徐沛东的回答: IntroductionGoogleisaWebsearchengineownedbyGoogle,Inc。,andisthemostusedsearchengineontheWeb,relatedtoitsInternetsearch,email,onlinemapping,officeproductivity,socialnetworking,andvideosharingservicesaswellassellingadvertisingfreeversionsofthesametechnologies。Googlereceivesseveralhundredmillionquerieseachdaythroughitsvariousservices。GooglesearchwasoriginallydevelopedbyLarryPageandSergeyBrinin1997。TheGoogleheadquarters,theGoogleplex,islocatedinMountainView,California。Asof30September2008thecompanyhas20,123fulltimeemployees。HistoryofGoogleGooglebeganinJanuary1996,asaresearchprojectbyLarryPage,whowassoonjoinedbySergeyBrin,twoPh。D。studentsatStanfordUniversityinCalifornia。Theyhypothesizedthatasearchenginethatanalyzedtherelationshipsbetweenwebsiteswouldproducebetterrankingofresultsthanexistingtechniques,whichrankedresultsaccordingtothenumberoftimesthesearchtermappearedonapage。TheirsearchenginewasoriginallynicknamedBackRubbecausethesystemcheckedbacklinkstoestimatetheimportanceofasite。AsmallsearchenginecalledRankdexwasalreadyexploringasimilarstrategy。Convincedthatthepageswiththemostlinkstothemfromotherhighlyrelevantwebpagesmustbethemostrelevantpagesassociatedwiththesearch,PageandBrintestedtheirthesisaspartoftheirstudies,andlaidthefoundationfortheirsearchengine。Originally,thesearchengineusedtheStanfordUniversitywebsitewiththedomaingoogle。stanford。edu。Thedomaingoogle。comwasregisteredon15September1997,andthecompanywasincorporatedasGoogleInc。on4September1998atafriendsgarageinMenloPark,California。ThetotalinitialinvestmentraisedforthenewcompanyamountedtoalmostUS1。1million,includingaUS100,000checkbyAndyBechtolsheim,oneofthefoundersofSunMicrosystems。InMarch1999,thecompanymovedintoofficesinPaloAlto,hometoseveralothernotedSiliconValleytechnologystartups。Afterquicklyoutgrowingtwoothersites,thecompanyleasedacomplexofbuildingsinMountainViewat1600AmphitheatreParkwayfromSiliconGraphics(SGI)in2003。Thecompanyhasremainedatthislocationeversince,andthecomplexhassincecometobeknownastheGoogleplex(aplayonthewordgoogolplex)。In2006,GoogleboughtthepropertyfromSGIforUS319million。TheGooglesearchengineattractedaloyalfollowingamongthegrowingnumberofInternetusers,wholikeditssimpledesignandusefulresults。In2000,Googlebegansellingadvertisementsassociatedwithsearchkeywords。Theadsweretextbasedtomaintainanunclutteredpagedesignandtomaximizepageloadingspeed。Keywordsweresoldbasedonacombinationofpricebidandclickthroughs,withbiddingstartingatUS。05perclick。ThismodelofsellingkeywordadvertisingwaspioneeredbyGoto。com(laterrenamedOvertureServices,beforebeingacquiredbyYahoo!andrebrandedasYahoo!SearchMarketing)。Goto。comwasanIdealabspinoffcreatedbyBillGross,andwasthefirstcompanytosuccessfullyprovideapayforplacementsearchservice。OvertureServiceslatersuedGoogleoverallegedinfringementsofOverturespayperclickandbiddingpatentsbyGooglesAdWordsservice。Thecasewassettledoutofcourt,withGoogleagreeingtoissuesharesofcommonstocktoYahoo!inexchangeforaperpetuallicense。。Thus,whilemanyofitsdotcomrivalsfailedinthenewInternetmarketplace,Googlequietlyroseinstaturewhilegeneratingrevenue。ThenameGoogleoriginatedfromacommonmisspellingofthewordgoogol,whichrefersto10100,thenumberrepresentedbya1followedbyonehundredzeros。Havingfounditswayincreasinglyintoeverydaylanguage,theverbgoogle,wasaddedtotheMerriamWebsterCollegiateDictionaryandtheOxfordEnglishDictionaryin2006,meaningtousetheGooglesearchenginetoobtaininformationontheInternet。ApatentdescribingpartoftheGooglerankingmechanism(PageRank)wasgrantedon4September2001。ThepatentwasofficiallyassignedtoStanfordUniversityandlistsLawrencePageastheinventor。 齐怀的回答: IntroductionGoogleisaWebsearchengineownedbyGoogle,Inc。,andisthemostusedsearchengineontheWeb,relatedtoitsInternetsearch,email,onlinemapping,officeproductivity,socialnetworking,andvideosharingservicesaswellassellingadvertisingfreeversionsofthesametechnologies。Googlereceivesseveralhundredmillionquerieseachdaythroughitsvariousservices。GooglesearchwasoriginallydevelopedbyLarryPageandSergeyBrinin1997。TheGoogleheadquarters,theGoogleplex,islocatedinMountainView,California。Asof30September2008thecompanyhas20,123fulltimeemployees。HistoryofGoogleGooglebeganinJanuary1996,asaresearchprojectbyLarryPage,whowassoonjoinedbySergeyBrin,twoPh。D。studentsatStanfordUniversityinCalifornia。Theyhypothesizedthatasearchenginethatanalyzedtherelationshipsbetweenwebsiteswouldproducebetterrankingofresultsthanexistingtechniques,whichrankedresultsaccordingtothenumberoftimesthesearchtermappearedonapage。TheirsearchenginewasoriginallynicknamedBackRubbecausethesystemcheckedbacklinkstoestimatetheimportanceofasite。AsmallsearchenginecalledRankdexwasalreadyexploringasimilarstrategy。Convincedthatthepageswiththemostlinkstothemfromotherhighlyrelevantwebpagesmustbethemostrelevantpagesassociatedwiththesearch,PageandBrintestedtheirthesisaspartoftheirstudies,andlaidthefoundationfortheirsearchengine。Originally,thesearchengineusedtheStanfordUniversitywebsitewiththedomaingoogle。stanford。edu。Thedomaingoogle。comwasregisteredon15September1997,andthecompanywasincorporatedasGoogleInc。on4September1998atafriendsgarageinMenloPark,California。ThetotalinitialinvestmentraisedforthenewcompanyamountedtoalmostUS1。1million,includingaUS100,000checkbyAndyBechtolsheim,oneofthefoundersofSunMicrosystems。InMarch1999,thecompanymovedintoofficesinPaloAlto,hometoseveralothernotedSiliconValleytechnologystartups。Afterquicklyoutgrowingtwoothersites,thecompanyleasedacomplexofbuildingsinMountainViewat1600AmphitheatreParkwayfromSiliconGraphics(SGI)in2003。Thecompanyhasremainedatthislocationeversince,andthecomplexhassincecometobeknownastheGoogleplex(aplayonthewordgoogolplex)。In2006,GoogleboughtthepropertyfromSGIforUS319million。TheGooglesearchengineattractedaloyalfollowingamongthegrowingnumberofInternetusers,wholikeditssimpledesignandusefulresults。In2000,Googlebegansellingadvertisementsassociatedwithsearchkeywords。Theadsweretextbasedtomaintainanunclutteredpagedesignandtomaximizepageloadingspeed。Keywordsweresoldbasedonacombinationofpricebidandclickthroughs,withbiddingstartingatUS。05perclick。ThismodelofsellingkeywordadvertisingwaspioneeredbyGoto。com(laterrenamedOvertureServices,beforebeingacquiredbyYahoo!andrebrandedasYahoo!SearchMarketing)。Goto。comwasanIdealabspinoffcreatedbyBillGross,andwasthefirstcompanytosuccessfullyprovideapayforplacementsearchservice。OvertureServiceslatersuedGoogleoverallegedinfringementsofOverturespayperclickandbiddingpatentsbyGooglesAdWordsservice。Thecasewassettledoutofcourt,withGoogleagreeingtoissuesharesofcommonstocktoYahoo!inexchangeforaperpetuallicense。。Thus,whilemanyofitsdotcomrivalsfailedinthenewInternetmarketplace,Googlequietlyroseinstaturewhilegeneratingrevenue。ThenameGoogleoriginatedfromacommonmisspellingofthewordgoogol,whichrefersto10100,thenumberrepresentedbya1followedbyonehundredzeros。Havingfounditswayincreasinglyintoeverydaylanguage,theverbgoogle,wasaddedtotheMerriamWebsterCollegiateDictionaryandtheOxfordEnglishDictionaryin2006,meaningtousetheGooglesearchenginetoobtaininformationontheInternet。ApatentdescribingpartoftheGooglerankingmechanism(PageRank)wasgrantedon4September2001。ThepatentwasofficiallyassignedtoStanfordUniversityandlistsLawrencePageastheinventor。 李茂林的回答: WhatsGoogle?RegardingDanielspointonchildpovertyandthepromisetheinternethasforlinkingkidstoaworldthatdotherwiseremaininaccessible,Iwanttotellaquickstory。Grant,oneofmyclosestfriends,workswithAmnestyInternationalgoingintourbanareasofChicagoandteachingthestudentsabouthumanrights。ArecentlessonplanofhisfocusedonAbuGhraibandAmericanattitudestowardstorture。Towardstheendofthelessonhenotedthatfurtherpictures,documentsandinformationcouldbefoundonGoogle。Onestudentraisedhishandand,notjoking,said:Whatsagoogle?Hewasnttheonlyoneintheclassnottoknow。Wetakeitforgrantedthattheinformationrevolutionsweepingthroughourliveshas,tosomedegreeoranother,rippledintoeverycreviceofAmerica。Ithasnt。Andwhilemodemsarentasilverbullettopovertyanddespair,theydoprovidethosehopingforabetterlifebutsequesteredinanimpoverishedonewiththeopportunitytotapintoworldsbeyondwhattheyknow。Usingthenet,youcanlookatcolleges,emailadmissionsofficers,readblogs,scanthenews,meetnewpeople,readnewthings,andonandon。Willeveryoneusethecomputerforthatpurpose?Ofcoursenot,mostwillhoneinontheporn。Butforthosewhodowanttoexpandtheirhorizons,givingthemthatopportunityisamoralimperative。 。迩從未想過硪的回答: