Google Inc. A Strategic Move History Sergey Brin and Larry Page met in spring 1995 at a gathering in Stanford University. Between January 1996 and December 1997‚ they created "BackRub"‚ the precursor of Google search engine. The objective was to better organize and huge amount of data on the Internet. Eventually the name was changed to "Google" to signify the immense amount of information that resided on the Internet. Google is transformed from the word googol‚ referring to 1 followed by
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Google Inc. Marketing Case Study Analysis Submitted by: Lynne Abt Prof. Paul Guyette BUS 689: Marketing Strategy & Policy Rivier College May 06‚ 2007 Industry Background Search engine companies haven’t been around for very long with most of them coming into existence in the mid 1990’s. Many of these companies are already gone or in a state of gobbling each other up to compete with the bigger companies. Yahoo seems to be the grandfather of the currently existing crop starting in 1994. The
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Running head: KEEPING GOOGLE “GOOGLEY” Keeping Google “Googley” Kim Scott joined the Google team as the director of the Google product AdSense in 2004. Google was a company that started in 2004 with 3‚000 employees and by 2008 boasted 17‚000 employees. The company prided itself in hiring employees that fit the ‘Google personality’‚ meaning they would be part of an innovative‚ open corporate culture. Google didn’t want to be known for strict corporate
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SWOT analysis of Google This is a Google Inc. SWOT analysis for 2013. For more information on how to do SWOT analysis please refer to our article. Company background Google Inc. is a multinational corporation that provides Internet-related products and services‚ including internet search‚ cloud computing‚ software and advertising technologies. Name Industries served Geographic areas served Headquarters Current CEO Revenue Profit Employees Main Competitors Google Inc. Internet Worldwide U.S.
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Paradoxical Thinking of Google Abstract Paradoxical thinking is looking at a problem from opposite perspectives. We live in a complex world which is full of paradoxes. Paradoxical thinking has contributed to many companies success. It is important for us to know about paradoxical thinking. This article analyzed that how Google applies paradoxical thinking in their interface‚ products and ’20 percent program ’. Then the article indicated that the key to learn paradoxical thinking is open in mind
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Google is a company that was conceptualized in a dorm room by two Stanford University college students in 1996 (Arnold‚ 2005‚ p. 1) and has morphed into one of the greatest technological powerhouses in operation today. What began as merely a means to analyze and categorize Web sites according to their relevance has developed into a vast library of widely utilized resources‚ including email servicing‚ calendaring‚ instant messaging and photo editing‚ just to reference a few. Recent statistics collected
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Google founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998‚ with a mission “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.” The company has become the market leader for search engines . Being a primary destination for web users searching for information online‚ it attracted a host online advertisers‚ that’s where Google gets its big revenue main stream. In order to keep grow in business‚ Google makes a constant innovation. Google has expanded far beyond its search
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specialise in search engine with online advertising. It falls under the strategic group category of focused differentiator. External Analysis 1 Porter’s five forces 1 Bargaining Power of Suppliers The buying power of the suppliers is weak as Google can easily find alternative suppliers for their equipment like servers & data centres. 2 Bargaining Power of Buyers The buying power of the buyers is strong as they have low switching cost to other rivals or to other forms of advertising like
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mix - product‚ price‚ plan‚ and promotion. The non existence of specific strengths may also be categorized as a weakness. The external factors of opportunities and threats present themselves from the external environment. Some external factors are new technology‚ change in regulations‚ and competing products and firms. A matrix is usually used to express the results of the analysis (David). Strengths ? Simple design and level of ease ? Patent for ranking tool ? Revenue from advertising programs
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Google has many challenges in motivating their current employees. In an industry that is extremely competitive and always changing‚ Google has found themselves losing employees to competitors (like Facebook) and smaller startup companies. Google offers their employees many perks and benefits that most people that work for large companies think are quite lavish. From offering massages‚ on-site laundry‚ and spa treatments (just to name a few)‚ Google has to keep their talented employees happy of
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