Google

Context : SearchEngines

Ongoing story of GoogleEnshittification now moved to its own page.

2019 : Big player in MachineLearning with TensorFlow

For a moment in the 2000s it was the biggest, smartest BigTech co. around.

• GoogleBase
• GoogleVerse
• AdSense

Against :

AgainstGoogle

Google's PlatformWars

(read with SearchEnginePlatformWars)

• now an operating system? : http://www.cnet.com/4520-6033_1-5759958-1.html?tag=nl.e501
• GoogleHoles / MicrosoftVsGoogle
• What are they building in there? : http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/PermaLink.aspx?guid=1524b97e-f8b1-4e42-ac07-455337f299b4
• TheUserIsThePlatform
• Google are using ExclusiveInvites for their new online services

Much Older Google stuff

• Google's IPO letter is interesting and commendable : http://battellemedia.com/archives/000627.php
  • but corporate governance is criticised : http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9480242.htm
  • taming the VCs? : http://men.style.com/gq/features/full?id=content_422 (Clearly not as GoogleEnshittification takes hold)
• Google as super-computer : http://www.infoworld.com/article/04/05/07/19OPstrategic_1.html
  • (Web-scale programming? Contrast SituatedSoftware. Though maybe there's also PlentyOfRoomAtTheTop. And also ConservationOfModularity)
• Apparently Google allow their employees time to work on their own projects. Contrast ResearchCentres, compare FifthDayStrategy

• GooglePredictionMarkets

Outdated links

• PageRank
  • NOW with NoFollowTag to help protect blogs and wikis against spammers.
• GoogleEatsLibraries
• GoogleDesktopSearchAppliance
• GoogleAsAi

In China : (OnChina) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4536473.stm (OnChina)

Google Fun!!

• The banality of google : http://www.ftrain.com/GoogleIP.html

• Google will eat itself : http://www.gwei.org/gwei/
• http://googlefight.com
• http://www.secretgeek.net/ms_search.asp

Censoring the World Socialist Website? https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2020/11/04/goog-n04.html