Who owns the site?
Sergey M. BrinLawrence E. Page
What other internet sites do they own?
YouTube, Blogger, Google Earth, Double Click and Grand Central
What is its revenue?
$ 21.796 billion
What is its overall worth?
$60 billion
Key facts about institution
· It was founded in Menlo Park, California (September 4, 1998)
· The site is served worldwide
· Google has begun experimenting with other markets, such as radio and print publications.
· 99% of Google's revenue is derived from its advertising programs
· Google has also developed several desktop applications, including Google Desktop, Picasa, Sketch Up and Google Earth.
Three quotes about Google by founder, Sergey Brin
1. “Google actually relies on our users to help with our marketing. We have a very high percentage of our users who often tell others about our search engine”
2. “Some say Google is God. Others say Google is Satan. But if they think Google is too powerful, remember that with search engines unlike other companies, all it takes is a single click to go to another search engine”
3. “As we go forward, I hope we're going to continue to use technology to make really big differences in how people live and work”
(http://www.woopidoo.com/business_quotes/authors/sergey-brin-quotes.htm)
The Birth of Google:
- One person who had heard of Page and Brin's work was Cornell professor Jon Kleinberg, then researching bibliometrics and search technologies at IBM's Almaden center in San Jose.
- In the summer of 1997, Kleinberg visited Page at Stanford to compare notes. Kleinberg had completed an early draft of his seminal paper, "Authoritative Sources," and Page showed him an early working version of Google.
- Page told Kleinberg that he was wary of publishing. The reason? "He was concerned that someone might steal his ideas, and with PageRank, Page felt like he had the secret formula,".
- On the other hand, Page and Brin weren't sure they wanted to go through the travails of starting and running a company.
- Brin remembers speaking with his adviser, who told him, "Look, if this Google thing pans out, then great. If not, you can return to graduate school and finish your thesis." He chuckles, then adds: "I said, 'Yeah, OK, why not? I'll just give it a try.'"
Google Buys Company To Expand Into Radio:
- Google Inc. agreed yesterday to buy a radio advertising company in a further effort to extend its targeted-advertising technology beyond the Internet.
- The Internet search giant, which has already tested its advertising expertise in print media, bought dMarc Broadcasting Inc., a Newport Beach, Calif., company, for $102 million in cash.
- "Google is committed to exploring new ways to extend targeted, measurable advertising to other forms of media," Tim Armstrong, vice president of Google's advertising sales, said in a statement.
- "It's a way for Google to more effectively get into the media-planning stage of advertisers, and it may make it easier for advertisers to think about the Internet," Fratrik said.
- Google was spending so heavily on traditional media when the growth potential online remains strong.
Tuesday, 7 July 2009
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXZUHHb6cDQ&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgav%2Dmedia%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded
I like this video because I feel that it resembles our video.
I like this video because I feel that it resembles our video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHFIHumcgNU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Frohinthind92%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded
I think that this video is the best video out of all of them. It was clear, consise, hand written (unique), different types of information was submitted (unique), the view he used was different to everyone elses (unique), as was the lighting and finally the soundtrack. For all of these reasons I feel that this is the best video by far out of both classes.
I think that this video is the best video out of all of them. It was clear, consise, hand written (unique), different types of information was submitted (unique), the view he used was different to everyone elses (unique), as was the lighting and finally the soundtrack. For all of these reasons I feel that this is the best video by far out of both classes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lovoNKsWjmI&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Findibhamrah%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded
I feel that this video showed an excellent amount of knowledge. In addition to this it was very colourful which was eye catching to the viewer. The images also helped with the understanding of the points and they were unique too (in comparison with other peoples videos). I liked the soundtrack aswell.
I feel that this video showed an excellent amount of knowledge. In addition to this it was very colourful which was eye catching to the viewer. The images also helped with the understanding of the points and they were unique too (in comparison with other peoples videos). I liked the soundtrack aswell.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIPH02ObB4E
I thought that this video was unique as it used a different type of design than the others. The information was accurate in addition with appropriate pictures. I also liked the soundtrack.
I thought that this video was unique as it used a different type of design than the others. The information was accurate in addition with appropriate pictures. I also liked the soundtrack.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UggHwODnHbM&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fbilawal%2Datwal%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F&feature=player_embedded
I feel that this was one of the better videos as the information Bilawal demonstrates was excellent and most importantly it was concise with appropriate pictures. I also thought the soundtrack was quite good.
I feel that this was one of the better videos as the information Bilawal demonstrates was excellent and most importantly it was concise with appropriate pictures. I also thought the soundtrack was quite good.
Monday, 29 June 2009
Self Evaluation
I worked together with Gurvinder on our video. During the lesson in which we presented our videos to the class, Gurvinder and I were assessed by every member of the class. Therefore, I'll be basing this self evaluation not only on what I think but what other members of class had to say aswell.
After the video had been made there were a couple of things I felt that could have been done to a higher standard. The most obvious fault with the video was the fact that there was no sound. Initially Gurvinder and I tried to play music in the background whilst we were producing the video, however, it did not sound quite right and we could not figure out how else to add music to our video once it was finished so as a result we decided to just leave the sound completely out. Secondly, I felt that another fault with the video was the quality of it. Sadly, Gurvinder and I did not have a camcorder, webcam or any other type of video recording device so we decided to just use a mobile phone. Consequently, it is understandable then as to why the quality of the video was a bit poor. Lastly, as a computer screen is so big and the camera on a phone is much smaller, the camera on the phone had to be moved around in order for the audience to view the entire screen, so that is why the picture may look abit shaky at times.
For Aesthetics Gurvinder and I recieved mostly 3's and a few 2's, nothing else. This shows me that to other people the video was of an average standard and like most other videos. though contained elements of uniqueness. The same marks (2s and 3s) were recieved for creativity for basically the same reasons. For technology we mostly recieved 1s and a few 2s (I'm guessing due to the video not having any sound in it.) For understanding we recieved all 2s. I was quite confused by this mark as Mr.Bush had said we had excellent points and knowledge. For production values we mostly recieved 2s aswell and this is understandable due to all the reasons stated above.
After the video had been made there were a couple of things I felt that could have been done to a higher standard. The most obvious fault with the video was the fact that there was no sound. Initially Gurvinder and I tried to play music in the background whilst we were producing the video, however, it did not sound quite right and we could not figure out how else to add music to our video once it was finished so as a result we decided to just leave the sound completely out. Secondly, I felt that another fault with the video was the quality of it. Sadly, Gurvinder and I did not have a camcorder, webcam or any other type of video recording device so we decided to just use a mobile phone. Consequently, it is understandable then as to why the quality of the video was a bit poor. Lastly, as a computer screen is so big and the camera on a phone is much smaller, the camera on the phone had to be moved around in order for the audience to view the entire screen, so that is why the picture may look abit shaky at times.
For Aesthetics Gurvinder and I recieved mostly 3's and a few 2's, nothing else. This shows me that to other people the video was of an average standard and like most other videos. though contained elements of uniqueness. The same marks (2s and 3s) were recieved for creativity for basically the same reasons. For technology we mostly recieved 1s and a few 2s (I'm guessing due to the video not having any sound in it.) For understanding we recieved all 2s. I was quite confused by this mark as Mr.Bush had said we had excellent points and knowledge. For production values we mostly recieved 2s aswell and this is understandable due to all the reasons stated above.
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