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May. 13, 2008 at 8:29am by Greg Sterling
Fortune On Google's Challenges: Employee Retention, Innovation, Maintaining Its Culture
There's a famous B.B. King blues tune called "The Thrill Is Gone." I was recently on the phone with a Google employee (director level) who was expressing that very sentiment about his experience there. I was surprised to hear that from this particular individual. However, Google has seen some high...
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May. 6, 2008 at 5:57am by Danny Sullivan
Google Loses PR Chief Elliot Schrage To Facebook
It's going to be harder for Google to spin they haven't lost their mojo to Facebook with news of the latest exec to depart the Big G -- that being chief spinmaster Ellliot Schrage bailing from being vice president of global communications at Google to become VP of communications and...
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Apr. 24, 2008 at 6:33pm by Danny Sullivan
New Google CIO: Morgan Stanley's Benjamin Fried
News.com reports that Benjamin Fried, a Morgan Stanley managing director, has been pegged to fill the chief information officer spot that opened up when Douglas Merrill left earlier this month. Google's confirmed the move....
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Apr. 22, 2008 at 1:48pm by Greg Sterling
Former Googlers Ready Mechanical Zoo Social Recommendations Engine
CNET writes about a new "stealth startup" from former Google News product manager Nathan Stoll. The new site "Mechanical Zoo" is reportedly in alpha right now. Here's how CNET's Stefanie Olson describes its intended function:...
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Apr. 17, 2008 at 10:04am by Barry Schwartz
Two New Google Search Quality Interviews
There are two new interviews available, one from Google's VP of search quality, Udi Manber, and one from Googler Matt Cutts. Popular Mechanics interviewed Udi Manber and posted the interview transcript online. Matt Cutts did an audio/podcast interview with Duct Tape Marketing. Here is a summary of my notes from...
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Apr. 14, 2008 at 8:32am by Barry Schwartz
Google Australia's Director Has Six Birthdays?
Google execs out of sight from The Australian reports that Google Australia's Director, Mark Tucker, has six official birthdays. According the report, the Australian Securities and Investments Commission has six different recorded birthdays for Mr. Tucker. The birthdays include January 21, 1953; January 13, 1953; January 25, 1953; January 12,...
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Apr. 4, 2008 at 4:24pm by Greg Sterling
Search Biz: Google Ups And Downs, Yahoo's Jekyll And Hyde Sides, The Revolving (Personnel) Door, & More
Writing the Search Biz column is challenging because of the diverse group of stories that get collected every day. Today there's an unusually large number; however, there are basically three broad themes: Google and the company's legal challenges, Yahoo's Jekyll and Hyde positions on China and human rights, and...
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Apr. 2, 2008 at 5:02pm by Danny Sullivan
Megachart & Analysis: Google Executive Management Changes, 2000-2008
With two high-ranking Google executives leaving the Big G within a month's time, I thought it would be interesting to go back through Google's executive management page over the years and see how it reflects changes among the higher-ups. Below, there are a series of tables and commentary that hopefully...
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Mar. 26, 2008 at 9:22am by Barry Schwartz
Google Founders Take $1 Salaries Again; Tell Investors To Say No On Anti-Censorship Proposal
Google founders: $1 salaries, $13B in stock from CNN Money reports Google's founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, along with CEO Eric Schmidt, renewed their contracts again at a $1 per year salary, in 2007. You would think that with the falling stock price, the founders might want some extra...
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Mar. 18, 2008 at 9:47am by Greg Sterling
Google's CIO On The "Consumerization" Of The Enterprise
The Wall Street Journal has an interview this morning with Google's Chief Information Officer Douglas Merrill. He discusses the company's attitude toward security and the freedom that Google permits its employees in terms of choosing software applications, phones, computer operating systems, and so on....
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Mar. 5, 2008 at 10:28am by Barry Schwartz
Matt Cutts & The Search Community Interview
I finally got around to watching Whiteboard Friday - The Matt Cutts Interview and felt it was worth pointing out. Matt Cutts, Google Engineer, is a huge part of the SEM industry. Rand Fishkin's interview with Matt Cutts explores that relationship. Questions include how Matt got into being the face...
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Feb. 27, 2008 at 10:04am by Barry Schwartz
EFF Sues DOJ Over Googler For Correspondence With Horvath
Group Sues Justice for Google Contacts from Washington Post reports that the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed suit against a former Googler. The EFF want to know what was said between Google and Jane Horvath, a former US Justice Department privacy lawyer who now works for Google. The suit was filed...
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Feb. 18, 2008 at 8:53am by Greg Sterling
It's The Culture Stupid: Happy Googlers Sound Off On What They Like About The Place
Last week I spent about an hour and a half at Google's New York offices talking to John Burke, Director of Industry Development and Marketing. Burke works for Tim Armstrong and has been at Google since 2002 (read: pre-IPO). He seems as enthusiastic as ever about the place. My intention...
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Feb. 13, 2008 at 9:22am by Barry Schwartz
Google On Centerfold Of Marie Claire
Nathan Weinberg reports Google has made it big in fashion, by being the centerfold of the Marie Claire magazine. The 12 page piece was named Fashion for Work at the Google Headquarters and highlighted model Britni Standwood throughout the Googleplex. You can scan these pictures of Standwood on Google's roof,...
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Feb. 11, 2008 at 9:48am by Barry Schwartz
The Googliest Place On Earth: Google Takes Over Disneyland
Google Operating System has a collection of Googler posts on their recent trip to Disneyland. This year, instead of going skiing as they have traditionally done for their annual company trips, Google went to Disneyland. Googlers took over Disneyland between February 4 and 6th. In fact, Valleywag reported that Googlers...
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Feb. 6, 2008 at 8:10am by Greg Sterling
Google Hiring In Africa
Google is reportedly starting to bulk up a bit in Africa. The company is doing some new hiring in its Nairobi, Kenya African headquarters and opening new offices in several countries. International revenues represented 48 percent of Google's earnings in Q4 2007....
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Feb. 4, 2008 at 4:51pm by Chris Sherman
Google Files Screenshots Of Compensation Tool With SEC
As a publicly traded company, Google is required to disclose certain types of information related to its employment and compensation practices to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, which then makes the documents public. Google today submitted screenshots of a compensation tool available to Google staffing employees and certain employment...
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Jan. 31, 2008 at 7:35am by Barry Schwartz
Google's Founders & CEO Promised To Work Together Until 2024
Google CEO, Co-Founders Made Long-Term Promise from the Wall Street Journal reports Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, said they would work together until the year 2024. Google spokesperson Jon Murchinson told the Wall Street Journal that the "informal pact" between the three top...
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Jan. 23, 2008 at 9:30am by Barry Schwartz
Google Best Place To Work, According To Fortune Magazine
Fortune Magazine rated Google the best place to work in 2008. Google secured the top spot for a second year in a row because, as Fortune explains, "Google continued to mint millionaires as the stock cracked $700. The company gives stock options to 99% of employees." Microsoft made the list...
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Jan. 11, 2008 at 2:23pm by Barry Schwartz
Isabel Aguilera, CEO of Google Spain & Portugal, Leaving
Isabel Aguilera abandona la dirección de Google España y Portugal from ElPasis.com reports Google Spain and Portugal's CEO, Isabel Aguilera, is leaving her position at Google as of January 15th. She became Google Spain's CEO on March 1, 2006. A translated version of the article has Google's regional director Southern...
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Jan. 11, 2008 at 9:28am by Danny Sullivan
The New Yorker On Google: Avoiding Regulation, Arrogance
Just before New Year's, I published a fictional look at what might happen to Google if it was forced to breakup due to government regulation. In The Search Party this week from The New Yorker, there's a nice long look by author Ken Auletta on how such efforts to regulate...
