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Here is a collection of things that Google does in the office. Well, i need not tell you that Google is one of the most successful companies in the last decade. But how do they do it? From time to time i like to take a peak at the Google-culture and try to understand what makes them tick...

So her goes:

First, they have this rule or motto - "Don't be evil". This was revealed in a playboy interview of the Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Some excerpts:

Technology today is changing at a hectic pace. Keeping up is causing me breathlessness. Damn, I must commit to some workout here.

On occassion I feel like I'm spinning my wheels and not moving anywhere fast. So much work, so little progress. Sounds almost vogonian.

Whilst Yahoo! were busy wooing the analsyts, Google was attracting attention of a different kind.

Check out this online trading tracker. True or hoax?

 

I came across a link to Google Base whilst browsing the Google Blogs recently. It looks like a new way of indexing information on the net. I am not yet sure how it should be used, but would leave it to you to figure that out, whilst I figure it out myself. Here's an excerpt from Google.

What is Google Base?