Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) has recently been on Zacks.com's list of the most searched stocks. Therefore, you might want to consider some of the key factors that could influence the stock's performance in the near future.

Alphabet Inc.’s earnings were a bit better than Wall Street had expected. But will that beat really matter for the company’s stock? Bernstein Research analyst Mark Shmulik said in a note to clients that Alphabet by most accounts,