Sunday, March 6, 2011

Google to Take Over the World by 2015!

Google is clearly on a path of world dominance, not just online dominance. Their ability to collect data and produce relevant information for the entire world is somewhat scary. There is no such thing as privacy anymore, unless you don't go online, but who would do that?

Is Google conspiring with the United States Government...or the CIA? Some think so...



Some of the key factors related to the early success of Google include:

* PageRank algorithm - this ground breaking technology favors pages with a multitude of inbound links and ensures relevance as opposed to spam results.

* Online Advertising - with its PageRank algorithm, in-house advertising intellect, focus on technological innovation and acquisition of DoubleClick, Google dominates the online advertising space

* Management Vision - "any kind of information will be accessible to anybody, controlled by Google itself"

* Innovation - new products, all the time; 20% of employees time dedicated to "pet projects"


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  1. Knapp-MBA734March 6, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    You picked out a great quote from their management vision: "any kind of information will be accessible to anybody, controlled by Google itself". The key phrase in there is 'controlled by Google itself'. Certainly has an ominous tone to it, doesn't it? Especially when you read it after watching Google-and-CIA YouTube clip ;) What is Google doing with all of my...your...our...the world's information? Maybe the better question is what could they do with it??

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  2. the rolling resistanceMarch 7, 2011 at 4:28 PM

    Great post, Eric. I couldn't agree more with the CIA comparison. After all, Google Maps was originally funded by the CIA. If the aggregation of data on the web doesn't scare people at least a little bit, they are crazy. Google's ability to access and search information makes them the most powerful information tool every in all likelihood.

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  3. AnnMarch 8, 2011 at 2:45 PM

    This reminds me of the video we watched about ordering a pizza in the future. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNJl9EEcsoE

    With all of the information out there and Google's ability to aggregate it maybe we should be concerned that "Big Brother is watching us."

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