The Google Story by David A. Vise (10th Birthday Edition)
Inside the hottest business, media and technology success of our time.
The Google Story is the entertaining and definitive account of the most compelling innovation since the creation of the internet.
Used in over 100 countries by more than 65 million users a day, Google is the most well known global brand to emerge in decades. It has become so popular that its name has become a verb.
Based on scrupulous research and extraordinary access to the founders of Google, this book takes you inside the creation and growth of a company that has transformed how we access information about everything and everybody. Readers will learn about the amazing network of thousands of computers that store over four billion web documents and which are kept in specially chilled, secretly located rooms. They will discover the creative ways Google makes money while it provides a free service to millions and they will experience something of the world of Googleplex, the company's colourful Silicon Valley headquarters, where staff receive free massages at the end of the day.
But even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult challenges in a business that changes at lightning speed. Can it continue to compete while sustaining the guiding vision of its founders mantra: DO NO EVIL?
Format: Paperback | 336 pages
Dimensions (cm): 19.7 x 13.0 x 2.3 | 252g
Publication Date: 01 Nov 2008
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Imprint: Pan
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Illustrations note: illustrations
Edition Number: 2
ISBN10: 0330508121
ISBN13: 9780330508124
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Some damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks, and a fair bit of creasing, which blend in with the white cover, but are more obvious at certain angles and a certain light, but no holes or tears. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. An aged and worn, but still a clean, solid, and readable copy.