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Quick 2007 Facts on Google

Jeff Jarvis compiled this list here:

? Google is the ?fastest growing company in the history of the world.? ? Times of London, 1/29/06
? Google controls 65.1% of all searches in the U.S. at the end of 2007 and 86% of all searches in the UK, according to measurement company Hitwise.
? Google was searched 4.4 billion times in the U.S. alone in October, 2007 (three times Yahoo), says Nielsen. Average searches per searcher: 40.7.
? Google?s sites had 112 million U.S. visitors in November, 2007, says Nielsen.
? Google?s traffic was up 22.4% in 2007 over 2006, according to Comscore.
? Google earned $15 billion revenue and $6.4 billion profit in 2007, a profit margin of 26.9%. Its revenue was up 57% in the last quarter of 2007 over 2006, says Yahoo Finance. As of late 2007, its stock was up 53% in a year. The company has a market capitalization of $207.6 billion.
? Google controls 79% of the pay-per-click ad market, according to RimmKaufman. It controls 40% of all online advertising, according to web site HipMojo.
? Google employed almost 16,000 people at the end of 2007, a 50% increase over the year before.
? Google became the No. 1 brand in the world in 2007, according to Millward Brown Brandz Top 100.

Interesting. We know this but it's still amazing for a company approaching 10 years old (That's Grade 5!).

Stephen

Full post as published by Stephen's Lighthouse on January 04, 2008 (boomark / email).