Google Profit Multiplies in Fourth Quarter
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Google Inc. yesterday reported that profit skyrocketed more than sevenfold in the fourth quarter, a jump executives attributed to various factors, including higher prices paid for ads and a larger amount of Internet advertising from the 1,000 biggest U.S. companies.
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US Internet portal Yahoo's profit grew fivefold in the fourth quarter from a year earlier to 373 million dollars, lifted by strong advertising revenues and one-time gains, the company said.
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General Electric Co. said Friday its fourth-quarter profit rose 4 percent on strong global demand, and it reaffirmed its outlook for fiscal 2008.
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Google Inc.'s third-quarter profit soared 46 percent to hurdle the enormous expectations that have elevated the Internet search leader's stock price by more $100 during the past month.
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(InfoWorld) - Google's revenue continued to climb in the second quarter with the company reporting revenue of $3.87 billion, up 58 percent compared to the same quarter last year. Net income for the quarter, which ended June 30, was $925 million, down just slightly from $1 billion in the first quarter. On a non-GAAP (generally accepted accounting principles) basis, net income for the quarter was $1.12 billion, compared to $1.16 billion in the first quarter. Google-owned sites generated revenue of $2.49 billion, or 64 percent of revenue for the quarter, an improvement of 74 percent over the same quarter last year. Revenue outside of the U.S. was $1.84 billion, or 48 percent of total revenue for the quarter. That's up from 42 percent in the second quarter 2006. Google was pleased with its international expansion. "We continue to make significant international investments and we're seeing the benefits of this strategy," said George Reyes, CFO, during a conference call to discuss the earnings. Europe drove international growth for the search giant, with Spain, Italy, and France leading the charge and Germany and the U.K. also serving as significant revenue drivers, he said. The company continues to hire new workers in its international sites and expand product support in international markets. Paid clicks grew by 47 percent compared to the second quarter of 2006. That includes clicks related to ads served on Google sites as well as the sites of AdSense customers. Earnings per share was a bit lower than expected by analysts. Non-GAAP earnings per share for the second quarter was $3.56, down from $3.68 in the first quarter and a few cents shy of the $3.59 expected by financial analysts polled by Thomson Financial. Google's rift with eBay Inc. during the quarter didn't have a negative affect on earnings, executives said. In June, eBay pulled all of its ads from Google's AdSense network. The auction giant later returned to AdSense but at a significantly lower level. Even though eBay has been the largest advertiser on AdSense, there was no impact on Google from the change, said Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google. "EBay is a long term partner for Google and while it's true they adjusted their mix in our ad model, they continue to be a significant advertiser," he said. "We did not see an impact on Google from the changes they talk about that they made." During the call with financial analysts, Schmidt touched on Google's interest in upcoming wireless spectrum auctions. Google wants to see consumers buy any mobile device and be able to connect to a wireless network and use the full capability of the Internet, he said. That's because he wants those users to become Google advertising customers. "There's a direct connection between the open interoperable network we're arguing for in the FCC filing and so forth and the usage of Google services," he said. Google filed a document with the Federal Communications Commission urging the agency to make changes to the rules for an upcoming spectrum auction in order to ensure that the resulting networks are open. Google's earnings report comes against the backdrop of hints of a challenge to the company'sÂ proposed acquisition of DoubleClick. A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee hasÂ opened an investigation into the proposed $1 billion acquisition. The executives did not discuss the proposed merger, but Schmidt did touch on legal woes for the company. The two most significant lawsuits Google faces at the moment include those related to its book search project and the suit filed by Viacom related to YouTube, the online video site that Google owns. Schmidt called the suits very important and said he wished they could be solved by technology or otherwise. He also cautioned that governments around the world could potentially find some of Google's activities inappropriate and that could become the source of future legal troubles. For now, however, there are no such threats, he said. This story was updated on July 19, 2007 Â
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SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit nearly tripled amid another burst of breathtaking growth that enabled the online search leader  to sprint past analyst expectations - a habit that has helped propel its  stock price above $500.
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Web search leader Google Inc. posted quarterly earnings on Tuesday that blew past expectations on strong Web search advertising, driving its share price up almost 10 percent to a record high.
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InfoWorld - Google beat Wall Street&#39;s expectations for its fourth quarter, ended Dec. 31, 2006, as the company continues on a tear, selling search engine advertising much faster than its biggest rivals and than the industry average.
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U.S. firms pushed online ad revenues to new heights for the fourth consecutive year.
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Yahoo Inc. reported on Tuesday a quarterly net profit that more than tripled from the year earlier, boosted by the sale of shares it held in rival Google Inc. and stronger online ad revenue that analysts said may signal good results from other Web search providers.
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GOOGLE, the internet search company, defied its doubters last night as it reported a doubling of quarterly revenues on strong advertising demand.
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) - Google said its revenue growth rate from the second to the third quarter of 2004 may not be sustainable into the fourth quarter of this year.
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The phone company reported a fourth-quarter profit, helped by a gain tied to the sale of real estate and an increase in high-speed Internet subscribers.
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Few companies can offer Wall Street a 28 percent gain in profit and a 58 percent increase in revenue and then have their stock prices drop. But that's exactly what happened to Google, which had repeatedly exceeded the quarterly targets set by financial analysts -- until now.
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In its first earnings report as a public company, Google posted a third-quarter profit of $52 million, more than doubling its profits year-over-year thanks to booming online-advertising revenue.
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By PAUL GORES  Journal Communications Inc. said Wednesday that fourth-quarter profits last year rose almost 40%, aided by an extra week in the quarter.  Net income was $23.4 million, or 33 cents per share, compared with $16.7 million, or 23 cents, in the final period of 2005.
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Web search leader Google Inc.  reported on Thursday a 28 percent rise in profits that fell short of consensus expectations, as a recent jump in operating expenses offset market share gains against rivals.