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   History of Google

   To convert the backlink data that it gathered into a measure of importance for a given web page, Brin and Page developed the PageRank algorithm. ... In early 2006, Google acquired Upstartle, a company responsible for the online collaborative word processor, Writely.
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   List of acquisitions by Google

   "Google buys Orion algorithm". ... ↑ "We're pleased to announce that we've acquired the assets of Zenter".
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   List of Google products

   If a webpage is not tailored for a mobile device Google will provide a simple text version of the webpage generated using an algorithm. ... Google acquired the software from creator Marratech on April 19, 2007.
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   PageRank

   In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. ... Algorithm
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   Google search

   Google's algorithm uses a patented system called PageRank to help rank web pages that match a given search string.
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   Google bomb

   Before 2007, Google's search-rank algorithm could rank a page higher if enough other sites linked to that page using similar anchor text (linking text such as "miserable failure"); but Google changed the ranking by January 2007 to instead list pages about the repeated linking of that text.
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   Hilltop

   Hilltop algorithm, an algorithm used to find topic-relevant documents to a particular keyword topic, acquired by Google
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   A* search algorithm

   The closed set can be omitted (yielding a tree search algorithm) if a solution is guaranteed to exist, or if the algorithm is adapted so that new nodes are added to the open set only if they have a lower f value than at any previous iteration. ... Tarik Attar's Implementation and visualisation of the A* algorithm - Implementation in PHP and visualisation using Google Map API
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   Google Desktop

   Google Desktop received much attention because it may allow reverse engineering of Google's proprietary search algorithm.
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    Google's hoaxes

    The link led to a 404 error until April 1, when it led to the full Gmail Custom Time hoax page . ... http://www.google.com/virgle/index.html

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• History of Google,
• List of acquisitions by Google,
• List of Google products,
• PageRank,
• Google search,
• Google bomb,
• Hilltop,
• A* search algorithm,
• Google Desktop,
• Google's hoaxes