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Search Culture. Nils Rooijmans Head of Search & Research ilse media. Search Culture. Culture : the integrated pattern of human knowledge , belief , and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations - merriam-webster.
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Search Culture Nils Rooijmans Head of Search & Research ilse media
Search Culture Culture : the integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for learning and transmitting knowledge to succeeding generations - merriam-webster
Transmitting knowledge Origins of language
Transmitting knowledge From spoken language to written text
Transmitting knowledge Handrwiting to printing text
Transmitting knowledge From text to Audio and Video
Transmitting knowledge From broadcasting to interactive media
Search Culture Search determines what knowledge gets transmitted, and thereby profoundly influences the direction of our cultural evolution.
What is Google? A – Search Engine B – Advertising Platform C – Media Company
What is Google? A – Search Engine ( technology ) B – Advertising Platform ( business ) C – Media Company ( culture ) D – All of the above
Some Google numbers • Millions of CPU’s indexing the biggest archive of information on the planet (petabytes of information) • Largest advertsing platform with >$12 billion revenues in 2007 • Handling over 4 billion searches per month (US only!) • Biggest market share of all (>90% in Netherlands)
“To Google” • Main Entry: • goo·gle • Pronunciation: • \ˈgü-gəl\ • Function: • transitive verb • Inflected Form(s): • goo·gled; goo·gling \-g(ə-)liŋ\ : to use the Google search engine to obtain information
Thanks for your attention. Nils @ ilse.net