Search Engines – 12 “Popular” Features Of Google
Going down history, one cannot help but marvel at all the inventions and discoveries that the human mind has come up with! Some of them have been truly astounding! The crowning glory of the 20th century was the Internet/World Web! And the World Web has been coming up with newer innovations all the time since its inception, one of them being a search engine like Google.
Since it is not possible to cover all the hundred and one things that the Internet can help us with, we shall only concentrate on a search engine and its many features here–
(1) What is the basic function associated with this software?
It is a search service/program that has been specifically developed to aid in searching for information from any corner of the world, provided it has been fed into the computer bank of knowledge or on a resource like the World Web.
(2) The user has to key in a specific phrase or keyword (specified criteria), indicating that he/she is looking for a particular content. All the references matching the specified criteria asked for, is displayed on the computer screen.
(3) The Internet is a vast world out there. Thanks to this new software, a visitor can have access to images, multimedia items, text documents, and so on. It is possible to perform myriad functions like–reading, writing, download information, upload mails, access various web sites, indulge in cross referencing, etc.
(4) If one takes time to notice, technology is constantly getting updated. There are indices for this purpose. Thus, the Internet is a reliable and efficient source of information.
(5) This software can adapt to varied environments. For instance, if the search is to be conducted on an individual computer, a personal search engine is available. The enterprise search engine is suitable for intranets.
The major function of course, remains the same. To dig out different bits of information stored within the confines of the World Web, and present them for public view.
(6) Seeing how convenient these proved to the public, Google Inc. came up with its own branded search engine in the year, 1998. Google depended on link popularity and Page Rank for the success of its search engine. And the success did come, in 2001!
Page Rank = Patented method of assigning numerical weight in each element of hyperlinked set of documents to measure its relative importance within the given set.
In simpler terms, a search yielded better results when the number of web sites and linked web pages were more, for a particular topic.
(7) Even today, Google leads in popularity. Seeing that more and more web sites wanted to be associated with it, and wishing to put in newer features, Google Inc. declared that it would “go public” on April 30, 2004.
(8) Going public, simply meant, “offering a corporation’s common shares to the public”. Also referred to as initial public offering (IPO), Google Inc. registered itself with the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2004.
(9) The primary aim of offering an IPO is to raise funds. The corporation hoped to get as much as $2.7 billion from the public. The common shares were to be displayed at an online auction, so that more people would be able to get access to them.
Of note, common shares that are issued after the IPO are known as secondary market offering.
(10) Underwriters are hired before the initial public offering process gets underway. They have to decide the terminology to put on the official documents, so that there are no misunderstandings later on. Many investment banks act as underwriters.
Google Inc. hired Morgan Stanley and Credit Suisse First Boston to be their lead underwriters.
(11) Google Inc. may bring in additional features as part of their present services. The initial public offering would therefore lead to a future technological boom, according to many traders/investors. Whatever it may be, Google Inc. is concerned solely with its future profits.
(12) Today, after the initial public offering, Google’s search engine is worth around $24 billion in the market!
Abhishek Agarwal
http://www.articlesbase.com/investing-articles/search-engines-12-popular-features-of-google-703524.html
why is google so popular?
Google seems to be the king of search engines, but why is it? It has nothing special on it. And I even have it set as my home page but I dont know why.
So why is it the best search engine when others like Ask have more features like the binoculars thing?
Simply put: the algorithms that Google use are far superior to anything else out there which means, in layman terms, that the search results that are returned are far more likely to be relevant.
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There is nothing you can’t find on it, it is organised well, is not confusing and is just really well known.
It’s like Microsoft. iWorks is better in my opinion but everyone uses Windows instead because it’s famous.
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ive found more searching on google then yahoo even though i have it my home page i still search on google
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That is a good question. Maybe someone should google it.
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It’s probably the most user friendly, Prevy search is handy as you get a choice of engines to use:
http://www.prevy.com/prevy/en/web/web.htm
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Well, I don’t know about others, but I use it for school work mostly. I guess ever since I’ve had a computer, I’ve been used to going to Google. Maybe that sort of made me stay with it, because it’s something familiar to me. Also, most of the time I find accurate information. It’s also fast and easy and everything’s just listed down. It’s not confusing at all. Sure, other search engines are like this too, but Google is something that is popular and that MUST mean it’s good.
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Many reasons to this question. Here are a few.. Google has the best search algorithm therefore Google delivers the best results. It’s layout is clean and the search pages are not filled with useless images people don’t want to see. It’s fast because the pages are not bloated. Compare it to Yahoo! taking up half the screen with all those sponsor results.
Google’s reputation is constantly growing – they own YouTube and Google Video. How many people use YouTube and how many people blog? Way too many people. Google owns Blogspot/Blogger. This is why Google is so popular.
Ask.com’s binocular thing (in my own opinion) is a bit annoying. It gets in the way of the search results and if I wanted to see a webpage, I would click on the link – not see a small preview of it!!
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Google is the best and lead tyhe way in search!
Many people still do not realise that Googler is a lot more than just a search engine!.
http://googleproductsandservices.blogspot.com
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