When someone say about Internet, surely Google must be in their mind. And they would praise Google for sure. Thats what Google did to us, made the brand so popular that no one cant ignore it. Some people out there don’t really know anything about what Google was earlier at its start stage.. So here is some stuff that would give you an over view about Google. I collected some stuff from here and there, Please reply your views, and remember to post links to something worth a visit.. Google a Quick Profile Mission Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Quick Facts Founded: 1998 Founders: Larry Page and Sergey Brin Incorporation: September 4, 1998 Initial public offering (NASDAQ): August 19, 2004 Headquarters: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043

3. The Giant Web Archieve’s (Wayback Machine) cache on Google.com

Now, I really love this part. It takes you back to the stuff in good old days which we lost over time. >> This link << takes you directly to the Wayback Machine’s page on Google. You can start from this link if you want to see how google looked like at first, it was cached on November 11, 1998 (this is not the first view, but first as far as the Wayback machine lets us )

4. The Google Doodles (Logos)

Google Doodles are as famous as Google itself. Doodles are known as the decorative changes that are made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists and scientists. In 1999, Google founders Larry and Sergey started the concept of doodle, they where in search for the right logo for their company at that time. So heres the list of all the Doodles / Logos of Google until now! [Link]

5. The First Post in the Official Blog of Google

Just for the sake, heres the link to the first post in Google’s Official Blog [Link]. It was posted by Jonathan Rosenberg on 4/19/2004 03:19:00 PM. But its not the usual “We are starting the official blogging” stuff I expected when I digged for this link. I wonder what was the reason behind it. If you have any idea please let me know.

6. Google Milestones

So here is the official briefing of the Google Timeline – [Link]. At this page they starts the story from 1995 when Larry Page and Sergey Brin meet at Stanford University.

7. Google Interactive Timeline

This is really a fun & interactive way explaining the things happened around Google from the very begining. Heres the [Link].

Google’s New social networking place Buzz is now available as a widget. Add it anywhere in you site. For more details visit moretechtips‘ post about it..

Try it now!

Google Buzz Widget – A jQuery Plugin.

Hi recently one of my client (iMEDIAMAX) asked me to give them a projected structure of a website for them. They wanted their site to be re-innovated. So here is what I gave them :

Am posting it here so that I can improve on it based on your comments, and someone in a hurry could find this base structure by googling..

Structure of the website

The Portal

• HOME
• SERVICES
• PORTFOLIO
• PRODUCTS
• CONTACT

HOME

• Short info bout the company
• Brief info about the services (Features & Demand)
• Featured works in Portfolio
• Testimonials of clients
• Chat with executive staffs
• Announcements
• Client/Visitor Log-In Area
• Featured / Best Selling products

SERVICES

• Web Design / Re-Design
• Logo creation
• Advanced web development
• SEO & Search engine listing
• Print / Publish Design works
• Media Publishing
• Brand Marketing

PORTFOLIO

• Separate portfolio for each service category
• On each portfolio

• Works done for the client
• Customer testimonial
• Featured / Not Featured work
• Visitor Comments
• Visitor Ratings

• Featured works will be visible at first

PRODUCTS

• Featured products / Product Lists
• Product change log
• Visitor comments, ratings
• If a client logged in, they can download updates / promotional offers / free products
• Submit visitor products

• This feature enables a visitor to add a product for sale under the Terms & conditions and Pricing policies.
• This is a moderated feature. Company should approve it to publish to site.

CONTACT

• Quote for a service
• A simple survey – PROJECT PLANNER
• Complete details about the company with gmap tagging and stuff
• A brief info about the people behind the company

Other Features

• Every page will be en-riched with twitter, facebook or other social media updates in an attractive manner.
• A live chat facility to the visitors using a feature same like facebook.
• Email subscription for the newsletter.
• Attractive design & SEO friendly structure
• Etc…

Please add you ideas and suggessions to improve this structure…