Tuesday, November 9, 2010

GOOGLE-NOT JUST A SEARCH ENGINE - Ifit, Itomba


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Google – “Not just a search engine”

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Google is known as super search engine which finds almost everything we want on the web, also create blog, translate text, check emails, calendar docs readers shopping groups, make routes thanks to Google maps…
The Google process: The Web server sends the request to the servers of the index. The contents of these servers are similar to the index of a book: it indicates on which pages the words are corresponding to the request. The request carries on its way to the waiters of documents, which recover the stored documents. Extracts are generated to describe each result obtained. The results of a search are returned to the Net surfer in a fraction of a second.
  1. Who are its founders and what does “Google” means?


  1. What are the names of people who explain how different Google’s search works?


  1. How can I find a book written by a French author when I don’t know the book’s title but the subject?


  1. What is the information collected by Google concerning your privacy?


  1. What Google’s applications can you use on mobile phones? Is it possible to use Google’s app on every mobile phones?

  1. What are the Doodles? What is the price of the National Winner?



5 comments:

  1. 1. Google has been created by Larry page and Sergey Brin. The word Google means nothing but it is almost like the word Googol which is used when there are 100 zeros after a 1. It is a way to show the amount of information Google can generate.

    2.People who explain how different Google's search work are Sameer Samat, Johanna Wright and Jeremy Milo.

    3. To find a book written by a French author when you don't know the book's title but hte subject, you can choose the subject in the browse subjects and then you choose the French pages.

    4. The information collected by Google is: the one you provide; the cookies; Log information; user communications, information from affiliated google services on other sites, information from third party application, location data and unique application number.

    5. You can have some of Google's applications on your mobile phone such as: Web search; My location; Latest results; Contact Search; Google suggestions; vocal search; Gmail.
    Google's applications cannot be used on every mobile phones.

    6. The doodles are drawings made by kids for a competition. These drawings are made from the logo Google.
    The national winner received a $15 000 college scholarship, a laptop computer, a $25 000 technology grant for a new computer lab in her school, a T-shirt with her doodle on it, a Wacom digital design tablet and a trip to the google New york office for an event on May 26.

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  2. 1.The founders of Google are Larry Page and Sergey Brin. When they created Google, Larry and Sergey choose “google” in reference to the word googol which means as the article explains it: “the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros”. With this name, they try to represent the aim of google which is to collect and organize the world's information we can find on internet by creating an easy and useful way to find information on internet.

    2.The names of people who explain how different Google’s search works are:
    - Matt Cutts
    - Nundu Janakiram
    - Vivian Leung

    3.We can find a book written by a French author when we don't know the book's title but the subject by finding in the column of browse subjects the subject of our book and google suggest a list of books according to the subject we choose. After that we can ask google to show just the French books. Now we have to find in the list suggested by google the book we look for.

    4.To protect our privacy, google put some principles in place. Google develop product that reflect strong privacy standards and practices, make the collection of personal information transparent and give users choices to protect their privacy. In addition to these measures, Google establish a Privacy Center in order to inform users.

    5.We can use google maps, google buzz, google sync, google latitude, google earth, google goggles, google search, Gmail, google voice, igoogle, google voice and google maps navigation.
    Google's application work on some mobile phones but not all. We can notice that these applications are mainly for the new mobile phone's generation, that is to say Iphone, Blackberry,...

    6.Doodles are logos used temporarily by the Google search engine. Periodically, Google proceed to temporary adaptations of its logo, the modified versions being posted during a day on the homepage of Google. Doodles are created to celebrate particular events such as the national holidays, the birthdays of famous characters or the other important events.
    The National winner win a $15,000 college scholarship, a trip to the office of Google in New York for an event on May, 26th, a laptop computer, a Wacom digital design tablet and a t-shirt printed with their Doodle on it.

    Franzo Emilie

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  3. 1. The founders of Google are Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google is a play on the word “googol,” which is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeros.

    2. The name of people who explain are Matt Cutts, Nundu Janakiram & Vivian Leung.

    3. To find a book when you just know what it talking about & that it’s written by a French author you go on the website and you choose in the column the subject that you want. Then Google suggests a list of all books in relation with the subject. To finish you can specify that you just want French author.

    4. Google privacy principles, it’s responsible of information it holds, it use information to propose valuable products & services, it develop products that reflect strong privacy standards and practices, all personal information are transparent & users can protect their privacy easily.

    5. On mobile phone you can use many Google applications like web search, my location and many others specifics searches. Google applications can’t be used with every mobile phones.

    6. Doodle is a competition where students can show their artistic talent to transform Google’s logo. This year the winner is Makenzie Melton with her « rainforest habitat » the price is $15,000 college scholarship, a netbook computer and $25,000 for a new computer lab at her school moreover her doodle was posted on Google homepage so that everyone can see it.

    Florine Zobler

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  4. The founders of google are Larry page and Sergey Brin.
    Google is a play on the word googol which a mathematic expression which means «  a hundred 0 after a 1 » and this name represents the huge amount of information that we can find on it.

    Their names are Matt Cutts, Nundu Janakiram and Vivian Leung.
    In order to this kind of search, you have to select the subject in the browse subject and then you select French pages only.

    The information that are collected by Google are: the information you provide, cookies, log information, user communications, the affiliated google services on other sites, information collected by third party application, the location data, unique application number. This privacy policy doesn't apply to other sites than google.

    The applications are: Google Mobile App, Maps, Buzz, Sync, Latitude, Earth, Googles, Search, Gmail, Youtube, Voice, iGoogle, voice actions, and a lot more.
    Thos applications cannot be used on every mobile phone, it depends also on the regions.

    The doodles are a competition for kids: they have to create a new logo for the homepage of Google.
    The winner price is a $15,000 college scholarship, a netbook computer and a $25,000 technology grant for a new computer lab at her school. The doodle was also featured on the Google.com homepage on May 27, 2010.

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  5. 1. The founders of Google are Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Google comes from the word googol that mean a 1 followed by 100 zeros.

    2. The names of people who explain how Google works are Matt Cutts, Nundu Janakiram and Vivian Leung.

    3. To find a book that you don't know the title but the subject, you go on "Google Books" and you choose at right in "Browse subject" the book's topic. Then you can specify that you only want french pages.

    4. Concerning our privacy, Google collects the information given when you register for sites, our passwords, our cookies.

    5. On mobile phones, we can use Google Maps, Earth, Mail, search engine, voice actions, Youtube. But this applications don't work on every mobil phones.(only on smartphones like Android, Blackberry, Iphone)

    6. The Doodles are competitions in which children draw original Google's homepages. The National Winner's price is a $15,000 college scholarship, a netbook computer and a $25,000 technology grant for a new computer lab at the school's winner.

    Mignon Léa

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