Top 20 rank: 4
Rank in Internet Services and Retailing: 2
Microsoft may be bigger, but everything in the tech world revolves around Google. Its "Do no evil" motto has become a kind of Hippocratic oath for other Silicon Valley firms, and even its fiercest critics agree that Google sees itself as the caretaker for the web. Competitors talk of meetings where Googlers, as altruistic as Santa's elves, ask, "What's good for the web?" Of course, what's good for the web has also proven to be very good for Google. -Josh QuittnerRank in Internet Services and Retailing: 2
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Last updated March 03 2008: 2:10 PM ET