Monday, May 5, 2008

Google May Profit From Yahoo, Microsoft Disarray, Goldman Says

, proprietor of the world's most
popular Internet hunt engine, may profit from ''disarray''
caused by Microsoft Corp.'s determination to drop its chase of
Yahoo! Inc., according to a Emma Goldman Sachs Group Inc. analyst.

Microsoft had indicated that acquiring Yokel would assist it
catch up with Google, New York-based Emma Goldman analyst wrote in a short letter dated yesterday. Microsoft's decision
may assist Google more readily pull partners, helping it to
maintain its lead.

''Google's competitory place have improved owed to its
competitors' actions,'' wrote Mitchell, who clients to
buy Google shares. Microsoft withdrew its command over the weekend
after Yokel rejected a sugared offering of almost $50 billion.

Mitchell boosted his six-month price estimation on Google's
by 16 percentage to $650, citing distraction among its rivals
and a possible confederation with Yahoo.

Google have gained 10 percentage of marketplace share inch search
queries since June, providing 59.8 percentage of the hunts done
in March, according to research worker ComScore Inc. in Reston,
Virginia. Sunnyvale, California-based Yahoo was 2nd in search
traffic with 21.3 percent, while Redmond, Washington-based
Microsoft was 3rd with 9.4 percent.

In a diagnostic test programme this year, Google supplied paid advertisements next
to some Yokel hunt results. Such agreements aid Google keep
its Pb in hunt advertisement while drive down its cost of
attracting traffic, R. J. Mitchell said.

''Any hunt affiliate choosing a spouse at this clip may
bias toward Google as the safe pick in an unsure world,''
Mitchell wrote.

Google, based in Mountain View, California, rose $13.92, or
2.4 percent, to $595.21 at 9:35 a.m. New House Of York clip in Nasdaq
Stock Market . Microsoft 73 cents to $29.97. Yahoo
$5.28 to $23.39.

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