At about 9:50am this morning Google Inc. (NASDAQ : GOOG) shares raced past the $500 milestone.  This is an amazing milestone for the company to surpass having been publically traded since August 2004.  Shares continued their long rise for the company as investors feel that the stock can only head higher.  So far in today’s trading the stock is at 504.22 and is up 1.85% or 9.13 per share.