Earnings for Google have far exceeded expectations the latest quarterly earnings. The boom in online advertising linked to search results is credited with the increase.

A doubling of revenues to $794m was the start. This is for advertising revenue, before acquisition costs, for website publishers (such as this site). Earnings leapt to $396m from $64m.

Growth internationally and Europe in particularly was very strong. Google, predicts that this is likely to continue for the rest of the year. 39% of revenues now come from the international arena.

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