Google has reported a 31% increase in revenues to $13.97bn for the first quarter (Q1) of 2013, compared to $10.64bn it reported during the same period in 2012.

Net income increased to $3.35bn, or $9.94 per share, for the quarter, compared to $2.89bn, or $8.75 per share, in the year ago quarter.

Advertising and other revenues increased 22% to $12.95bn in the quarter of 2013, compared to $10.65bn for the same period previous year.

Google-owned sites generated revenues of $8.64bn in Q1, up 18%, compared to $7.31bn in the last year’s Q1.

The company’s revenues from outside of the US totalled $7.1bn, representing 55% of total revenues in Q1, compared to 54% in the fourth and first quarters of 2012.

Google revenues from the UK totalled $1.39bn, representing 11% of the company’s revenues in the first quarter of 2013, compared to 11% for the same period last year.

The company said Motorola Mobile revenues were $1.02bn, or 7% of consolidated revenues in Q1.

Google CEO Larry Page said: "We are working hard and investing in our products that aim to improve billions of people’s lives all around the world."