I wrote about the pending economic recovery and its influence on search advertising and search engine stock values earlier today GOOG, YHOO, MSFT : Search Stocks Gaining on the Rebound and it looks like if anything is an indicator of this trend it is that Google seems to be steadily approaching the 500 mark.

Currently teetering around 488, GOOGle has been climbing for the past two days and may hit 500 before the end of the day, if recent economic trends and consumer confidence result in an increase in search advertising spending, and increased Google partnerships.