"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."
I still remember the days when we hook up the Internet at home with a 36.6kbps speed. The dialing of modem which came with buzzing sound indicated that we are connected to the Internet, or not. Back in the days, Excite was the dominant search engine. It wa...
评分1,勾勒了两位老板布林和佩吉的大致轨迹 2,描绘了该公司的简历 3,内容客观较全面,能整顿下对GOOGLE公司的认识,从而学到很多东西
评分起码态度满朴实的,对比讲facebook的那本也太花俏,太biased了。 这么多年了,故事没有什么新颖的地方了,但是作者能refrain from wishfully attribute definitive "cause" to past events,个人觉得已经超过好多当今的流行书了。
评分Google作为互联网有着传奇色彩的公司,这本书呈现了一个很好的商业案例。书中有许多有用的行业数据和行业信息,以及值得借鉴的google的融资操作过程和独树一帜的发展理念和企业文化。 最后附录中 23 google search tips 以及google cheat sheet 很实用。
评分起码态度满朴实的,对比讲facebook的那本也太花俏,太biased了。 这么多年了,故事没有什么新颖的地方了,但是作者能refrain from wishfully attribute definitive "cause" to past events,个人觉得已经超过好多当今的流行书了。
这本书是我买的。
评分新闻记者风格,适合听力或阅读练习
评分好看
评分这本书是我买的。
评分沒有先前的那本#The Search, How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture#經典, 但是可以試著當做一個成功的business case來讀~
本站所有内容均为互联网搜索引擎提供的公开搜索信息,本站不存储任何数据与内容,任何内容与数据均与本站无关,如有需要请联系相关搜索引擎包括但不限于百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 book.quotespace.org All Rights Reserved. 小美书屋 版权所有