The idea and history behind Google

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[...] Employees enjoy three free meals a day, they get free medical insurance, they have an enormous amount of freedom to come up with new ideas, and employees are even one day a week to work on their own pet projects (Smale, 2004). Giving this much independence to employees allows one's mind to flourish by removing traditional restrictions and constraints. This philosophy encourages innovation and ensures that all employees working in Google to spend time on thinking of way to improve the user experience. [...]

[...] Retrieved April from CBSNews Website: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2004/03/25/sunday/main608672.shtml Malseed, Mark. (2007). The Story of Sergey Brin. Retrieved April from momentmag Website: http://www.momentmag.com/Exclusive/2007/2007- 02/200702-BrinFeature.html Google buys garage with a history. (2006). Retrieved April from The Age Website: http://www.theage.com.au/news/web/google-buys-garage-with- a-history/2006/10/02/1159641250919.html Google searches more sites more quickly, delivering the most relevant results. Retrieved April from Google Technology Website: http://www.google.com/technology/ Our Philosophy. (2008). Retrieved April from Google Corporate Information Website: http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html Smale, Will. [...]

[...] The Google philosophy is very important to the organization and is stressed to every employee who joins the company. The idea of not being is essential, and it pervades all levels of the organization. Google uses their technology to develop a fair and efficient system for searching, and they never compromise their principles. One of their main principles is about PageRank, for example, and the idea that no company or website can ever gain an unfair advantage by paying additional money to Google in order to increase its rank in the search. [...]

[...] By adding the new feature, an innovative idea is put into place, and it leads to other innovative ideas that continually improve the experience a Google user will have. Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google not because they wanted to become billionaires, but because they had a true passion for improving the way humans deal with information. As we analyze their various philosophies about work, about not doing anything evil, and about being transparent with one's intentions, we can easily tell that their intentions are honest and noble. [...]

[...] The Idea and History Behind Google Google, a multibillion dollar company that has changed the way the world searches for information, had a very humble beginning. What started out as merely a great idea for a new algorithm eventually transformed into a complex and extremely sophisticated system for ranking pages and making Internet search much more efficient. The founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have established various sets of principles that make up the core values of Google, such as “Don't be evil.” Treating employees with utmost care and making them a priority has also been a very important element of the Google philosophy, and Google has even been ranked as the number one place to work. [...]