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Title: The Google Story
Subtitle: Inside the Hottest Business, Media, and Technology Success of Our Time
Author: David A. Vise, Mark Malseed
Narrator: Stephen Hoye
Format: Unabridged
Length: 10 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-14-05
Publisher: Books on Tape
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 722 votes
Genres: Business, Personal Finance & Investing
Publisher's Summary:
The Google Story is the definitive account of the populist media company powered by the world's most advanced technology that in a few short years has revolutionized access to information about everything for everybody everywhere.
In 1998, Moscow-born Sergey Brin and Midwest-born Larry Page dropped out of graduate school at Stanford University to, in their own words, "change the world" through a search engine that would organize every bit of information on the Web for free.
While the company has done exactly that in more than one hundred languages, Google's quest continues as it seeks to add millions of library books, television broadcasts, and more to its searchable database. Listeners will learn about the amazing business acumen and computer wizardry that started the company on its astonishing course; the secret network of computers delivering lightning-fast search results; and the unorthodox approach that has enabled it to challenge Microsoft's dominance and shake up Wall Street. Even as it rides high, Google wrestles with difficult choices that will enable it to continue expanding while sustaining the guiding vision of its founders' mantra: DO NO EVIL.
Members Reviews:
Very Good
I listed to both this book and "Search". This book has more colorful and historical stories on Google. But "Search" has better material on history, strategy, and technology. I would recommend listening to "Search" first and this one second.
Irritating
I purchased this book in order to get a detailed look at the ideas and practices that made Google the success it is today. While this information is present, it is so overwhelmed by the fawning and sycophantic praise of the company and its founders that I was completely distracted.
Within the first few minutes, the author has already dubbed the company founders as geniuses, in a class by themselves, and more worthy of praise than American inventors such as Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison. And that's just a sample.
It makes it very difficult to trust any aspect of the book as objective.
Read The Search instead
This book is a love note to Google by the authors. For a clearly-written, superior, unsentimental assessment of that company read John Battelle's The Search.
Good Story, OK Writer, Bad Narration
The Google Story is a great story to know and definitely worth listening to, but don't expect the best as far as writing style or narration.
The writer often switches back-and-forth between Larry and Sergey's first and last names making parts of the story a little hard to follow (as to who's doing what) until you get used to their names. The author also paints a relatively one-sided picture which is heavily Google, Larry and Sergey friendly.
Also, the narrator over-dramatizes everything which makes the story a little annoying to listen to.
Other than the above drawbacks, the overall story is excellent.
Good from start to finish
I enjoyed every minute of this book from start to finish. It offers an interesting perspective into Google on both a business and personal side. I've used Google many times without ever giving any consideration into the origin of the website, how it operates or it's long range business plan.