...AdGooroo, Google grew their advertiser count by nearly 55% when compared to the fourth quarter of 2007. Microsofts share of advertisers grew by nearly 12%. Yahoos numbers were not given although the author did indicate they had the worst performance of all advertisers when compared year over year.

AdGooroo CEO Rich Stokes went so far as to suggest the fourth quarter of this year may be the strongest on record for both Google & Microsoft and that Google has increased advertiser levels back to those seen in January of 2008.

When Google was contending with layoff rumors and a sell rating from Wall Street analysts it looked like the Internet giant might be on the verge of trouble. If these numbers continue they may be on the road back to dominance.

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