Comments on: Googleplex Trip: Day 3

By: My List of the Most Useful Courses at Penn State

My List of the Most Useful Courses at Penn State — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:07:19 +0000

[...] Jim Jansen is a renowned academic expert in the realm of search. He was on the global academic panel for the Google Online Marketing Challenge for 2008 and will be on it again for the following round in 2009. The objective of his IST 402 class was to expose students to the search engine marketing industry by participating in the Google Online Marketing Challenge, giving teams $200 to spend on a real small-business client. Our team from this class took first place for the Americas region and won a trip to the Googleplex. [...]

By: David Rusenko

David Rusenko — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:44:14 +0000

Thanks for visiting Daehee, it was great having you guys. Best of luck going forward and be sure to stay in touch.

By: Jim Jansen

Jim Jansen — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 03:50:19 +0000

I find this an amazing comment - ” Lee was apparently only **two-months** into his employment at Google and came up with the idea for the Challenge, and the management enthusiastically urged him forward to make his idea flourish into the international competition that we all competed in.”

By: Rhonda Boonie

Rhonda Boonie — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:50:54 +0000

Congrats to all of you, job well done! You can all be very proud!

By: Jim Jansen

Jim Jansen — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:51:00 +0000

PS - although I didn’t get an Apple Macbook, I am just as happy with my certificate.

By: Jim Jansen

Jim Jansen — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:38:37 +0000

Congrats to you Daehee and Matt, Caroline, Tonya, and Joe of Team Big Click!

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:00:49 +0000

Congrats to you guys for winning this. Sounded like a really nice trip ;-)!