Google to overtake Microsoft online

Google is set to become the world's most visited Internet property in 2007, a crown currently worn by Microsoft.

USA Today reported, err, today that Google has already just overtaken Yahoo to sit in second place. Once the traffic from YouTube is added the top spot is surely Google's, according to Danny Sullivan, editor of the Search Engine Land blog.

Microsoft may seem an unlikely leader in the web traffic space. Obviously MSN sites like Hotmail play a big part, but another factor is all those software updates that security-conscious users keep downloading.