The past couple days has seen Google Inc’s (NASDAQ : GOOG) stock rise to its highest point ever.  It is very steadily creeping towards the $500 per share plateau and could easily get to that point in the next few days.   Already today it has reached as high as 498.29 around noon.  This isn’t the only search engine company that is on the move up though.  Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) has also been increasing steadily since their Ebay announcement.  As well, Baidu has announced a partnership with a six antivirus firms.  Stock in Baidu has also risen to its highest ever levels, with share prices getting up as high as 106.12 per share.  It seems that if you are a search engine and you control your market your stock is going to head up but if you do not control the market, like Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), your stock is going to creep downwards and stay basically unchanged.  These are exciting times in the technology front with the powerhouses pushing forward and leaving the competition behind.  It’s better to partner up with the big guns than be left behind.