Visual illustration of How Google Search Works

Google is more than just a leading search firm. It’s a pioneer that may be defining information management for the next generation of Web-centric businesses. Google’s information management approach, which often goes unnoticed, is both highly effective and efficient. And may be the way other organizations deploy technology in the future.

t has always been a topic to dig into that how Google displays the Search Results on its Search Engine Result Page (SERP) when you put the terms to be searched in the Google Search Box. I thought of sharing some basic concepts that always have been behind this intelligent search engine’s operational strategies.

Below is a visual diagram of how Google search Works. (By clicking on image, the image will enlarge).

How Google Works

Apple to become world's first $1-trillion firm

Apple will become the world's first trillion-dollar company when its shares top $1,000 each, Wall Street analysts have predicted.

The technology giant's shares were worth $633.38 last week as its stock price rose above Google's for the first time, the Daily Mail reported Friday.

Brian White, of Topeka Capital Markets, then claimed Apple's sky-high share price will hit four figures within 12 months - making the company worth $1 trillion.

He said in his report: "Apple fever is spreading like a wildfire around the world."

Gene Munster, of Piper Jaffray, followed that up by claiming Apple stock will hit $1,000 - but by 2014.

The company, based in Cupertino, California, is already the most valuable company in the world currently valued at $590.82 billion, according to the newspaper.

Just a year ago the shares were changing hands at $341. In January, Apple revealed it had more than doubled its profits to $13.06 billion, compared with $6 billion for the same quarter in 2010.

Tim Cook, Apple's chief executive who took over from the late co-founder Steve Jobs, said: "We could have sold more if we'd had more supply. We could not be happier."

Apple's growth is expected to be driven by sales in China, where January's launch of the iPhone 4S triggered a near riot in Beijing, the Mail said.

Earlier this year Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty predicted Apple could sell 40 million iPhones in China this year. Apple is also expected to move into the TV market after the launch of its set-top box Apple TV.

Twitter sues 'spamming' websites

Twitter has filed lawsuits against five websites it accuses of creating tools for spamming and barraging its users with anything from Viagra ads to virus-ridden links.

Often billed as a service to help a Twitter account gain followers, websites can take control of an account, known as a bot, that follows or sends automated tweets at real users in the hope that some will follow the bot back or click through links the bot has sent out.

"As our engineers continue to combat spammers with strong safeguards and technical efforts, today we're adding another weapon to our arsenal: the law," Twitter said in a blog post.

Twitter now claims 140 million active users. As its user base has grown, so have bots and spam, emerging as a problem that Twitter fears could dilute the online conversation and irk bona fide users.

Litigation isn't a novel approach: both Facebook and Google have taken spammers to court in recent years with success.

The defendants listed in the suit filed in the U.S. Federal Court in San Franciso are TweetAttacks, TweetAdder, TweetBuddy, James Lucero of justinlover.info and Garland E Harris of troption.com.

The defendants could not immediately be reached for comment by Reuters.

"We've focused on tool providers; They have willfully created tools that enable others to propagate spam on Twitter," Twitter said.

"With this suit, we're going straight to the source. By shutting down tool providers, we will prevent other spammers from having these services at their disposal. Further, we hope the suit acts as a deterrent to other spammers, demonstrating the strength of our commitment to keep them off Twitter."

In its blog post, Twitter noted its recent acquisition of Dasient, a web security company that Twitter says represents a part of its "larger investment in security and fraud protection."

Samsung: Our first quarter will rock | Mobile

The consumer electronics heavyweight says it expects to report an operating profit of about $5.1 billion. Give credit in the Galaxy Note and other smartphones.

As HTC continues to stumble in the face of increased competition in the mobile market, Samsung seems to be doing just fine.

Samsung disclosed early estimates for first-quarter sales today, approximating that it generated 45 trillion won (about $40 billion) during the period. In addition, the South Korea-based company said that its operating profit hit about 5.8 trillion won ($5.1 billion). Samsung didn't disclose its net profit.

The strong showing in the quarter just ended would dwarf the first quarter of 2011, when sales hit 37 trillion won and operating profit could only muster 2.95 trillion won. And although sales were slightly higher in the fourth quarter, reaching 47.3 trillion won, Samsung's operating profit hit 5.3 trillion won during that period.

The mobile firm's success during the period was due mainly to mobile devices, according to James Song, a Seoul-based analyst who commented on the earnings with Bloomberg. He told the publication that "sales of new models of smartphones, such as the Note, were better than expected."

Samsung has become a mobile juggernaut. In the fourth quarter, for example, Juniper Research revealed that 21.7 percent of all smartphones shipped during the period came from Samsung. It was only beaten by Apple, which scored 25 percent market share. Given the sheer number of devices Samsung sells, and considering how popular many of those products are, it's widely believed that the company will eventually pull ahead of Apple and possibly not look back.

"The scale of Samsung's product range is saturating the market," Juniper analyst Daniel Ashdown said last month in a statement. "Apple has had to counter Samsung's products like the Galaxy Ace in order to maintain the visibility of its brand."

Samsung plans to release its full, official first-quarter earnings later this month. When it does so, we'll get a fuller look into just how successful last quarter was for the consumer electronics giant.