Google reportedly has passed Microsoft in its market capitalization on Monday, October 1^st. According to report, this is for the first time ever that search engine giant became the second most valuable technology company in the world. While Apple is still ranked #1.

Reportedly earlier this year Google was trailed by $19 billion from Microsoft, but this morning search engine giant closed that gap entirely.

In short, now Google’s market cap is sitting at around $249 billion while Microsoft dipped to $248 billion.

At the time being, Microsoft still leads Google with a nice $3 billion difference that could, however, easily be erased if Google surges again.

You can also track market cap of GOOG and MSFT yourself through Google Finance.

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