Google has announced its Q2 results, reporting revenues of $3.87 billion for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, an increase of 58% compared to the second quarter of 2006 and an increase of 6% compared to the first quarter of 2007.
Google-owned sites generated revenues of $2.49 billion, or 64% of total revenues, in the second quarter of 2007. This represents a 74% increase over second quarter 2006 revenues of $1.43 billion and a 9% increase over first quarter 2007 revenues of $2.28 billion.
Revenues from outside of the US totaled $1.84 billion, representing 48% of total revenues in the second quarter of 2007, compared to 42% in the second quarter of 2006 and 47% in the first quarter of 2007.
Aggregate paid clicks, which include clicks related to ads served on Google sites and the sites of its AdSense partners, increased approximately 47% over the second quarter of 2006 and remained approximately the same as the first quarter of 2007.
Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, said: “Our performance once again demonstrates the strength of our core search and ads business. The growth in our global traffic combined with our ongoing improvements in monetisation resulted in solid revenue growth, even in a seasonally slow quarter.
“We continue to expand our commitment to deliver compelling hosted applications to businesses of all sizes, most recently agreeing to acquire Postini and its robust set of tools for web communication for the Google Apps suite of products. At the same time, we remain focused on addressing the tremendous opportunities we see worldwide, adding the talent and building the infrastructure that will allow us to continue to provide rich user experiences to Google users around the world.”
Earlier this month, Google bought the email security specialist Postini, which serves more than 35,000 businesses and 10 million users worldwide, for $625 million (see Google Buys Email Security Firm).
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