This document provides an overview of Google including:
- Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin after meeting at Stanford University.
- Google's core products are Search and Adwords, which generate most of its revenue through contextual ads and advertising.
- Google has grown to be the dominant player in internet search worldwide and a leader in other areas like online video and mobile.
- The document outlines Google's philosophy, culture, leadership, global presence and some of its acquisitions and products.
1. International Centre for Cross Cultural
Research & Human Resource Management
Submitted By:
Samarth Gupta
18MBAIB14
Global e-Business
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3. • GOOGLE is a search engine
• In 1995, Google Duo Met at
Stanford University.
• In 1996, they created a search engine
called
BACKRUB.
• In 1997, The BACKRUB was renamed
as
“GOOGOL”
• “GOOGOL”: which means 10^100
INTRODUCTION
4. The Vision
To make search engines so powerful they would
understand "everything in the world".
The Mission
To organize the world's information and make it
universally accessible and useful.
The Focus
Google continues to focus on innovation and on the
user experience.
5. Google Products (>60)
Standalone
Applications
AdWords Editor
Gmail Notifier
Hello Pack
Photo Screensaver
Picasa
Secure Access
GTalk
SketchUp
Desktop Extension
Blogger Web
Comments
Browser Sync
Dashboard Widgets
Send to Phone
Toolbar
Communication &
publishing
3D Warehouse
Blogger
Calendar, Docs&
Spreadsheets
Dodgeball
FeedBurner
Gmail, Orkut
YouTube
Reader
Mobile Products
Blogger Mobile
Calendar
Gmail
News
iGoogle
Reader
Maps Mobile
Web
Search
Maps
Ride Finder
Analytics
Directory
Google Mini
SMS
Search Mash
Advertising
AdSense
AdWords
Audio Ads
Click-to-Call
Grants
TV Ads
7. Internet Advertising
Global - By E-Marketer
• Number 1 – Advertising Medium in terms of growth
rate.
• Ad spending on the Web should net out at $21.7 billion
VS $20.4 billion on radio.
• E-Marketer predicts that online advertising will reach
$28.2 billion next year (an increase of 30 percent)
• Online advertising will account for a nearly twice as
many dollars - constituting a hefty $44 billion market
9. Leadership
• Dr. Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman
• Larry Page, CEO, Co-Founder & President, Products
• Sergey Brin, Co-Founder & President, Technology
10. Philosophy of Google
• Focus on the user and all else will follow.
• It's best to do one thing, and do it well.
• Fast is better than slow.
• Democracy on the web works.
• You don't need to be at your desk to need an answer.
• You can make money without doing evil.
• There's always more information out there.
• The need for information crosses all borders.
• You can be serious without a suit.
• Great just isn't good enough.
11. Google’s Culture
• Heart of Small Company
• Hand’s on contribution to the Products by each employee
• Flat Hierarchy
• Each employee having several responsibilities in different departments
• Hiring Policy
– Non Discriminatory
– Preference of ability over experience
• Multilingual company environment
• Multidomestic culture
• Recreation along with work
• Common café for all employees
13. Uniqueness about Google
SEARCH
• Speed, Accuracy, Objectivity and Ease of use of.
• Fit between their technology and the consumer
behavior.
• Page Rank technology – Orkut merged
• Solved the scale up problem
• Positioned as “Fastest Crawling Technique”
• Keeps the search “Up to date”
18. Indirect Competition
Or Complementors?
• Competition from traditional media
companies.
• Most large advertisers have set
advertising budgets, a very small
portion of which is allocated to Internet
advertising.
20. Inorganic Growth - List of
Google acquisitions
2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Xunlei
Adscape – Video
Game advertising
Trendalyzer
Tonic Systems
Marratech
GreenBorder
Panoramio
FeedBurner
PeakStream
Zenter
Grand Central –
VOIP
dMarc
Broadcasting–
Radio Advertising
Measure Map
Upstartle
@Last Software
Orion
Neven Vision
JotSpot
YouTube- Video
Sharing
Endoxon
2Web Technologies
Phatbits
Urchin S/W Inc.
Dodgeball
Reqwireless
Current Comm. Group
Android
Skia
Akwan InfoTech
AOL (5% stake) -
Internet
21. • Google X (2005-2005)
• Google Catalogue (2002-
2009)
• Web Accelerator(2005-2008)
• Video Player(2005-2007)
• Google Answers(2002-2006)
• Google wave(2009-2010)
• Wiki Search(2008-2010)
• Google Audio Ads(2006-2009)
• DodgeBall(2005-2009) later
merge with latitude
• Jaiku(2007-2009) Microbloging
site
• Google Notebook (2006-2009)
• Google Page Create(2006-2008)
Some Unsuccessful Google Products