Australian Investment Blog

Google has been the clear winner of Internet Search Engines

Google, a stock that only listed in 2004, is now the fourth largest company in the world by market capitalisation - a phenomenal success story. The stock is not part of the Dow Jones, but is a significant part of the NASDAQ. Google Inc. has become a global technology company who is primarily focused on web-based search and display advertising with a number of exciting other revenue avenues evolving rapidly.A great example of good stock selection, within the same sector, is excellently demonstrated by the respective performances of Google and Yahoo.

Since 2000 highs, Yahoo stock is down 61.2% and up 70% since August 2004, while Google is up 1,197% since its listing in August 2004.