part already knew, "We looked at your queries and the bottom line is that Google's estimator is an estimate, not an exact number...we're working to making it more accurate." [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google heals the sick
Date: 2003-08-26 Source: The Register
Hasn't the idolatry of Google - there is no more appropriate word - by bloggers and pundits alike has been one of the strangest outbursts of childishness we've seen in the past year? Strange because Google is simply a private company representing a window onto the world, and strange because bloggers and pundits are assumed to have reached the age of maturity and act like adults, and not starry eyed 14-year old children. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
The Search Engine That Could
Date: 2003-08-26 Source: E-Commerce Times
Google is well compensated for its success. Analysts estimate Google's revenue at $600 million to $800 million this year from advertising and licensing fees. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google co-founder: No rush for IPO
Date: 2003-08-20 Source: News.com
Despite frenzied speculation of an imminent Google public offering, company co-founder Sergey Brin said he's still casually debating the pros and cons with board members and has not yet set a date. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Gone Wild
Date: 2003-08-18 Source: Fool.com
It is now the world's most recognizable brand and, more importantly for potential investors, it's raking in a whole lotta dough. I've seen 2003 revenue estimates for the company ranging from $400 million to $700 million, and most analysts believe it has already moved into the land of profitability. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Why Google Is Not the Next Microsoft
Date: 2003-08-18 Source: E-Commerce Times
Even those who say Google is likely to dominate the search marketplace for the foreseeable future believe the company never will be the same sort of monopolistic power as Microsoft. What differentiates Google from the oft-vilified software giant? [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
T-Online drops Overture for Google
Date: 2003-08-12 Source: News.com
T-Online, one of Europe's largest Web access providers, on Thursday signed a multiyear deal with Google for search services, severing its contract with rival Overture Services early. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Backtracks on AdSense Changes
Date: 2003-08-08 Source: InternetNews.com
In an abrupt about-face, Google late Thursday told small publishers in its contextual advertising program that it would not impose new features that, just earlier in the day, it contended would make their ad space more valuable. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
Google Inks iVillage Deal
Date: 2003-08-07 Source: InternetNews.com
Google and women-focused Web network iVillage announced a multiyear deal on Wednesday for both paid search and contextual advertising services, as iVillage becomes the latest sizable publisher to join Google's AdSense contextual ad program. [Recommend Article] [Open In New Window]
