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Jul 24, 2011
Togar
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Google dalam waktu 6 tahun memang telah menggegerkan dunia. Para saingannya dibuat kalang kabut, bahkan Bill Gates bos Microsoft termasuk yang ketar-ketir menghadapi Google. Saat buku The Google Story karya David A. Vise diterbitkan ditahun 2005, Google bahkan masih terus menikmati kejayaanya. Saat inipun Google masih terus melakukan inovasi-inovasi untuk memantapkan kerajaannya di dunia internet. Google Labs sebagai wadah untuk mencoba produk-produk baru yang terus bertambah jumlahnya. Andapun
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Nov 06, 2008
Anoud
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Could I be more in love with this company!!!!
Last year one of our instructors showed us a short documentary about Google workplace. I remember the first thing popped into my mind was like; Man, they've got to be kidding!! .
I mean the wacky environment and behaviors; you might find someone's walking in his pajama. Another one is doing his laundry!! And a third is getting a massage, while the fourth is playing with her puppy!! Oh, and let me add this a BARBERSHOP in your office, More...
Last year one of our instructors showed us a short documentary about Google workplace. I remember the first thing popped into my mind was like; Man, they've got to be kidding!! .
I mean the wacky environment and behaviors; you might find someone's walking in his pajama. Another one is doing his laundry!! And a third is getting a massage, while the fourth is playing with her puppy!! Oh, and let me add this a BARBERSHOP in your office, More...
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Sep 29, 2007
Melissa
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I have a big interest in marketing and business, and I found this book to be a very well structured and interesing narrative of how one company came up with something new and better and brought their business vision to fruition.
Especially fascinating were the details of how the leadership roles were split amongst the creators and the CEO they hired, and how they compare with some of the traditional modes of leadership in Silicon Valley business ventures.
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Especially fascinating were the details of how the leadership roles were split amongst the creators and the CEO they hired, and how they compare with some of the traditional modes of leadership in Silicon Valley business ventures.
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Aug 08, 2011
This is a remarkable story put together by someone who apparently had limited access to the mysterious labyrinths of Google. The book’s jacket clearly tells us that the book was not created, authorised or endorsed by Google, Inc.
The narrative is starry-eyed and rarely reflects on the downside of Google’s journey. No doubt, the founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin fully deserve many of the kudos that came their way. Still, I came away with a feeling that the story could have been more balanced.
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The narrative is starry-eyed and rarely reflects on the downside of Google’s journey. No doubt, the founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin fully deserve many of the kudos that came their way. Still, I came away with a feeling that the story could have been more balanced.
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Jun 20, 2011
Seth
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An enjoyable and quick read. Google fascinates most of us because they always seem to deliver more than we expect from any company. They are refreshingly interested in delivering ALL human knowledge via the net. Everyone on the planet will have access to what was not even available to a Stanford academic a decade ago. While the author giddily journals with praise of the two founders and the company they created, he also uses space to write of the company's unfavorable press as well. Surpris
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Jun 18, 2011
Igor
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Google. Прорыв в духе времени стоит прочитать хотя бы потому, что ее продукты используются ежедневно и повсеместно.
Но,как говорится: Давайте без фанатизма!!! . Эта книга далеко не венец литературного слога, да и перевод (мягко говоря, не идеален).
Первая часть книги (и самая интересная) это хронология: что задумали, с кем встречались, кто и сколько дал бабла, кто поверил, а кто нет, что говорили конкуренты и т.д.
Общую же мысль книги для себя я определил вот More...
Но,как говорится: Давайте без фанатизма!!! . Эта книга далеко не венец литературного слога, да и перевод (мягко говоря, не идеален).
Первая часть книги (и самая интересная) это хронология: что задумали, с кем встречались, кто и сколько дал бабла, кто поверил, а кто нет, что говорили конкуренты и т.д.
Общую же мысль книги для себя я определил вот More...
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May 23, 2011
Mohammed
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أسعد الله أوقاتكم جميعا .. قد تستغرب العنوان عزيزي القارئ لكني أحببت أن نتشارك المعرفة في موضوع تقني يهم جميع مستخدميها .. لأن هذا الوقت هو وقت المعلومة الأسرع .. كتاب قصة جوجل .. يحكي قصة أغرب الشركات وأكثرها إثارة للجدل في وول-ستريت , عندما تبدأ بقراءة قصة المؤسسين سيرجي برين -ذو الأصول الروسية- ولاري بيج عندما كانا يدرسان الدكتوراه في جامعة ستانفورد في علوم الحاسب والرياضيات -شابين في في العقد الثالث من العمر , ابنين لعائلة أكاديمية - , عندما كان المجتمع يشتكي من ضعف محركات البحث القديمة More...
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Nov 28, 2010
Michele
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Interest level: 8th +
Reading level: advanced
Genre: biography, non-fiction, technology, search engines
If you've ever wondered why everyone uses Google as their favorite search engine, how this creative search engine came into being, how Google became a multibillion dollar company and why it differs so much in philosophy from other large corporations (their motto is: "Do No Evil", this book will give you many if not all of the answers.
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Reading level: advanced
Genre: biography, non-fiction, technology, search engines
If you've ever wondered why everyone uses Google as their favorite search engine, how this creative search engine came into being, how Google became a multibillion dollar company and why it differs so much in philosophy from other large corporations (their motto is: "Do No Evil", this book will give you many if not all of the answers.
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Sep 07, 2010
Ted
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This is the third book I've read that could be described simply as "The History of Google". That being said, I am no stranger to the material presented in this book. This is also the oldest book I have read about the company as well, thus it has the most distance from the end of the book and the current state of the world. It holds up just OK.
It tells the same story of Larry and Serge and how they founded and pushed the company to where it is today. It tells of how Google m More...
It tells the same story of Larry and Serge and how they founded and pushed the company to where it is today. It tells of how Google m More...
Aug 16, 2010
Tim
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I really liked this book and perhaps more so I loved the Google story. Are the Google guys really the goodies? I'm not sure but I need to believe that one can be financially successful without having to sell your soul or move away from your true goals and that is what I got most from this book. Guys wanting to create the best, not veering from the path despite the pressures. Not even wondering how it is going to make a dime. Simply focused on getting it right.
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Aug 25, 2009
Julie
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David A. Vise's non-fiction Google Story explains the foundation and workings of the company that changed the use of the internet. Larry Page and Sergey Brin were drop-out grad students at Stanford University with a dream to create a great search engine and the motto "Don't be evil" to prevent corruption. Though they had a difficult time inspiring investors for their seemingly endless demand for money, as the popularity of their website grew through word-of-mouth they discovered the
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Aug 02, 2009
Ian
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"on my honor i pledge that i have neither given nor recieved unauthorized help on this assignment nor have i presented someone else's work as my own"
author;david a. vise
title;the google story
genre;non fiction biography
setting;the lives of "the google brothers"
main characters;sergey brin and larry page
plot summary;2 brainy computer science students at the university of stanford decide to download the inter More...
author;david a. vise
title;the google story
genre;non fiction biography
setting;the lives of "the google brothers"
main characters;sergey brin and larry page
plot summary;2 brainy computer science students at the university of stanford decide to download the inter More...
Oct 30, 2011
Abhishek
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The book succeeds right with the cover page itself by talking about one of the great corporate stories that has evolved in front of our very own eyes, a company that has mesmerised the planet with its numerous products. The book accounts for the early days in the lives of Sergey Brin and Larry Page when the idea of building an improved search engine enthralled them during their Stanford PhD course, their initial office setup in a garage, the initial capital funding requirements, the tremendous g
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Jul 22, 2010
pri
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di awal membaca buku ini, yang terbayang pertama adalah, bagaimana caranya menjadi miliuner di usia muda di negeri paman sam.
prinsipnya sama, harus bekerja berpikir bekerja berpikir, sehingga menemukan sesuatu hal baru yang bisa menjadi sumber penghasilan, karena hasil karya kita dibutuhkan banyak orang.
pada dasarnya, kedua pendiri google, sergey brin dan larry page, memang meiliki otak yang encer, di atas rata-rata.
anugerah yang diperoleh itu tidak mereka sia More...
prinsipnya sama, harus bekerja berpikir bekerja berpikir, sehingga menemukan sesuatu hal baru yang bisa menjadi sumber penghasilan, karena hasil karya kita dibutuhkan banyak orang.
pada dasarnya, kedua pendiri google, sergey brin dan larry page, memang meiliki otak yang encer, di atas rata-rata.
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Oct 07, 2011
I work there now. I started at Google at the end of August 2005, right about the time the book ends. What's more, I came to the Bay Area in 1999, around the same time that Google started really taking off. I still remember the first time a friend mentioned Google to me, a new search engine that had a new page ranking system. I wasn't convinced at first and it took me a few years before I finally switched to Google for my web searches. Old habits die hard.
As I read through the book, going thr More...
As I read through the book, going thr More...
Feb 13, 2010
Kelley
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Nicely balanced look at the rise of Google. Auletta is neither obsequiously fanboyish nor does he see the company as the dystopian monster envisioned by Googlezon. Picked it up Wednesday; half way through and, so far, highly recommended. I think the best part is understanding the nerd arrogance that is both the source of Brin and Larry's fortune and what is most annoying about some of their initiatives - for me. It's the insistent claim that it is all for the user when, in the end, the arrogant
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May 27, 2011
Barry
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A fascinating look at the history of Google and the upbringing of the founders, this book moves along at a quick pace. Though intended to be journalistic, it often feels like a thinly veiled shill for the company, a feeling that only gets stronger when the author mentions in the acknowledgements that he sent an early manuscript to Google to be reviewed and changed a few things based on their concerns to "ensure maximum fairness and accuracy." One gets the feeling that had he sent the m
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May 27, 2009
Kelly
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I use google all the time, and I like the fact that google is always trying to improve upon its services. I like Google Docs and Google Reader, etc. So, I had to read the book to see if the company truly does live up to its "do no evil" motto. I learned so much about the company and the two friends who started it all. It's a fast read that encompasses history, philosophy, and humanism. The author, who won a Pulitzer for other work, writes well. I did not feel as if the story were biase
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Jan 12, 2009
Chris
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I rated this book higher than I maybe should mostly because of the impact it had on me, not because the writing was superb. Silly, maybe, but I finished the book and set about trying to be a bit more like Brin and Page.
I admired their mix of tenacity and talent. I also appreciated their ability to work as a team, and later to ask for help, hiring Eric Schmidt. Their willingness to think big, to keep their product simple, to insist that their staff set aside R&D time each week, to More...
I admired their mix of tenacity and talent. I also appreciated their ability to work as a team, and later to ask for help, hiring Eric Schmidt. Their willingness to think big, to keep their product simple, to insist that their staff set aside R&D time each week, to More...
Nov 01, 2009
Mromigh
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I never realized how much Google affects my life until I read this book. Takes a fascinating, up close and personal look at the founders, their philosophies, their time at Stanford, and how they grew the company from a tiny office into what it is today. After reading this book, I love Google even more, if that's even possible. The appendix lists 23 Google search help tips, about half of which were new to me. Reads like a socio-business biography (I think I just made up that term). A must-read fo
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Jan 29, 2012
Carlos
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A Google é uma empresa única em todo o mundo. Em pouco mais de uma década, conseguiu revolucionar o dia-a-dia de quase todos os seres humanos. Este livro retrata como é que esta revolução foi ganhando forma.
O livro analisa a Google desde a sua origem até ao ano de 2006. Descreve-nos a mente dos seus autores, Sergey Brin e Larry Page, e como estas duas mentes começaram a trabalhar em conjunto. Talvez nenhum deles conseguisse imaginar há 10 anos atrás o que conseguiram hoje, mas a verd More...
O livro analisa a Google desde a sua origem até ao ano de 2006. Descreve-nos a mente dos seus autores, Sergey Brin e Larry Page, e como estas duas mentes começaram a trabalhar em conjunto. Talvez nenhum deles conseguisse imaginar há 10 anos atrás o que conseguiram hoje, mas a verd More...
Aug 31, 2010
Sebah
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صدمت في بداية قراءتي للكتاب من معرفة أصول مؤسسا جوجل اليهودية ، و انتماؤهم لـ"إسرائيل" ، خاصة أن الفصل الأول كان يقدمهما من خلال محاضرة أعطوها في جامعة هناك يحثون الطلاب على الإنتاج كما فعلوا . مشاعر متضاربة ، بين الدعوات المنتشرة بكثافة عن "مقاطعة" المنتجات اليهودية ، و بين فكرة أن الإنترنت بدون جوجل و منتجاتها لا تعني شيئا ، لي على الأقل . دفعني هذا لكثير من التفكر في مسألة المقاطعة و أبعادها بشكل عملي في محيطاتنا . ربما أناقشها في المدونة .
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Jun 30, 2010
Muphyn
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I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this: A glorified account of the powers of Google or an honest appraisal of the founders and company. Turned out to be a bit of a mixture of both.
I certainly found the first part of the book quite engaging as it recounted the story of the young founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. The family background is astonishing, one PhD and university lecturer after another. Now it makes sense why Google Apps Education Edition is free to education instit More...
I certainly found the first part of the book quite engaging as it recounted the story of the young founders, Sergey Brin and Larry Page. The family background is astonishing, one PhD and university lecturer after another. Now it makes sense why Google Apps Education Edition is free to education instit More...
Nov 13, 2008
Indah
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Bisnis, Media, dan Teknologi Terhangat Saat Ini
Penulis : David A. Vise dan Mark Malseed
Penerbit : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Sampul dikerjakan oleh : Sofnir Ali
Setting : Rahayu Lestari
Cetakan Pertama : Juli 2006
Siapa yang tak kenal dengan situs mesin pencari paling unggul, cepat, mudah dan tak berbayar didunia, Google. Dikalangan pengguna internet, tak ada yang tak kenal nama Google. Bisa dibilang dalam satu hari, situs mesin pencari ini adalah More...
Penulis : David A. Vise dan Mark Malseed
Penerbit : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Sampul dikerjakan oleh : Sofnir Ali
Setting : Rahayu Lestari
Cetakan Pertama : Juli 2006
Siapa yang tak kenal dengan situs mesin pencari paling unggul, cepat, mudah dan tak berbayar didunia, Google. Dikalangan pengguna internet, tak ada yang tak kenal nama Google. Bisa dibilang dalam satu hari, situs mesin pencari ini adalah More...
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Aug 03, 2008
Andrew
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This was a good first glimpse into the start and establishment of Google. The story line read well and the book was generally light enough that it was a quick read.
It does seem to have a very heavy bias to all things Google and does not allow much room for an intellectual and fair debate over the merits of Google. For example, it touches upon Google's censorship in China, but other than a general overview and a quote from Larry and Sergey about the admission of not being completely More...
It does seem to have a very heavy bias to all things Google and does not allow much room for an intellectual and fair debate over the merits of Google. For example, it touches upon Google's censorship in China, but other than a general overview and a quote from Larry and Sergey about the admission of not being completely More...
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Jul 16, 2008
Matthew
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Chief lesson for me is that Search is not a homogenous product but one that needs to be constantly refined. Also that despite the importance of brand value, it seems to me that internet firms can be fairly easily knocked off their perch by competing technologies, and that continuous improving the core search product is vastly important. What is touched on but not answered in this book is: how does one improve search algorithms, and what are the variations of such, also, how does one measure the
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Jan 13, 2008
Darwin
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This book is essentially a relatively detailed story on how Google became what it is today. Google is such an enormous company, and now so ubiquitous to everyone. We all talk about how you should “Google” something. Almost like Xerox, Google has become ubiquitous on searching things online.
Not only was this book intensely interesting, but it provides a really important message underneath it all- how it is possible for something to starts of small, but bloom into something big. Google star More...
Not only was this book intensely interesting, but it provides a really important message underneath it all- how it is possible for something to starts of small, but bloom into something big. Google star More...
Sep 21, 2007
Friska
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Buku yang sangat mengilhami kita untuk bekerja keras dan selalu berpikir ke depan serta inovatif. Buku ini membuat kita mau ngiler deh kerja di Google Inc.
Buku ini menceritakan kisah dibalik suksesnya Google sebagai mesin pencari (search engine) yang terbaik di dunia. Dikisahkan bahwa Google memiliki keistimewaan yang lain daripada search engine lainnya ketika itu, yaitu mampu memberikan hasil pencarian kepada pengguna berdasarkan peringkat.
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Buku ini menceritakan kisah dibalik suksesnya Google sebagai mesin pencari (search engine) yang terbaik di dunia. Dikisahkan bahwa Google memiliki keistimewaan yang lain daripada search engine lainnya ketika itu, yaitu mampu memberikan hasil pencarian kepada pengguna berdasarkan peringkat.
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Jun 22, 2007
Khalid
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As the name suggests, this book talks about the story of Google; Google is not only a search engine, but also a very successful software company that has a unique style and set of values. Created by two young graduate students, who only wanted to complete their studies and had no interest in business, this company has grown to be able to compete with the biggest software companies out there.
The book gives a lot of insight about the backgrounds and lives of both creators of Google, La More...
The book gives a lot of insight about the backgrounds and lives of both creators of Google, La More...
May 25, 2007
Wah..ini buku nyeritain hebatnya si Google. bagi pemakai internet, siapa coba yang ga kenal Google. Ga anak2, ga aki2, semua tergantung pada mbah Google. Dengan fokus pada mesin pencarian, sergey Brin dan Larry Page, menjadi contoh anak muda sukses dalam waktu relatif singkat. Ia kini melayani ratusan juta pencarian dalam sehari. Tak heran bila kini kata "Google" menjadi kata kerja di banyak bahasa di dunia.
yang jelas, Google adalah fenomena luar biasa dalam dunia bisnis in More...
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