The Dilemma of Defining Google
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This is the first part of a multi-part article series. During the series our main priority is searching for the definition of Google. It’s not an easy endeavor since Google is more than just a renowned search engine. We’re going to cover many of its services, desktop applications, and web platforms. And then we'll discuss how Google affects our lives!
We all know about Google’s terrific and colossal search engine. If you were to ask anybody with access to the Internet what Google is about, you won’t be surprised if s/he replies instantaneously, “It’s a powerful Search Engine!” Indeed. And we all love it.
But Google is more than that. The company’s mission is to organize the immense amount of information available on the web and make it universally accessible and useful. Fulfilling such a demanding goal is a true challenge. As a result, at the time of writing this article, there are at least 75 online services, web platforms, desktop and server applications maintained by Google, which redefine the way we spend our time online.
It’s such a shame that the vast majority of the aforementioned features are unknown to most. According to statistics from Hitwise® Intelligence that were taken in May, 2006 (quite old, I know), Google is clearly dominating with their search engine compared to the rest of their domains. The attached table below shows the relative popularity of Google's sub-domains compared with each other. So, please, don’t misinterpret the results!
(Courtesy of Hitwise Intelligence— source: here.)
The purpose of this multi-part article is to shed a bit of light on Google, point out and cover some of its not so popular features and services, and ultimately we’ll try figuring out what Google is up to for the future -- how it contributes to the world as well as how it keeps revolutionizing the World Wide Web. I will finish my series with a few predictions.
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