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| − | '''Google''' is a popular [[Internet]] [[search engine]]. The CEO of Google since 2001 is [[Eric Schmidt]]. Google was founded on September 7th, 1998, by [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]]. Since then, it has grown to be the largest internet search engine in the world. According to Alexa Internet, over 25% of all Internet users visit Google monthly.<ref>[http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=www.google.com Alexa Traffic Results for Google]</ref> | + | '''Google''' is a popular [[Internet]] [[search engine]]. The CEO of Google since 2001 is [[Eric Schmidt]]. Google is headquartered in Mountain View, [[California]]. Google was founded on September 7th, 1998, by [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]]. Since then, it has grown to be the largest internet search engine in the world. According to Alexa Internet, over 25% of all Internet users visit Google monthly.<ref>[http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details?url=www.google.com Alexa Traffic Results for Google]</ref> |
Google has been accused of [[liberal]] bias; for several years, searching for phrase "miserable failure" returned the biography page of [[George W. Bush]]<ref>[http://boingboing.net/2007/01/26/bush_no_longer_miser.html Bush no longer "miserable failure": Google tackles googlebombs]</ref> due to an exploit of its search algorithm, and it consistently includes links to the liberally-biased [[Wikipedia]] on its first page of results. A reason for this is that its search algorithm gives a higher rank to sites which are linked to by many other sites; the interconnected nature of the Wiki model necessarily improves the ranking of Wikipedia pages. | Google has been accused of [[liberal]] bias; for several years, searching for phrase "miserable failure" returned the biography page of [[George W. Bush]]<ref>[http://boingboing.net/2007/01/26/bush_no_longer_miser.html Bush no longer "miserable failure": Google tackles googlebombs]</ref> due to an exploit of its search algorithm, and it consistently includes links to the liberally-biased [[Wikipedia]] on its first page of results. A reason for this is that its search algorithm gives a higher rank to sites which are linked to by many other sites; the interconnected nature of the Wiki model necessarily improves the ranking of Wikipedia pages. | ||
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Google is a popular Internet search engine. The CEO of Google since 2001 is Eric Schmidt. Google is headquartered in Mountain View, California. Google was founded on September 7th, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Since then, it has grown to be the largest internet search engine in the world. According to Alexa Internet, over 25% of all Internet users visit Google monthly.[1]
Google has been accused of liberal bias; for several years, searching for phrase "miserable failure" returned the biography page of George W. Bush[2] due to an exploit of its search algorithm, and it consistently includes links to the liberally-biased Wikipedia on its first page of results. A reason for this is that its search algorithm gives a higher rank to sites which are linked to by many other sites; the interconnected nature of the Wiki model necessarily improves the ranking of Wikipedia pages.
Google owns YouTube, the home made video clip site. Viacom are suing YouTube, and thus Google, for a reported $1 billion, arguing that the economic model of YouTube is based on copyright infringement.[3]
PageRank Algorithm
Perhaps the most innovative contribution Google has made to internet searching is it's PageRank algorithm.