Topic: Marissa Mayer

How Google Searches Itself

Google has become one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley by helping millions of Internet users search the Web smarter and faster. But how does this wildly popular search engine find the new ideas that will keep its business moving forward? By ''googling'' itself.READ»

<em>Survivor</em> at Davos

In yesterday's post, I described a creativity face-off at Davos. Participants were asked to describe their vision of the keys to creativity, and the audience voted on those ideas until two finalists remained. As promised, here's the ...READ»

The Beauty of Simplicity

Marissa Mayer, who keeps Google's home page pure, understands that less is more. Other tech companies are starting to get it, too. Here's why making things simple is the new competitive advantage.READ»

Google's Marissa Mayer Assaults Designers With Data

The keeper of Google's homepage told an audience of shocked graphic designers that the company trusts user testing data over the intuition of its own designers.READ»

Feedback

This month's letters to the editor.READ»

Most Influential Women in Web 2.0

We've heard the stats before -- only a quarter of those involved in computer and mathematical occupations are women. And yet, in the ever-evolving world of Web 2.0, women have often been pioneers, redefining the way we interact online. We tracked down the most influential of these. Our list wasn't chosen by star power, nor by career altitude. Rather, we feature the biggest innovators.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Web 2.0
• Marissa Mayer: The 2008 Fast 50
• Gina Bianchini: Ning's Infinite Ambition

Live From Davos: What's the Key to Creativity?

The World Economic Forum at Davos has a theme every year, and the theme of the 2006 meeting is ''The Creative Imperative,'' the idea being that business leaders and society as a whole need to come up with new and creative approaches ...READ»

How Google Grows...and Grows...and Grows

... Its performance is the envy of executives and engineers around the world ... For techno-evangelists, Google is a marvel of Web brilliance ... For Wall Street, it may be the IPO that changes everything (again) ... But Google is also a case study in savvy management -- a company filled with cutting-edge ideas, rigorous accountability, and relentless attention to detail ... Here's a search for the growth secrets of one of the world's most exciting young companies -- a company from which every company can learn.READ»

Google, Innovation, and the Web

Marissa Mayer works as director of consumer Web products at Google and has spearheaded almost every user-interface change to the Google Web site for the past four years. She also teaches computer programming at Stanford. In her ...READ»

Designing for the short term memory.

In an increasingly cluttered marketplace, it is critical to make an immediate, meaningful and lasting impression. You only have seconds to do so, and if you fail it could mean the loss of customers and revenue. Just think about all ...READ»

Bing Adds Real-Time Twitter and Facebook Updates. When Will Google Step Up? [Update: Google Stepped Up!]

Update: Marissa Mayer, Google's Vice President of Search Products and User Experience, has just announced that the search giant has "reached an agreement with Twitter to include their updates in our search results." Bing has won what ...READ»

A Hard Day's Night

I should be sleeping like a dog. I'm not. My monthlong rehab plan.READ»

Google's Game Show: All About Facebook?

When Google threw a party at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco last Wednesday, the question that seemed to bedevil the press and analysts gathered was, "Why is Google throwing a party at the Game Developers ...READ»

How Microsoft Is Priming the Mood of Bing Searches

There is a growing dialogue within the design community around how to drive sustainable behavior change in areas like health and energy. With it has come an increased awareness that often seemingly trivial elements of a ...READ»

• Robert Fabricant's Design4Impact blog

Google's Lead Designer Doug Bowman Leaves for Twitter, Cites "Paralyzing" Lack of Design Focus

After three years as visual design lead at Google, designer Doug Bowman consumed his last free lunch at the Googleplex on Friday, and the word on the street is that he's heading to Twitter. But why leave Google, with an audience ...READ»

Women in Tech: The Executives

14 executives who are shaping today's technology.READ»

• The Most Influential Women in Technology
• Women in Tech: The Entrepreneurs
• Women in Tech: The Gamers

Google

The faces and voices of the world's most innovative company. READ»

• Presenting the 2008 Fast 50
• The World's Most Innovative Companies
• Slideshow: The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies

Can Google Stay Google?

It is the company of the nanosecond -- and a really, really rich one at that. But Silicon Valley often eats its own young. So what are Messrs. Brin and Page planning to keep Google thriving for the long haul?READ»