Can't Give Up on Google

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Google's(GOOG Quote - Cramer on GOOG - Stock Picks) tough because, as great as it is, you still have to say it is a "decelerating" revenue story. And that's only because it can't grow at 99% as it did last year, although the 40% it is growing still ain't shabby.

Nevertheless, there are enough mutual funds out there that simply will not buy decelerating revenue growth, including many that only buy ARG, or accelerating revenue growth,.

But that doesn't mean you should give up on Google. I still believe the stock can get to $600, but it won't get there as quickly as when it was an accelerating story.

The reason? It's harder to value. Let's contrast it with eBay(EBAY Quote - Cramer on EBAY - Stock Picks) and Yahoo!(YHOO Quote - Cramer on YHOO - Stock Picks), both of which now sell at a higher multiple to earnings than Google. That's amazing, because both are mediocre compared with the earnings machine that is Google. But they are broken stories that might get fixed, so we will pay more for them because they can accelerate.

Still, let's remember that Google has 70% of the online ad market, and that market share is only growing. That's like Microsoft(MSFT Quote - Cramer on MSFT - Stock Picks) circa 1985, or Intel(INTC Quote - Cramer on INTC - Stock Picks) circa 1990s.

Plus, Google is just beginning to take share of the $600 billion ad market. Leaving it is out of the question.

That's why it's flapping here. You should also keep in mind that this stock only increased by 17% last year on all of this great growth, so don't per se say that it is expensive. So, hold it. Buy it if it goes down to $450, because then you will have a $150 move ahead and that's a fantastic reward.

Random musings: More noodling on Dell(DELL Quote - Cramer on DELL - Stock Picks) brings me to the lack of upside given that it really is a distribution machine that is up against two other distribution machines selling similar commodities: Acer and Lenovo. I think that caps the stock at $30, which is still OK, given a couple of bucks downside. But Dell lacks the earnings leverage of a Hewlett-Packard(HPQ Quote - Cramer on HPQ - Stock Picks), which should be bought right here.