<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Google</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/specials/google?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><description>Google</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Google Profits Up 477%]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7532-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7532-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google Inc. yesterday reported that its first-quarter profit grew more than fivefold and revenue nearly doubled because of surging online ad sales. The news sparked a rally in the search engine giant's stock price.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Clicking to Steal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58268-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58268-2005Apr16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google, Yahoo and other providers of online ads said they are increasingly being targeted by online fraudsters, who exploit weaknesses in the Internet ad system to generate revenue or hurt their competitors.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Makes Google Click]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42690-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42690-2005Apr10.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.  --  The Google campus, an hour south of San Francisco off the unlovely U.S. 101 freeway, conforms to every stereotype of the techno wonder company. The offices are littered with lava lamps and beach balls and massage chairs and motorized scooters; the billionaire founders are 31 and 32; the workforce has doubled to around 3,500 over  the past year, and a constant flow of job applicants passes through the lobby. Yet the real essence of Google is not stereotypical at all. The company has defied the conventional wisdom surrounding an earlier generation of Internet stars, which is why it stands a fighting chance against the internal contradiction in its business model.]]></description><author>Sebastian Mallaby</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Outlines Plan to Spend to Expand]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17451-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17451-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The company is planning to rapidly boost spending this year to expand operations and promote its brand name as the Internet giant braces for increased competition from rivals.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Top Google Executives Selling Shares]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42235-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42235-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, and other senior company executives, have sold more than $500 million worth of stock in the Internet search firm over the past several months. Wall Street analysts said the sales were not surprising.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Stock Up as Shares Hit Market]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24921-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24921-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[With the expiration of trading restrictions Monday, hundreds of employees and early investors sold as many as 177 million additional shares six months after the company went public. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google's Missing Piece]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12606-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A12606-2005Feb9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Search engine's inability to recruit more top-tier computer scientists and engineers abroad is slowing its plans to make Google available to users of cell phones, other portable devices. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Profit Multiplies In Fourth Quarter]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55807-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55807-2005Feb1.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google Inc. Tuesday reported that profit skyrocketed more than sevenfold in the fourth quarter, a jump executives attributed to various factors, including higher prices paid for ads and a larger amount of Internet advertising from the 1,000 biggest U.S. companies.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google to Release TV Search Service]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34271-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34271-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google Inc. plans to unveil today a test version of a way for computer users to search the content of television programs, the next step in the company's efforts to make information available to computer users from a growing number of sources.]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Google, Not Quite Partying Like It's 1999]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33784-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33784-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Silicon Valley is back -- but is lacking some swagger. It is making money again for its investors and employees, but there is a chastened sense. No one wants to invoke the specter of excess.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> Ariana Eunjung Cha</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google, SEC Settle Over Stock Options]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8196-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8196-2005Jan13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google Inc. yesterday settled Securities and Exchange Commission allegations that it awarded about $80 million in stock options from 2002 to 2004 without properly informing employees about the company's financial performance.]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Wins in Suit Over Ads]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3541-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3541-2004Dec15.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google Inc. won a major legal victory yesterday when a federal judge ruled that the Internet search engine's advertising policy does not violate federal trademark laws.]]></description><author> Sam Hananel</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Announces Library Deal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63355-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A63355-2004Dec14.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Five prestigious university and public libraries have reached agreement with Google Inc. to digitize millions of volumes in their collections and make portions of the text available for free to computer users online, the search giant announced today.]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google to Digitize Some Library Collections]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62251-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62251-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Five prestigious university and public libraries have reached agreement with Google Inc. to digitize millions of volumes in their collections and make portions of the text available for free to computer users online, the search giant plans to announce today. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Geico Corp. Wants to Restrict Google Ads]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62248-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62248-2004Dec13.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Geico urged a federal judge Monday in Alexandria to issue an injunction prohibiting Internet giant Google Inc. from selling ads based on searches using the Washington insurance giant's name, arguing the practice infringes on its trademark. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Yahoo to Release Desktop Search Tool]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53670-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53670-2004Dec9.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The competition between two leading Internet search engines is heating up anew as Yahoo Inc. plans to announce today that it soon will offer a free, high-speed way to search for information on personal computers, challenging rival Google Inc., which released a similar product  this fall. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Agencies Find What They're Looking For]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30161-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30161-2004Dec2.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[While the high-profile battle between the major search engines that scour the Web rages on, Convera Corp. in Northern Virginia has quietly carved out a niche for itself: selling software that helps U.S. and foreign intelligence agents search their databases.<FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Stock Slips as New Shares Hit Market]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55665-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55665-2004Nov16.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Shares drop more than 6 percent as tens of millions of new shares held by early investors, employees of the company became available for sale. <FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</b></font>]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Google Posts Big Gains]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53146-2004Oct21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53146-2004Oct21.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Google Inc. reported Thursday that sales and profit more than doubled in third quarter, despite an expense of more than $200 million, as the company issued its first quarterly financial report since going public.]]></description><author> David A. Vise</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Privacy Eroding, Bit by Bit and Byte]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34098-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34098-2004Oct14.html?nav=rss_technology/specials/google</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 11:26:47 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Cheap computers, blazing fast networks and clever engineers are finding more ways to keep tabs on where you go and what you buy, even what you'll do next.<BR><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>-The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Robert O'Harrow Jr.</author></item></channel></rss>