Buzzwords S1 #8 - When Was the Last Time You Googled Something Like This?
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Hi, I'm Keith. Hey, and I'm Sadia.

All right, listen up. The focus of this lesson is Google. And also, it's a verb, to Google. It is a verb now. So surely you've used the most popular search engine in the world, Google. Since its introduction to the public in the late 90s, Google is like the go-to site on the internet, right? Definitely. If you have a question that no one seems to have the answer to, Google it.

Exactly. Google has now become a verb, as you just heard. To Google means to search for on Google. Did you know that Google handles nearly 200 million searches every day? Insanity. How'd you figure that out? Well, I Googled it. Seriously, but why do you think it attracts so many users? I think it's...

It's got a really simple design and the results are really good. It's got a lot of information without any of the added graphical clutter that a lot of the other search engines have. Yeah, it actually produces results for searches using a special algorithm or mathematical formula to rank sites based on how frequently those sites are linked to. It gives pretty strong and relevant results.

Google could probably be considered one of the most powerful tools on the internet. Think of it as like an index for the web. Everything that's on the web can probably be found through Google. And Google, the company, also owns or operates many other web-based applications, like the blogging site blogger.com and the Google Reader Utility, which allows you to keep track of the blogs and news sites you visit most all in one place.

And on a less serious note, I know more than a few people who use Google as a kind of a social tool. Really? A social tool? Yes. I mean, is it just me or do your friends Google people they're considering dating or becoming friends with? So if you meet someone new, you Google their name? Yeah. You've never done it before? No, I haven't. I haven't done it.

Anyway, I think it's kind of wild that this little search engine that started as a research project has evolved into a multi-billion dollar company with, I think, like 20,000 employees or something and millions and millions and millions of very loyal fans. It's crazy. Yeah, and actually, it's more than crazy. I think it's amazing. Yeah. Let's take a look at some of the vocabulary for this buzzwords lesson. Shirley. Shirley. Shirley.

Certainly, absolutely. Surely. Search engine. A computer program that retrieves data from a computer network, usually the Internet. Search engine. To attract. To draw toward. To attract. To Google.

To search for someone or something using the Google search engine. to Google public the general population public introduction First presentation to a person or the public. introduction user

User A person who makes use of something, usually something electronic. User User Results Results Data provided by a search engine after a search is performed. Results Results Algorithm Algorithm A set of mathematical instructions. Algorithm Algorithm Index Index

A list of things contained in a work. For example, a book. index powerful very strong powerful tool something used to perform a task tool utility tool something used to perform a task utility

amazing incredible, unbelievable amazing