( Mashable ) -- Google has topped a list of the most reputable companies in the U.S. , according to a Harris Interactive poll . Harris Interactive asked more than 30,000 respondents to identify the 60 most visible companies in the U.S. and rate them based on 20 different attributes , including financial performance , emotional appearance , social responsibility and leadership . Technology companies dominated the top of the list . At number one is Google , which Harris Interactive rates at an 84.05/100 on the reputation scale ( 80.0 and higher is consider `` excellent '' ) . Other notable tech companies making the top of the list were Apple ( No . 5 ) , Intel ( No . 6 ) , Amazon ( No . 8 ) , Sony ( No . 14 ) and Microsoft ( No . 16 ) , all of whom received a rating higher than 80 . Rounding out the bottom of the list were insurance conglomerates , banks , and oil companies . AIG received the worst reputation ranking with a 47.77 . BP , the company responsible for the worst oil spill in history , had the second-worst ranking . Other companies that made the bottom tier of Harris Interactive 's list include Comcast , Delta Airlines , JPMorgan Chase , ExxonMobile , General Motors , Bank of America , Chrysler , Citigroup and Goldman Sachs . Despite government investigations and privacy concerns , the world 's largest search engine still enjoys a supremely positive image in the eyes of its millions of users . See the original article at Mashable.com . © 2011 MASHABLE.com . All rights reserved .
Google has topped a Harris poll of the most reputable companies in the Intel companies dominated the top of the list . Among the others were Google ( No . 5 ) , U.S. Technology ( No . 14 ) , Amazon ( No . 8 )