Google Essays

In Nicholas Carr’s journal article titled “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” published July/August 2008 in The Atlantic magazine, Carr discusses the changes that have been coming up since people start to rely on the internet to get information. He makes an argument many people might not ever consider. Carr claims …

Over history technology has changed mankind’s overall culture. From clocks to computers the use of electronics and tools is occurring every day in almost all situations. In Carr’s article “Is Google Making us Stupid?” he introduces the idea how the internet is changing our lives by making us mentally process …

1. How is Google’s mission statement related to its business strategy? Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google’s business strategy is to operate on a simple and innovative business model of attracting internet users to its free search services and earning …

Location-based tracking is becoming more and more common due to the ever changing technological advances in the world today. Gone are the days where no one knew your location unless they were physically with you. Today, location-based tracking seems like the new trend in society with companies such as Foursquare …

According to Fortune and All Business magazines, Google is the fourth-most admired company in the United States. Google was also listed as the top company to work for in both 2007 and 2008. The main reason for this employee admiration is Google’s cross-functional organizational structure, which the company maintains though …

This document describes the acquisition of mobile payment software company Square Inc. by Google. The mobile payment industry is one of the fastest growing industries today, with transactions up 60% from last year. Square has established itself as an industry leader within the US, with sales of $110 billion last …

Google • Google – It was created by two guys. – They have lots of money now. – Motto: Do no evil. – Goal: “Organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful” Hacking? • Google hacking is not hacking Google. • Google hacking is using Google in …

These two travel websites provide customers with the ability book hotels, purchase airline tickets, reserve rental cars, and purchase vacations and cruises. Rappa (2006) pointed out that Priceline follows a brokerage model, and its main role is as a business-to-customer company. I think Priceline consist of two brokerage models: one …

Google launched its web based analytics service – Google Analytics (GA), officially in November, 2005. Formerly known as Urchin from Google, it is a complete enhanced package ideal for businesses and online marketing. Businesses have been able to benefit from this tool immensely as it enables them to have complete …

1. Summary The Internet is a tremendous repository of information. Numerous new hosts connect to the Internet every day, further boosting the already staggering amount of information resources uploaded to the Internet, thus enabling information on the Internet to accumulate exponentially. However, online information is scattered among countless hosts, and, …