Google shares dropped 18 percent during the first month of 2007, falling to $526.53 after a conference call reporting lower profits and sales than expected.

1. Considered fallout from a larger economic downturn

• Topix.net: Google Stock Drops
• Google News: Google Stock Drops
• Bloomberg.com: Google Profit Trails Estimates as Advertising Slows (January 31, 2008)
  • Google's fourth quarter indicates that Web use may be slowing down as the economy dips. The number of U.S. Internet queries overlal dropped almost 4% in January of 2008.
• FT.com: "Social network sites slow Google" (January 31, 2008)
  • Google blamed the slump in shares to a decrease in "clicks" on web advertisements and an inability to effectively monetize social networks.
• Wired: Epicenter: Google Misses Wall Street Estimates, Stock Gets Socked (January 31, 2008)
  • Google CEO Eric Schmidt: "I want to call out strong international growth. More than half search traffic is outside the U.S."

• Google Blog Search: Google Stock Drops

• SeekingAlpha: Google's Numbers Fall Short (January 31, 2008)

• Silicon Alley Insider: Google Misses Revs/EPS...and Pulls Out the "Display" Card (January 31, 2008)

• Valleywag: Live Coverage: Google's Fourth-quarter 2007 Earnings Call (January 31, 2008)

• Matthew Ingram: Google: We’re going under — sell, sell! (January 31, 2008)

• Paris Lemon: Google Profit Rises 17%, Stock Tanks (January 31, 2008)

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