Google has done something that has to have Steve Balmer and Bill Gates of Microsoft along with David Filo and Jerry Yang of Yahoo very frustrated. As of April 2006, Google accounts for 1 of every 2 searches performed in the United States according to Nielsen/Netratings. I have Google set as my default search engine at home and here in the office. The other interesting nugget Nielsen/Netratings shows is how frequently people are searching for major department stores through searches as opposed to just typing in the name in the address bar of their browser. Hopefully with Home Depot receiving more searches than Wal-Mart, it means people in the Gulf States are getting ready for today’s official start of Hurricane season.