We have seen some factory tours of computer device manufacturers before like, Gigabyte Factory Tour I posted back in April. I just come across Google Factory Tour a few hours ago, so thought of sharing with you all.

Google released on their press center about the factory tour which took place on May 19, 2005. There is a webcast clip of the tour, but I need to warn you first, it is a VERY long clip !! I spent not less than 20 minutes watching it, and after the 20 minutes Marissa Mayer (The 2nd presenter of total 13) is still continuing her speech. Anyway, no doubt it is very informative for anyone interested in knowing Google more. The clip covers how and why Google services are created.

Some interesting information is covered, such as how PageRank works, AdWords, AdSense, so on and so forth. (You know what, site like CNN is indexed every 10 minutes. :-o )

The following is the agenda of the factory tour.

• Welcome & Introduction
  Eric Schmidt - (CEO)
• Progress in Research and Ads
  Marissa Mayer - (Director, Consumer Web Products)
  Peter Norvig - (Director, Engineering Search Quality)
  Q&A
• Progress in Research and Ads, continued
  Salar Kamangar - (Director, Product Management, Adwords)
  Susan Wojcicki - (Director, Product Management, AdSense)
  Tim Armstrong - (VP Ad Sales)
  Adam Freed - (Director, Product Management)
  Q&A - Marissa, Peter, Salar, Susan, Adam
• Opportunities Today
  Jonathan Rosenberg - (Product Management)
  Jeff Huber - (VP Engineering)
  Dave Girouard - (General Manager, Enterprise)
  Q&A
• Future Directions
  Alan Eustace - (VP Engineering & Research)
  Sergey Brin - (Co-Founder & President, Technology)
  Marissa Mayer - (Director, Consumer Web Products)
  Q&A – Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin

Watch the clip.

While you are watching the clip, you can follow the clip by clicking the slides just located on the right of the video player. Those slides provides you a better idea what the presenter is talking about. In case you can’t follow the pace of their speech, just click the link of the presenter below the player.

Hope you enjoy the Google Factory Tour.