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Michael Miller has written more than 80 nonfiction how-to books over the past twenty years, including Que’s Photopedia: The Ultimate Digital Photography Resource, iPodpedia: The Ultimate iPod and iTunes Resource, Absolute Beginner’s Guide to Computer Basics, YouTube 4 You, and YouTube for Business. His 1999 book, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Online Search Secrets, was one of the first books to cover Google (then in beta testing). Mr. Miller has established a reputation for clearly explaining technical topics to non-technical readers, and for offering useful real-world advice about complicated topics. More information can be found at the author’s website, located at www.molehillgroup.com.
Introduction | p. 1 |
Getting to Know Google | p. 1 |
Inside Google | p. 9 |
Getting to Know Google, Inc. | p. 10 |
Googlersquos Mission | p. 10 |
Googlersquos History | p. 11 |
Googlersquos Revenues | p. 14 |
Is Google a Search Company or an Advertising Company? | p. 15 |
Life at the Googleplex | p. 16 |
How Google Works | p. 17 |
How a Typical Search Works | p. 17 |
How Google Builds Its Databaseand Assembles Its Index | p. 18 |
How Google Ranks Its Results | p. 20 |
Matching Pages to Queries | p. 20 |
Understanding PageRank | p. 21 |
The Bottom Line | |
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