Google
- Enables users to search the Web, Usenet, and images. Features include PageRank, caching and translation of results, and an option to find similar pages. The company's focus is developing search technology.
- http://www.google.com/
G4: Google Tips and Secrets - Tips and tricks from Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder and president. - http://www.g4tv.com/techtvvault/features/26502/Google_Tips_and_Secrets.html
The Original Google Computer Storage - Photographs of the hardware used in Page and Brin's research, and an article explaining the search engine's history. - http://infolab.stanford.edu/pub/voy/museum/pictures/display/0-4-Google.htm
Google Product Search - Presents photographs of products and links to the stores that sell them online. Options to narrow search by price range, and view results as a grid of images. - http://www.google.com/products
Google World - A categorized directory by Indicateur of links to information on Google, some to pages on Google.com itself, others external. - http://google.indicateur.biz/
The Google Dance Syndrome, Part 1 - Examines Google's update process and its effects on search engine optimization. - http://www.clickz.com/showPage.html?page=2228391
Suchmaschinen-Doktor - Andreas Jaster offers information in German and English on how PageRank is calculated. Additionally personalised PageRank, topic-sensitive PageRank, modular PageRank, BlockRank and TrustRank are described. - http://www.suchmaschinen-doktor.de/
Feedthebot.com - The Google webmaster guidelines explained in everyday terms by Patrick Sexton. - http://www.feedthebot.com/
GWEI - Google Will Eat Itself - A project which uses automated clicking programs to generate Adsense revenue, which is used to purchase Google stock. Media coverage, newsletter, and technical details. - http://www.gwei.org/
Review of Google - Review and analysis of the search and display features by Greg R. Notess from search Engine Showdown. Includes information on un-indexed URLs and Boolean operators. - http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/features/google/
Google and Dmoz: Are They in Love? - Jean Manco considers the relationship between the Web's most popular search engine and its largest, most comprehensive, human-edited directory. - http://jean.manco.googlepages.com/googleanddmoz
Google-Friends - Announcement list which is sent out monthly. Includes archives and subscription information. - http://groups.google.com/group/google-friends
Google.public.support.general FAQ - Answers to questions that appear especially frequently in this newsgroup. - http://gpsgfaq.googlepages.com/index.html
Best of Google Answers - Highlights exceptional questions posted to the information service. - http://google.rajjesh.com
NPR : Escaping the Google Spotlight - Some people go to great lengths to keep their names off the search engine Google.com. Ann Harrison of Wired News tells Scott Simon how to pursue the goal of becoming un-Googleable. [2:56 streaming audio broadcast] - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4951388
WebmasterWorld: Google - Pre-moderated discussion board that is frequented mainly by SEO professionals. - http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum30/
Google Community - Discussion forums for all aspects of the Google search engine. - http://www.googlecommunity.com/
Google Catalog Search - Search and browse mail-order catalogs online. Focuses on standard U.S. mail-order product catalogs which have prices printed in them and are designed to help customers make a purchase immediately. - http://catalogs.google.com/
PageRank Explained - Offering information and downloadable Excel spreadsheet to help visualize how PageRank is calculated. - http://www.pagerank.dk/
Exploiting the Google Toolbar - Security advisory documenting multiple vulnerabilities in the software. The problems have been fixed in versions after 1.1.58. - http://www.greymagic.com/security/advisories/gm001-mc/
Logoogle - Site dedicated to the collection of official and unofficial Google logos. - http://www.logoogle.com/
Google Guide - Interactive online tutorial on using the search engine includes tips and information on new services and features. - http://www.googleguide.com/
Page Rank Explained - Ian Rogers attempts to explain how Google PR is calculated with example to illustrate his arguments. - http://www.iprcom.com/papers/pagerank/
Google's Pagerank Explained - Paper by Phil Craven, in which he provides theories on how PR is calculated and the importance of internal, dangling, inbound, and outbound links. With PR calculator. - http://www.webworkshop.net/pagerank.html
Secrets of Google Revealed - Presents explanations of thirteen "unique features". - http://www.masternewmedia.org/2001/08/31/secrets_of_google_revealed.htm
Google Watch Watch - A criticism of the Google Watch site; argues that it was founded after its author failed to obtain a good PageRank for one of his websites. - http://www.google-watch-watch.org/
Empirical Analysis of Google SafeSearch - Results of research conducted by Benjamin Edelman of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Law School. - http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/google-safesearch/
Google Dance - Describes in some technical detail how Google updates its index. - http://dance.efactory.de/
How Google Toolbar Works - Technical explanation of how the software works and the privacy implications associated with its usage. - http://www.httprevealer.com/usage_google.htm
Survey on Google's PageRank - Information on the algorithm, how to increase PageRank, what diminishes it and how to distribute PageRank within a website. - http://pr.efactory.de/
Net Art: AdWords Happening - The author describes his attempt to use AdWords as a means to distribute poetry and how he was eventually thwarted. - http://www.iterature.com/adwords/