15 May 2003

Optimising Google FORTUNE -- Lise Buyer, a highly respected former CSFB analyst, has joined Google at "official lug-net checker" (her words). Her business card says "director of business optimization" and potential investors know her appointment is pretty clever. She will send the right message back to the Street. Adam Lashinsky: "Google finds a good analyst" in Fortune, May 12, 2003 x_ref119

Google reaches 55 percent ONE STAT -- Google has a global average usage share of 55.2 percent during the past two months. This means that Google is the most popular search engine on the Web. Yahoo stands at 21.7 percent, making it the number two search engine. OneStat.com x_ref119