About.com
Abrams, Jonathan
AdSense
advertising formula
Google charges
mechanism of
revenue sharing
Advertising, traditional
concerns about Google
data collection methods
versus Google methods
Internet, impact on
as marketing companies
online ads, increase in
outlook for future
recession of 2008, impact on
spending on ads, increase in
Advertising by Google. See Google advertising
AdWords
beginning, limitations of
CPC (cost per click), adoption of
keywords, advertiser bidding on
limitations of
upgrading
Aiken, Paul
Airplane test
Allen, Herbert III
All Things Digital Conference
AltaVista
Amazon
and cloud computing
electronic book sales
Anderson, Chris
Andreessen, Marc
and Campbell
on decline of newspapers
on Google
and Netscape
new media ventures of
Android
AOL
Google exit from
powered by Google deals
Apple
Apple/Google board members
and Campbell
Google mobile phone competition
as wave maker
See also Jobs, Steve; specific products
Armstrong, Michael
Armstrong, Tim
leaves Google
role at Google
Arnold, Stephen E.
Arora, Nikesh
Arrillaga, Laura
Arrington, Michael
Artificial intelligence (AI)
Ask.com
Associated Press
Google deal
growth of
issues with Google
online, revenue compared to print
Association of American Publishers
Astound Cable
Auctions
for AdWords
for IPO stock price
Authors Guild, lawsuit against Google
Ayers, Charlie
BackRub
Baidu
Ballmer, Steve
Barron, Seth
Battelle, John
Bechtolsheim, Andy
as Google billionaire
as investor
role at Google
Behavioral targeting
Berndt, Andy
Berners-Lee, Tim
Bernstein, Leonard
Beta testing
Bewkes, Jeff
Bezos, Jeffrey
Bharat, Krishna
Bianchini, Gina
Bing
Bisciglia, Christophe
Bloomberg, growth of
Bock, Laszlo
Boeing aircraft, purchase by Google
Books/book publishers
Authors Guild lawsuit
Book Search settlement
complaints against Google
decline of industry
Google position
libraries/Google partnership
orphaned books issue
outlook for future
See also Electronic books
Boorstin, Robert
Borthwick, John
Bouchet, Paul
Bowman, Douglas
Brabazon, Tara
Braddi, Joan
Brain reading
Branson, Richard
Braun, Larry
Braun, Lloyd
Brilliant, Dr. Larry
Brin, Sergey
background information
clarity of purpose
in computer industry
focus at Google
Google, development of
as Google billionaire
on Google contribution to society
limitations of
Parkinson’s gene
personality of
on privacy issue
relationship with Page
at TGIF, example of
title of
Washington visit
wife, Wojcicki, Anne
Bronfman, Edgar M., Jr.
Brown, Bonnie
Brown, Millward
Browsers
Chrome
Google as default search
Google impetus for
Buchheit, Paul
Burning Man
Bush, George W.
Business plan
Cable box
Google data gathering with
wireless replacement for
Cable programming
new media ventures of
outlook for future
revenues,increase in
Cafeteria/free food
Calacanis, Jason
Calhoun, David L.
Campbell, Bill
and Apple
background information
criticism of
and Facebook
negative views of
role at Google
Canoe Ventures
Carr, Nicholas
Cartoon Cavalcade of Comedy
Cashback
Cassidy Singh
CBS, new media ventures of
CBS Interactive
deals of
growth of
and Smith
YouTube deal
CD Club Web Server
Center for Digital Democracy
Chavez, Pablo
Chen, Steve
Cheriton, David
Chernin, Peter
Chester, Jeffrey
Child care
China, censorship, Google compliance with
Christensen, Clayton M.
Clancy, Dan
Clarizio, Lynda
Clear Channel Communications
Cloud computing
applications
features of
and Schmidt
CNET
CBS acquisition of
privacy dispute
Coats, Dan
Commercials, TV. See Television
Comstock, Beth
Content
founders, view of
Google ownership, necessity of
old versus new media view of
OPC (other people’s content), Google use
Conway, Ron
Cookies
Google data gathering
user opt-out option
Copyright
book digitization and Google
monitoring, legal status
See also Piracy
CPC (cost per click)
adoption of
functions of
introduced to Google
CPM (cost per thousand)
Craigslist
impact on newspaper ads
Creative Lab
Crovitz. Gordon
Curley, Tom
Cutts, Matt
Data centers
and cloud computing
scope of
Data collection by Google
advertising, use of data for
behavioral targeting
via cable box
and cookies
data as power source
and DoubleClick
privacy concerns. See Privacy
transparent personalization
Daumann, Philippe
Davenport, Thomas H.
Davidson, Alan
Davies, Michael
Delrahim, Makan
Desai, Keval
Design of Everyday Things, The (Norman)
Desimone, Josef
Digg
Digital Millennium Copyright Act
Diller, Barry
on Google founders
and Google IPO
meets with founders
on new media
new media ventures of
on privacy issue
Disney
CBS deal
streaming on iTunes
Doerr, John
and Campbell
on CEO, need for
as investor
on IPO
and private plane purchase
on recession of 2008,
and Schmidt
Dog care
“Don’t be evil,”
Dot-com collapse
DoubleClick
acquisition, attempts to block
functions of
Google acquisition of
value to Google
Drucker, Peter
Drummond, David
Duplicate detection
Dyson, Esther
EchoStar Technologies
eGroups
Eisner, Michael
Electronic books
Book Search settlement
copyright issues
Google digitization plan
Kindle
publisher resistance to
sale, increase in
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Employees. See Google employees
Encyclopedia, Knol
Engineers. See Google engineers
Epic2014
Epix
Eun, David
Eustace, Alan
Excite
employee perks
Google concerns about
Google as facilitator of
versus MySpace
Sandberg at
Fager, Jeff
Fallows, James
Fancast.com
Fanning, Shawn
Federal government
Brin, Washington visit
child porn queries case
and DoubleClick deal
Google/Yahoo alliance blocked
Microsoft monopoly charges
Obama administration and Google
Washington office as mediator
Filo, David. See also Google
FIOS
Fortune, Google ranking
Fox, Nick
Free services
and alternative money schemes
and Google
versus payment-based
FriendFeed
Froogle
Gates, Bill
and cable companies
and changing technology
on competitive threat
on creative capitalism
Gates Foundation
view of Google
See also Microsoft
Global Google
challenges to
China, censorship
growth of
legal compliance, examples of
Glocer, Tom
on Reuters financial results
Gmail
ads, word matching method
privacy concerns
advertising. See Google advertising
Android
AOL deal
CEO, search for
Chrome browser
and cloud computing
corporate headquarters. See Mountain View Googleplex
data centers
democratizing impact of digital
“don’t be evil” slogan
dot-com bust, impact on
employees. See Google employees; Google engineers
Fortune ranking of
founders of. See Brin, Sergey; Page, Larry
Gmail started
going public. See Public offering
Google Health
Google Voice
green initiatives
growth of
home page/logo, design of
idealism of founders
incorporation of
initiatives (2008)
investors, initial
lawsuits against. See Lawsuits
losses (1999-2000)
management. See Management at Google
mission of
monetizing, problems of
monetizing solutions
office space, in beginning
and old media. See Old media
PAC of
press conference, first
recession of 2008, impact on
strategy
societal contribution of
threats to
Washington office
as wave maker
and wisdom of the crowds approach
YouTube
Google advertising
AdSense
AdWords
Analytics
CNET dispute
consumer data, misuse of
consumers, data collection on. See Data collection by Google; Privacy
CPC (cost per click)
development of
DoubleClick
effectiveness of ads, measuring
future pressures
in Gmail
Gmail problem
Google Ad Planner
Google as Big Brother view
Google Audio Ads
Google News
as Google option
Google policy
Google Print Ads
Google TV Ads
and Google values
Google viewpoint on
importance to Americans
initial resistance to
method, advantages of
on mobile devices
network effect
versus old media ads. See Advertising, traditional; Old media
and Patriot Act
privacy versus user trust
revenues
sales force
syndication of ads
and YouTube
Google Analytics, function of
Google Audio Ads
Google Books
Google Book Search
Google Checkout
Google Content Network
Google Desktop
Google Desktop Search
Google Docs
Google Earth
Google employees
dog policy
engineering staff. See Google engineers
and Google culture
hiring practices
leaving Google
loyalty to founders
millionaires and stock price
motivational methods
perks/benefits to
salaries
stock options to
strategists/sales force
TGIF
20 percent time
Google engineers
initial hires
limitations of
management of
as noncommunicators
product strategy meetings, example of
recruitment of
role of
salaries
working together, success of
Google Flu Trends
Google Foundation
Google Founders Award
Google Health
Google Maps
privacy issue
Google News
ads on
complaints against
invention of
number of news sites
revenues
wire services, settlement with
Googleplex. See Mountain View Googleplex
Google Print Ads
Google Product Search
Google Product Strategy (GPS) reviews
role at Google
Google Scholar
Google Search
and advertising. See Google advertising
cookies, use by Google
as default search for browsers
development of
future threats
mechanism of
on mobile devices
name, choosing
versus other search engines
PageRank
Google Ventures
“Google Version 2.0: The Calculating Predator,”
Google Video
Google Voice
Googzilla concept
Gore, Al
on Apple board
and Google
Google, view of
on Steve Jobs
Gotlieb, Irwin
on ads and smart phones
career of
on misuse of data
observations on Google
outlook for future
GoTo
GrandCentral
Gravel, Mike
Green initiatives
Gross, Bill
Grouf, Nick
Group M
Hands Off the Internet
Harik, George
Hashim, Smita
Health records, Google Health
Hecht, Albie
Heiferman, Scott
Hennessy Stanford L.
Herskovitz, Marshall
Hiring practices
Hirschhorn, Jason
Holden, Richard
Hölzle, Urs
Horowitz, Ben
Horvath, Jane
Huber, Jeff
Hulu
Hurley Chad
Hybrid sites
Idealism
of founders
and tech companies
Iger, Robert
Initial public offering (IPO). See Public offering
Inktomi
Innovation
Google as wave maker
Innovator’s Dilemma
and 20 percent time
Intel
Investors in Google
InVidi
iPhone
Android as competitor
on mobile devices
iPod
iTunes
Disney licensing deal
show/movie licensing on
Iyer, Bala
Jarvis, Jeff
Jobs,Steve
and Campbell
clarity of
compared to Google founders
*and Disney
See also Apple
Johnson, Kevin
Joost.com
Journalism Online
Junglee
Justice Department. See Federal government
Kamangar, Salar
Karmazin, Mel
first visit to Google
on Google ads
on new media
satellite radio problems
Katzenberg, Jeffrey
Kedar, Ruth
Kelly, Kevin
Kennedy, Jim
Keywords
advertiser bidding on
advertising relevance to
Khosla, Vinod
Kindle
Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
Knol, encyclopedia
Kordestani, Omid
on expansion of Google
as Google billionaire
on Google founders
role at Google
Kotick, Bobby
games business in China
Krane, David
Lack, Andrew
Lashinsky Adam
Law of increasing returns
Lawsuits
Authors Guild
Viacom
Yahoo
Lee, Alissa
Lee, Kwan
Lemann, Nicholas
Lerer, Kenneth
Lessig, Lawrence
Levinson, Arthur
Libraries
book digitization partners
complaints against Google
Link analysis
Lippman, Andrew B.
Lively
Loudcloud
Lunar X Prize
McAndrews, Brian
McCaffrey Cindy
McCain, John
MacFarlane, Seth
Mack, Connie
McNamee, Roger
Magazines/magazine ads
decline of
online, increase in readers
outlook for future
Mahalo.com
Malseed, Mark
Management at Google
as controlled chaos
emulation by others
executive management meetings
as networked management
orchestra conductor metaphor
Stanford University as model
structure, development of
turnover 2009,
weaknesses
See also Schmidt, Eric
Marketing companies
Massage program
Mayer, Marissa
dating Page
on Google founders
hiring of
role at Google
Media companies
Innovator’s Dilemma trap
wave makers versus wave riders
See also New media; Old media
Meeker, Mary
Meetings
executive management
product strategy
Mehdi, Yusuf
Metered payments
Micropayments
Microsoft
anti-Microsoft tribe
Bing search engine
Cashback failure
criticism of Google
and Facebook
versus Google
Live Search
monopoly charges
Passport and personal data
profit-making mission
Yahoo bid
Millard, Wenda Harris
Mills, Elinor
Mobile phones
Android platform
Google Voice
new media ventures of
smart phones
Monopoly
and Google
and Microsoft
Moonves, Les
Moore ’s law
Moritz, Michael
and Campbell
on CEO, need for
as investor
on IPO
on value of Google
view of Schmidt
Motwani, Rajeev
on Google founders
role at Google
on Schmidt
Mountain View Bayshore Parkway facility
Mountain View Googleplex
culture of
expansion of
facilities of
See also Google employees
Movie industry
complaints against Google
decline, causes of
new media ventures of
piracy problem
Mozilla
MTV Networks
MTV Overdrive
Murdoch, Rupert
acquisitions of
MySpace acquisition
outlook for newspapers
Quarterlife
Music companies
album sales, drop in
disruption by digital wave
new media companies
Musicstation.com
Myers, Jack
Myhrvold, Nathan P.
MySpace
versus Facebook
Google deal
Murdoch purchase of
networked approach of
Quarterlife
Napster
Naughton, Eileen
NBC, new media ventures of
Negroponte, Nicholas
Neilsen Company, Google partnership
Nessen, Charles
NETPAC
Netscape browser
Netscape Communications
Networked approach
beta testing
communication
Google advertising
Network neutrality
NeuroFocus
New Century Network
Newmark, Craig
New media
concerns related to Google
consumer spending on
content, meaning of
media usage by youth, statistics on
versus Microsoft approach
old media ventures into
profits compared to old media
user control, shift toward
wave makers versus wave riders
Newspapers/newspaper ads
cost cutting (2008-2009)
decline of
Google Print Ads
investments, problems of
journalism students, focus of
online, increase in readers
online, problems of
outlook for future
outsourcing
as product, capabilities of
News services. See Wire services
Ning
Nisenholtz, Martin
Nooglers
Norman, Donald A.
Norvig, Peter
Obama, Barack
Old media
acquisitions, purpose of
ad revenues, risks of
concerns related to Google
content, meaning of
decline of
Google going public, response to
Google outreach to
new media acquisitions by
new media threats to
radical solutions, need for
recession of 2008, impact on
See also Advertising, traditional; Books/ book publishers; Magazines/magazine ads; Music companies; Newspapers/ newspaper ads; Telephone companies; Television
Opsware
O‘Reilly Tim
Orkut
Overture
Page, Larry
on advertising formula
on advertising policy
background information
clarity of purpose
in computer industry
on content and Google
and digitized books
focus at Google
goals for Google
Google, development of
as Google billionaire
on Google users
limitations of
marketing, position on
on newspaper industry decline
personality of
relationship with Brin
on “solving search,”
at TGIF, example of
title of
wife, Southworth, Lucy
PageRank
development of
limitations of
Partners Program
Passport
Patel, Amit
Patriot Act
Payment-based services, online, examples of
PayPal
Peretsman, Nancy B.
Philips, Jeremy
Phorm
Picasa
Pichette, Patrick
background information
cost cutting by
role at Google
Piracy
antipiracy efforts
and book industry
DoubleClick threat
movies
YouTube content
Pittman, Robert
Pixar
Political action committee (PAC), NETPAC
Political participation, and YouTube
Poptub
Pop-up ads, blocking
Porn searches, discouraging
Portals, versus search engines
Postman, Neil
Procter amp; Gamble, Google employee exchange
Product management
Project Virgle
Public Knowledge
Public offering
dual-voting stock
initial resistance to
IPO, text of
IPO price
“Letter from the Founders, A,”
and millionaire employees
old media response to
stock price, initial jump
stock structure proposal by founders
Pyra Labs
Quarterlife
Radio
decline of industry
Google Audio Ads
new media threats to
satellite
Radio spectrum, for wireless devices
Ramaswamy, Sridhar
Rattner, Steven
Raymond, Eric Steven
Reality mining
Recession of 2008
and Google
impact on media/tech industry
Red Hat
Redstone, Sumner
Hulu, rejection of
MySpace bid
on new media
recession of 2008, impact on
YouTube, view of
See also Viacom
Regulation, federal. See Federal government
Reuters
Reuters, Thomas
Reyes, George
Rosenberg, Jonathan
Rosenblatt, David
Rosing, Wayne
Rotenberg, Marc
Rothenberg, Randall
Rubin, Andy
Salaries at Google
Samsung
Sandberg, Sheryl
background information
at Facebook
leaves Google
role at Google
Satellite radio
Scannell, Herb
Schmidt, Eric
on Apple board
background information
as CEO
and cloud computing
and CNET dispute
on content and Google
on decline of old media
on free service
goals for Google
as Google billionaire
on Google expansion
on Google as “moral force,”
on monetizing YouTube
negative views of
on old media concerns
personality of
on privacy issue
on recession and Google
role at Google
Schoendorf, Joe
Schrage, Elliot
Sculley, John
Search
solving, Page on
threats to Google
vertical searches
Search, The (Battelle)
Search Engine Land
Search engines
Google. See Google Search
versus portals
Search Engine Strategies (SES)
Seidenberg, Ivan
Semel, Terry S.
70-20-10 strategy
Sezmi wireless box
Shelton, Johanna
Shirky, Clay
Shriram, Ram
on CEO search
as investor
on IPO
role at Google
Silverstein, Craig
on artificial intelligence
role at Google
Slaughter, Anne-Marie
Sling Media Entertainment Group
Smart phones
advertising potential of
functionality of
Smith, Adam
Smith, Megan
Smith, Quincy
background information
and CBS Interactive
Google, view of
expected to leave CBS
old media, outlook for
Smith, Tad
Social networks
ads, problems of
defined
as threat to Google
See also specific networks
Sohn, Gigi
Sony
Sorrell, Sir Martin
Sotomayor, Ernest R.
Southworth, Lucy
Specter, Michael
Spectrum space
Stanford University
culture replicated at Google
Google, development of
Google shares owned by
Page and Brin at
Stevens, Ted
Stock options
to employees
repricing (2008)
See also Public offering
Street View
Stringer, Sir Howard
Students, use of Google
Sullivan, Danny
Sullivan, Stacy Savides
Sulzberger, Arthur Jr.
Syndication of ads
Talgam, Italy
Telephone companies
concerns related to Google
data collection methods of
versus Google Voice
new media threats to
outlook for future
See also Mobile phones
Television
audience, decline of
Google TV ads
local, decline of
network, decline of
new media threats to
new media ventures
outlook for future
TGIF
elements of
purpose of
Thiel, Peter
Time Warner
Transparent personalization
Troper, Dennis
Trust in Google, by customers. See Users
TV.com
20 percent time
Ullman, Jeffrey
Universal Music Group
Users
advertising, user control of
customer trust in Google
Google, democratizing impact of
and operation of Google
trust as emotional equity
trust versus privacy infringement
wisdom of the crowds approach
Vardi, Yossi
Varian, Hal
Varney, Christine A.
Verizon
and Android
data delivery plan
FIOS cable video service
Google as threat
Microsoft deal
Vertical searches
Viacom
Hecht leaves
lawsuit against Google
and MySpace sale
new media ventures of
YouTube negotiation
See also Redstone, Sumner
Vickery auction
Video Identification System (VID)
Vise, David
Wales, Jimmy
Washington office
Web sites, advertising revenues back to
Wikipedia
Wilson, Fred
WiMAX
Winograd, Terry
on Google founders
role at Google
at Stanford
Wire services
digital business, growth of
Google deals with
Wisdom of the crowds approach
Wojcicki, Anne
Wojcicki, Susan
on Google founders
Google Founders Award
Google spaced rented from
role at Google
Wolfram Alpha
Worldwide Biggies
Wu, Tim
Yahoo
Chinese dissidents, exposing
versus Google
Google as default search
Google as sales agent deal
Google warrant issued to
lawsuit against Google
Microsoft bid for
Overture/Inktomi deal
Peanut Butter Manifesto
profits
Yandex
Yang, Jerry. See also Google
YouTube
advertising on
antipiracy efforts
CBS deal
content partners
Google purchase
versus Hulu
monetizing, problems of
piracy complaints against
and political participation
threat to TV
traditional media deals, rejection of
Zeiger, Dr. Roni
Zeitgeist Conference
Zelnick, Strauss
Zucker, Jeff
Zuckerberg, Marc
Zwick, Edward