The fact that Google dominates the search business just reflects the economies of scale that come from processing billions of consumer information requests a day and using those queries to better refine search results.

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Our technology industry component covers 11 six-digit NAICS sectors covering information industries such as software publishing, Internet publishing, data processing, and tech-related business services such as computer systems design, custom programming, engineering services, and research and development.

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