https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw History and Culture of Google en-us 2019-04-18 21:05:17 UTC 2026-02-16 21:46:36 UTC hello@padlet.com collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352693262 In 1995 Sergey Brin, a student at Stanford University, was assigned to show Larry Page around the campus. Their first meeting did not actually go as well as planned and the two nearly disagreed about everything when they first met. ]]> 2019-04-19 01:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352693262 collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352693755 This is the year the two finally hit it off and started to create a search engine which used links to determine the importance of individual pages on the World Wide Web. The initial search engine being called "Backrub".]]> 2019-04-19 01:14:01 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352693755 collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352695613 When using other search engines they base their search results on the word you used. Therefore if you searched orange the first page that will pop up will be that with the word orange used most. Google's results were different, when searching Google used an Algorithm ranking pages based on the number of pages linked back to it which led to their success. ]]> 2019-04-19 01:32:00 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352695613 collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352697115 2019-04-19 01:47:42 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352697115 collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352697669 Backrub would eventually become Google after the word "googol" giving their name a slight twist. The word googol meaning the number 1 with 100 zeros behind it. The correlation being that the search engine user would yield large quantities of information if using Google. ]]> 2019-04-19 01:53:17 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352697669 collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352698150 While allowing employees a lot of freedoms and giving employees many benefits for working the company has created a lifestyle that very few people get to enjoy. From having cafes in certain offices to bringing your dog to work Google has proven its employee first attitude. After all who wouldn't enjoy a massage or using a slide instead of stairs at work?]]> 2019-04-19 01:58:34 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352698150 collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352698730 Google hires people who share a similar goal of collaborating to make the company more innovative. This allows them to hire individuals who work well together to achieve a common goal. ]]> 2019-04-19 02:04:11 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352698730 collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352699092 Heres a short video on the history of Google.]]> 2019-04-19 02:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352699092 collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352699524 Google offers many more perks than the ones already listed. Those include being able to drink beer and wine on Fridays, free meals and snacks provided by the office many catering to those who are organic, on-site gyms in certain facilities, up to 22 weeks of paid leave for new mothers and even fathers receiving 7-12 weeks of paid leave during adoption or after the birth of a child. These are just a few of the perks for working at google. ]]> 2019-04-19 02:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352699524 collin_m_wall https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352700097 1. Focus on the user and all else will follow.
2. It's best to do one thing really, really well.
3. Fast is better than slow.
4. Democracy on the web works.
5. You don't need to be at your desk to need an answer.
6. You can make money without doing evil.
7. Theres always more information out there.
8. The need for information crosses all borders.
9. You can be serious without a suit.
10. Great just isn't good enough. ]]> 2019-04-19 02:19:45 UTC https://padlet.com/collin_m_wall/ovo7cbra19iw/wish/352700097