Comments on: Google’s Infrastructure is its Strategic Advantage http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:00:28 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: 为什么 Google 因该害怕社交网站的威力 | 谷奥——探寻谷歌的奥秘 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-982276 为什么 Google 因该害怕社交网站的威力 | 谷奥——探寻谷歌的奥秘 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:09:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-982276 <p>[...] 信息。Google 却忽视它自己明显处于优势的网页搜索服务，去面对这些堆积如山的 [...]</p> [...] 信息。Google 却忽视它自己明显处于优势的网页搜索服务，去面对这些堆积如山的 [...]

]]> By: Why Google Should Fear the Social Web http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-981288 Why Google Should Fear the Social Web Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:03:54 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-981288 <p>[...] of information, which will make it difficult to find the information we actually want. Google, despite its obvious infrastructure advantages, faces a tough job of sifting through these proverbial mountains of data. Unless, of course, the [...]</p> [...] of information, which will make it difficult to find the information we actually want. Google, despite its obvious infrastructure advantages, faces a tough job of sifting through these proverbial mountains of data. Unless, of course, the [...]

]]> By: How Internet Content Distribution & Discovery Are Changing http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-944247 How Internet Content Distribution & Discovery Are Changing Mon, 18 May 2009 02:01:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-944247 <p>[...] Sergey Brin helped changed user behavior by making it easy to seek, search and consume any content. They spent billions on their infrastructure and made search better, faster and easier — so easy that, like a drug, we got hooked on [...]</p> [...] Sergey Brin helped changed user behavior by making it easy to seek, search and consume any content. They spent billions on their infrastructure and made search better, faster and easier — so easy that, like a drug, we got hooked on [...]

]]> By: irin http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-939842 irin Fri, 24 Apr 2009 11:24:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-939842 <p>hi everyone,,, i have a question regarding googles business,just a bit curious as we were having a discussion in the class that does google get paid for the search result or they get paid only for the ads and sponsored link when people click on them?i mean if i search for the term "economy" and they provide me with few pages of search result and i click on one of them,,,do googleget paid? plz let me know if anyone knows it,,, thx in advance</p> hi everyone,,, i have a question regarding googles business,just a bit curious as we were having a discussion in the class that does google get paid for the search result or they get paid only for the ads and sponsored link when people click on them?i mean if i search for the term “economy” and they provide me with few pages of search result and i click on one of them,,,do googleget paid? plz let me know if anyone knows it,,, thx in advance

]]> By: HP Forgot to Put the ‘Cloud’ in MagCloud http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-935435 HP Forgot to Put the ‘Cloud’ in MagCloud Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:32:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-935435 <p>[...] 3. It requires an expensive, special-purpose piece of hardware on the backend. But the cloud is the anti-mainframe. In cloud environments, you buy commodity hardware. If a box breaks, you simply replace it. If we stretch the definition of a cloud service to cover anything where both the Internet and some sort of service are involved, the necessity of the Indigo press still makes MagCloud unworthy of the label. If a machine in this “cloud” goes down, it takes half a million dollars to replace it — and I’m guessing more than a few minutes. This collection of digital presses is no Google infrastructure. [...]</p> [...] 3. It requires an expensive, special-purpose piece of hardware on the backend. But the cloud is the anti-mainframe. In cloud environments, you buy commodity hardware. If a box breaks, you simply replace it. If we stretch the definition of a cloud service to cover anything where both the Internet and some sort of service are involved, the necessity of the Indigo press still makes MagCloud unworthy of the label. If a machine in this “cloud” goes down, it takes half a million dollars to replace it — and I’m guessing more than a few minutes. This collection of digital presses is no Google infrastructure. [...]

]]> By: Omer Altay http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-928239 Omer Altay Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:59:58 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-928239 <p>great post, totally on point..</p> <p>the next question is why do even need the internet? once they have everything served up from their own infrastructure and massive supercomputer?</p> great post, totally on point..

the next question is why do even need the internet? once they have everything served up from their own infrastructure and massive supercomputer?

]]> By: How Google Is Influencing Server Design http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-919738 How Google Is Influencing Server Design Mon, 29 Dec 2008 21:37:40 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-919738 <p>[...] are all ways Google apparently modifies its boxes to deliver information faster and more cheaply. Rackable’s new CloudRack servers will offer [...]</p> [...] are all ways Google apparently modifies its boxes to deliver information faster and more cheaply. Rackable’s new CloudRack servers will offer [...]

]]> By: With Google’s Money and Infrastructure, Does Net Neutrality Really Matter? http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-918049 With Google’s Money and Infrastructure, Does Net Neutrality Really Matter? Mon, 15 Dec 2008 21:51:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-918049 <p>[...] doing business will be much higher than Google’s. As I noted in my post from last December, Google’s infrastructure is its strategic advantage, and this new aspect of the business only helps them lower their costs and hence their [...]</p> [...] doing business will be much higher than Google’s. As I noted in my post from last December, Google’s infrastructure is its strategic advantage, and this new aspect of the business only helps them lower their costs and hence their [...]

]]> By: Google NOT Turning Its Back on Network Neutrality | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-917946 Google NOT Turning Its Back on Network Neutrality | CHARGED's Digital Lifestyle at Work or Play Mon, 15 Dec 2008 06:45:46 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-917946 <p>[...] the company has the resources and the network infrastructure to pull this off. That alone gives the company an advantage over others. Original report below the fold. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google, long a network [...]</p> [...] the company has the resources and the network infrastructure to pull this off. That alone gives the company an advantage over others. Original report below the fold. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google, long a network [...]

]]> By: Google Not Turning Its Back on Network Neutrality http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-917939 Google Not Turning Its Back on Network Neutrality Mon, 15 Dec 2008 05:46:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-917939 <p>[...] the company has the resources and the network infrastructure to pull this off. That alone gives the company an advantage over others. Original report below the fold. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google, long a network [...]</p> [...] the company has the resources and the network infrastructure to pull this off. That alone gives the company an advantage over others. Original report below the fold. The Wall Street Journal reports that Google, long a network [...]

]]> By: Google CapEx Falls, Temporarily - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-905557 Google CapEx Falls, Temporarily - GigaOM Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:11:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-905557 <p>[...] the third quarter of 2007. Wall Street must have rejoiced at how stingy Google was being, but the fact remains that infrastructure is a strategic advantage for Google, and spending must [...]</p> [...] the third quarter of 2007. Wall Street must have rejoiced at how stingy Google was being, but the fact remains that infrastructure is a strategic advantage for Google, and spending must [...]

]]> By: Google CapEx Falls, Temporarily - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-905556 Google CapEx Falls, Temporarily - GigaOM Fri, 17 Oct 2008 19:11:24 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-905556 <p>[...] of 2007. (See chart.) Wall Street must have rejoiced at how stingy Google was being, but the fact remains that infrastructure is a strategic advantage for Google, and spending must [...]</p> [...] of 2007. (See chart.) Wall Street must have rejoiced at how stingy Google was being, but the fact remains that infrastructure is a strategic advantage for Google, and spending must [...]

]]> By: Understanding Google’s algorithm by Richard Vanderhurst « Richard Vanderhurst’s Weblog http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-904647 Understanding Google’s algorithm by Richard Vanderhurst « Richard Vanderhurst’s Weblog Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:06:26 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-904647 <p>[...] invested in talent and infrastructure over the past two years while Yahoo has laid people off. Finally, many people have internal stats [...]</p> [...] invested in talent and infrastructure over the past two years while Yahoo has laid people off. Finally, many people have internal stats [...]

]]> By: Google at 10: Larry, Sergey & Me | Zensible http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-902028 Google at 10: Larry, Sergey & Me | Zensible Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:54:36 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-902028 <p>[...] was the critical difference - I wrote about it recently - between winning and losing. I was reminded of this by an old PowerPoint presentation. They talked [...]</p> [...] was the critical difference – I wrote about it recently – between winning and losing. I was reminded of this by an old PowerPoint presentation. They talked [...]

]]> By: 10 ans : Bonne Fête Google ! | Ressac Media | Le Blogue http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-898453 10 ans : Bonne Fête Google ! | Ressac Media | Le Blogue Tue, 09 Sep 2008 02:36:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-898453 <p>[...] en la matière cet élément à été déterminant. Car c’est la capacité à déployer l’infrastructure et le réseau nécessaire qui à fait et fera toujours la différence lorsqu’il vient le temps de [...]</p> [...] en la matière cet élément à été déterminant. Car c’est la capacité à déployer l’infrastructure et le réseau nécessaire qui à fait et fera toujours la différence lorsqu’il vient le temps de [...]

]]> By: Google at 10: Larry, Sergey & Me - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-898185 Google at 10: Larry, Sergey & Me - GigaOM Sun, 07 Sep 2008 03:49:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/2007/12/04/google-infrastructure/#comment-898185 <p>[...] was the critical difference - I wrote about it recently - between winning and losing. I was reminded of this by an old PowerPoint Larry & Sergey left [...]</p> [...] was the critical difference – I wrote about it recently – between winning and losing. I was reminded of this by an old PowerPoint Larry & Sergey left [...]

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