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July 20, 2006

Google Announces Great Second Quarter Results

Google just announced their second quarter results for this year.

Google reported revenues of $2.46 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2006, an increase of 77% compared to the second quarter of 2005 and an increase of 9% compared to the first quarter of 2006. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs, or TAC. In the second quarter of 2006, TAC totaled $785 million, or 32% of advertising revenues.

News.com reports that Google beat Wall Street's expectations with this release. A transcript of the earnings call is here.

Posted by Barry Schwartz at July 20, 2006 4:52 PM