Web search leader Google’s market share inched up to 64 per cent of all queries among US internet searchers in March, gaining further ground against Yahoo! and Microsoft, according to a survey released by Hitwise.

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Chad Hurley, YouTube’s chief executive, was paid in Google shares with a current indicated value of more than $345 million. He received 694,087 shares and an additional 41,232 in a trust. Another founder, Steven Chen, received 625,366 shares and another 68,721 in a trust, for more than $326 million. Jarwed Karim, the third co-founder, received 137,443 Google shares, with an indicated value of $64.6 million.

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