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A Search for Google’s Success Turns Up Two Words: Trust and Technology - Article that looks on the reasons behind Google success. [Free registration required.]

BBC Is Google Good for You? - The Google search engine has become the Coke of the web, argues technology analyst Bill Thompson.

BBC News: China Blocking Google - Beijing bears down on Google, blocking access to the search engine.

BBC News: Google Hit By Link Bombers - "Popular search site Google is being exploited by some net users to mount protests and play jokes on their friends."

BBC News: Google Is 'Feeling Lucky' - "Seek and ye will find ... two entrepreneurial students with a $100k cheque in their pockets did just that, and founded the internet search engine Google. Peter Day, of BBC Radio 4's In Business programme, checks out a dot.com business that's far from failing".

BBC: Google 'Nearly Ready' to Float - The internet search engine is reported to be close to finalising plans for a long-awaited share sale.

BBC: Google Celebrates Fifth Birthday - The hugely popular search engine, Google, is turning five years old this weekend.

BBC: Google Changes Anger Web Businesses - Tweaks to the way the world's biggest search engine works mean many companies no longer show up on rankings.

BBC: Google to Sell $2.7bn in Shares - The world's favourite internet search firm, Google, confirms its long-awaited flotation on the Nasdaq or New York stock exchange, which could value the firm at $20bn.

Bloomberg: Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs to Manage Google IPO - Google Inc. hired Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. to arrange its initial public offering.

BusinessWeek: Can Google's Prodigies Make a Search Tool Pay? - Neil Gross' article: "Sergey Brin and Larry Page insist that their math wizardry and magical search results can compete with the entertainment-heavy portals".

Can the Marcia Brady of Search Stay Sweet? - Article by Danny Sullivan on the growing dominance of Google and their ability to draw attention to themselves.

CNet: Google Protects Its Search Results - Gwendolyn Mariano's article: "Dimandja Emoungu got a surprise when he tried to search Google this month: Instead of a results list, he says, the company handed him a 'rude' note denying service."

CNet: Google Ushers Web Surfers Into Its Labs - Paul Festa's article: "Popular search engine Google on Tuesday launched two sites for developing experimental search and browsing technologies."

CNN.com: Going Ga-ga for Google - Liane Gouthro's article: "Fickle Web surfers often switch from one search engine to another as if they were brands of soap. But one that has drawn a loyal following is Google, a search engine launched last fall with a different twist."

E-Commerce Times: UK Shopping Guide Turns to Google - Andy Wang's article: "UK-based entertainment and shopping guide Virgin Net announced today that it has selected upstart search engine Google to provide search services for its Web site."

FastCompany.com: How Google Searches Itself - Fara Warner's article explains how Google's R&D process works.

Financial Times: Google Considers Online Auction of IPO Shares - Google investigates holding an online auction of shares early next year in an initial public offering could value the company at more than $15bn.

Forbes.com: How Google Is That? - Om Malik's article: "The reason why all these Valley hotshots are going gaga over Google is because the company has a search technology that is far better than anything else out there."

Google Innovations Withstand Downturn - Article and interview with Google's Eric Schmidt on Google's ability to shine while others are faltering.

Google Introduces New Features - Press release about new services personalized Web search and Web alerts. Also explains the changes to the Google design and new search features.

Google IPO Central - Unofficial site about Google's IPO with news and discussion.

Google is Three Times Bigger Than the Experts Think - Article from Pressflex.com: "OK, guys, listen closely: Google processes at least three quarters of all Internet searches".

Google Likes Directory Sites - Describes how Google can be used as a gateway to high-quality, subject-specific search directory sites.

Google Tales: Peer-review Popularity vs. Dotcom Popularity - Eric Rumsey analyses Google's popularity.

Google's Florida Shake Up: A View from the Beginning - Jim Hedger of the Internet Search Engines Database presents a compilation of his reactions and conclusions over weeks following Google change of 16 November.

Google's Loss Spells Gain for Web Firms in China - The blocking of Google means increased traffic for Chinese based sites.

Google, Inc. News - Topix.net - News on Google continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

How Weblogs Influence a Billion Google Searches a Week - John Hiler's article: "So even if you never visit a blog, you're being influenced by them. The collective votes of the weblog community are determining what sites you see on Google, the world's largest search engine." From Microcontent News.

Information Today: Google Buys Applied Semantics - Google announced that it has acquired Applied Semantics, a Santa Monica, California-based company known for its semantic text processing technology.

International Herald Tribune: Google News Site - Google's new programmed news site shows editorial judgment.

Let's Get This Straight - Yes, There Is a Better Search Engine - Scott Rosenberg's article: "While the portal sites fiddle, Google catches fire." From Salon Magazine.

Linux Gazette: Sergey Brin - Transcript of an interview with Google's co-founder.

Localized Google Search Result Exclusions - Harvard Law School researchers document sites filtered by international versions of Google.

Marketing Monitor: Google Florida Update - Rob Sullivan of Search Engine Positioning argues that the change of algorithm implemented on November 16 2003 uses technology from Applied Semantics and Kaltix.

MediaGuardian.co.uk: How Google Got It So Right - David Teather's article: "The success of Google, the internet search engine, has come about through the old fashioned form of viral marketing: word of mouth."

Mercury News: Google Launching Search Site for News - Article on the launch of Google's news aggregator.

Midday: Spinning a Web - On the fifth anniversary of its foundation, Sachin Kalbag charts the rise and rise of Google.

MSNBC: Can Google's Search Engine Find Profits? - "Google.com seems to have it all...But one thing Google doesn't seem to have -- or at least isn't answering questions about -- is a business plan."

NetProfit: Google''s Florida Update: One Month Later - Gord Hotchkiss of Search Engine Positioning looks at Google's new algorithm and reactions to it. Includes the possible use of Applied Semantics.

News about Google - This news log from Coding the Web aims to record all references to Google on the Internet. Its content can be syndicated using the freely available XML feeds.

NYTimes.com: Deal May Freshen Up Google's Links - Google's purchase of Pyra Labs was done without any real plan for how the two companies would work together. This article discusses some possibilities. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

NYTimes.com: Postcards From Planet Google - Discusses how Google organizes and analyses the collective searches of people worldwide. [Requires free NYTimes.com registration to view.]

NYTimes.com: Sites Become Dependent on Google - Many smaller merchants in specialized niches rely on their sites turning up in Google's free search results. [Requires free nytimes.com registration to view.]

Ogling Google - "Jesus" is Bigger Than "The Beatles" - Explains how AdWords can be used to determine the popularity of given keywords From Pressflex.com.

Pandia: PageRank For Sale - SearchKing has started selling text ads on its network of independent portals, with prices based on Google PageRank. Jono Craig asks Robert Massa of SearchKing if he really believes he can get away with it.

PCWorld.com: A Search Engine Worth Gambling On - "Developed by two Stanford Ph.D. candidates, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, Google is lightning-quick. And, while it's not completely on target, it's close."

PCWorld.com: War, Music, Magic Sought in 2001 - "Inquiring minds searched the Internet on a virtual cornucopia of topics during 2001, stretching from war and terrorism to music, magic, and prophecy, according to a listing of top queries released by Google."

Salon.com: Meet Mr. Anti-Google - "A crusading webmaster says the popular search engine's page-ranking algorithm is 'undemocratic.'"

Salon: From Beta to Bona Fide - Janelle Brown's article: "Google, a favorite search engine of the plugged-in crowd, uses its $25 million in venture funding to launch a site almost unchanged from the from the "test" version."


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