Google has reported a profit of $1.48 billion in the second quarter of 2009, up 19%, compared to $1.25 billion for the same quarter last year.
Google said that it earned $4.66 per share for the quarter ended June 30, 2009, compared with $3.92 per share for the same quarter previous year.
The Mountain View, California-based company has reported revenue of $5.52 billion, up 3%, compared with the year-ago quarter.
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, said: Google had a very good quarter, especially given the continued macro-economic downturn.
“These results highlight the enduring strength of our business model and our responsible efforts to manage expenses in a way that puts us in a good position for the economic upturn, when it occurs. We remain focused on investing in technical innovation to drive growth in our core and new businesses.
Google-owned sites generated revenue of $3.65 billion. It accounted for 66% of the total revenue for second quarter of 2009. Google’s partner sites generated revenues, through AdSense programs, of $1.68 billion, or 31% of total revenues, in the second quarter of 2009.
Geographically, revenues from outside the US totalled $2.91 billion, representing 53% of total revenues in the second quarter of 2009. Revenues from the United Kingdom totalled $715 million, representing 13% of revenues in the quarter, compared to 14% in the same quarter of 2008.
Google reported that its aggregate paid-clicks, which include clicks related to ads served on Google sites and the sites of its AdSense partners, increased around 15% over the second quarter of 2008.
On a worldwide basis, Google employed 19,786 full-time employees as of June 30, 2009, down from 20,164 full-time employees as of March 31, 2009.
