An article that I found interesting about google's back office operations

cd34 · 2005-03-03, 02:48 PM

http://informationweek.com/story/sho...cleID=60404858

Google Inc. owes its success in part to the unique computing architecture it invented to suit its business--serving up searches of the Web to millions of users with lightning-fast speed.

Attendees at the EclipseCon conference in Burlingame, Calif., Wednesday were treated to a glimpse of how that technology was developed in Google's early days and how that technology operates today, courtesy of a speech by Urs Hoelzle, Google's VP of engineering.

EclipseCon is the second annual meeting of users of the Eclipse open-source programmer's workbench, a platform that helps unrelated software-development tools work together.

To invent Google's technology, developers had to throw out assumptions previously used in large data centers and implant new ones, Hoelzle told attendees. And because exactly what will be searched for on any given day is never predictable, keeping the 10 billion pages of the Web close at hand is a daunting challenge.

Hoelzle, a man with a short black beard and quick wit, told audience members that a Google search on "Eclipse" produced more results for solar events and the Mitsubishi car than their favorite development environment. "So everyone here, get back to work," he admonished his listeners, who chuckled in response....

Full article at the url listed above.

Cleo · 2005-03-03, 02:53 PM

How do we hack it and make our sites listed at the top of every page?

cd34 · 2005-03-03, 03:03 PM

Being at the top is quite important according to this article.

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb213516.htm

Did-it, Enquiro, and Eyetools Uncover Google’s Golden Triangle

New EyeTracking Study verifies the importance of page position and rank in both Organic and PPC search results for visibility and click through in Google.

(PRWEB) March 1, 2005 -- A joint eye tracking study conducted by search marketing firms Enquiro and Did-it.com and eye tracking firm Eyetools has shown that the vast majority of eye tracking activity during a search happens in a triangle at the top of the search results page indicating that the areas of maximum interest create a “golden triangle.”

Rorschach · 2005-03-03, 03:49 PM

That eye tracking article is good, thanks...

here's a slightly lengthier version of the first one:

http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3487041

the map reduction thing is interesting.

2005-03-03, 02:48 PM	#1
cd34 a.k.a. Sparky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA Posts: 2,396	An article that I found interesting about google's back office operations http://informationweek.com/story/sho...cleID=60404858 Google Inc. owes its success in part to the unique computing architecture it invented to suit its business--serving up searches of the Web to millions of users with lightning-fast speed. Attendees at the EclipseCon conference in Burlingame, Calif., Wednesday were treated to a glimpse of how that technology was developed in Google's early days and how that technology operates today, courtesy of a speech by Urs Hoelzle, Google's VP of engineering. EclipseCon is the second annual meeting of users of the Eclipse open-source programmer's workbench, a platform that helps unrelated software-development tools work together. To invent Google's technology, developers had to throw out assumptions previously used in large data centers and implant new ones, Hoelzle told attendees. And because exactly what will be searched for on any given day is never predictable, keeping the 10 billion pages of the Web close at hand is a daunting challenge. Hoelzle, a man with a short black beard and quick wit, told audience members that a Google search on "Eclipse" produced more results for solar events and the Mitsubishi car than their favorite development environment. "So everyone here, get back to work," he admonished his listeners, who chuckled in response.... Full article at the url listed above. __________________ SnapReplay.com a different way to share photos - iPhone & Android

2005-03-03, 02:53 PM	#2
Cleo Subversive filth of the hedonistic decadent West Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Southeast Florida Posts: 27,936	How do we hack it and make our sites listed at the top of every page? __________________ Free Rides on Uber and Lyft Uber Car: uberTzTerri Lyft Car: TZ896289

2005-03-03, 03:03 PM	#3
cd34 a.k.a. Sparky Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: West Palm Beach, FL, USA Posts: 2,396	Being at the top is quite important according to this article. http://www.prweb.com/releases/2005/3/prweb213516.htm Did-it, Enquiro, and Eyetools Uncover Google’s Golden Triangle New EyeTracking Study verifies the importance of page position and rank in both Organic and PPC search results for visibility and click through in Google. (PRWEB) March 1, 2005 -- A joint eye tracking study conducted by search marketing firms Enquiro and Did-it.com and eye tracking firm Eyetools has shown that the vast majority of eye tracking activity during a search happens in a triangle at the top of the search results page indicating that the areas of maximum interest create a “golden triangle.” __________________ SnapReplay.com a different way to share photos - iPhone & Android

2005-03-03, 03:49 PM	#4
Rorschach Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip! Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 115	That eye tracking article is good, thanks... here's a slightly lengthier version of the first one: http://www.internetnews.com/xSP/article.php/3487041 the map reduction thing is interesting.