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Author David Vise, on his book The Google Story

On April 18th 2006, Mr. David Vise, author of “The Google Story” and Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter for The Washington Post, was interviewed on the Ask the Experts on the topic “Living in a Digital World.” NAFSA: Association of International Educators co-sponsored the interview. Mr. Vise was joined by high school students from Bannekar High School in Washington, DC and by college students from George Washington University .

To read more about Mr Vise's views about Google, please visit: Think Again Google, an article by Foreign. Policy.    

Q1: E-mailed Question from Robert Sullivan of the Smithsonian’s Natural History Museum: How can Google’s search engine sort for quality and validity of sites so that students are directed to credible, authoritative information?

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Q2: Student Question: What is the difference between Ebsco, Proquest, Google and Yahoo?

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Q3: Student Questions: A) How does Google work and why does it buy lots of personal computers? B)Can you explain Google’s policies in China?

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Q4: Student Question: How resilient will Google be in storing all of the world’s information?

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Q5: Student Question: Do Google's policies go against American’s ideals of laissez – faire and will it be the end of the American economy as we know it?

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Q6: Student Question: How did you write the book and get so much access to the founders of Google?

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Q7: Student Question: What is the best way to search for information on the Internet?

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Q8: Student Question: What does Google do to protect children from searching for harmful things, such as pornography

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Q9: Student Question: With the digitization of all of the world’s information, is the information on Google only available in English?

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Q10: Student Question: Google has a war with Microsoft on patents that restrict innovation. Why is Google not a larger advocate for intellectual property laws?

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Q11: Student Question: If knowledge is power. Why should we not be concerned with the amount of power that Google is amassing, especially since is it a private company?

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Q12: Student Question: Do you think Google handicaps students and makes them lazy?

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Q13: Student Question: Which do you think is the bigger cost, individual privacy or the chance to catch a criminal?

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Q14: Student Question: How is possible that until now that questions haven’t been raised about Google’s power?

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