Google Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)(4.4%) (GOOG – $608.42 – NASDAQ, GOOGL – $638.37 – NASDAQ) is widely recognized as the world’s leading Internet search engine. Google’s stated mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Google generates revenue by providing advertisers with the opportunity to deliver measurable, cost effective online advertising that is relevant to the information displayed on any given webpage. This makes the advertising useful to consumers as well as to the advertiser placing it. We believe this highly innovative and fast growing company is uniquely positioned to create new market opportunities while maintaining its lead in online search. Beginning October, 2015, Google will be known as Alphabet as part of a corporate restructuring.
From GAMCO's Growth Fund third quarter 2015 commentary.
