Top 10 Internet companies by market value

Silicon Valley dominates the Internet, but the initial public offering by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd shows how much action is shifting to Asia.

According to S&P Capital IQ, a multinational financial information provider headquartered in New York, four of the world's 10 largest Internet companies by stock-market value are based in Asia, up from two in 2004.

Let's have a look at the world's top 10 Internet companies by market capitalization as of Sept 15.

No 10 JD.com ($39.5 billion)

Richard Liu, CEO and founder of China's e-commerce company JD.com, rides an electric tricycle as he leaves a delivery station to deliver goods for customers to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the company, in Beijing, June 16, 2014. [Photo/Agencies]