anandk
Distinguished Member
Google has knocked Microsoft off the top spot and been named the most powerful global brand of 2007.
It's the second year in a row a tech brand has beaten household names such as Coca-Cola, Marlboro and Toyota.
Google ranked first with a brand value of more than $66bn, nearly double its value in the 2006 ranking from Millward Brown Optimor.
Microsoft came in third this year with a brand value of $55bn. Fellow tech companies in the top 10 are China Mobile in fifth place and IBM in ninth.
The 10 most powerful global brands of 2007 plus value
1. Google - $66.4bn
2. General Electric - $61.9bn
3. Microsoft - $55bn
4. Coca-Cola - $44.1bn
5. China Mobile - $41.2bn
6. Marlboro - $39.2bn
7. Wal-Mart - $36.9bn
8. Citi - $33.7bn
9. IBM - $33.6bn
10. Toyota - $33.4bn
*www.silicon.com/0,39024729,39166829,00.htm
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It's the second year in a row a tech brand has beaten household names such as Coca-Cola, Marlboro and Toyota.
Google ranked first with a brand value of more than $66bn, nearly double its value in the 2006 ranking from Millward Brown Optimor.
Microsoft came in third this year with a brand value of $55bn. Fellow tech companies in the top 10 are China Mobile in fifth place and IBM in ninth.
The 10 most powerful global brands of 2007 plus value
1. Google - $66.4bn
2. General Electric - $61.9bn
3. Microsoft - $55bn
4. Coca-Cola - $44.1bn
5. China Mobile - $41.2bn
6. Marlboro - $39.2bn
7. Wal-Mart - $36.9bn
8. Citi - $33.7bn
9. IBM - $33.6bn
10. Toyota - $33.4bn
*www.silicon.com/0,39024729,39166829,00.htm
*i144.photobucket.com/albums/r168/happyandy/vistaulti.gif