As
expected , yesterday Google
announced its financial results for the last quarter of last year and the whole of 2006 as a whole.
So, in the fourth quarter, the company earned $
3.21 billion, that is, 67% more than in the fourth quarter of 2005, and 19% more than the third quarter of 2006.
This total revenue, which does not include traffic acquisition costs, which amounted to
976 million dollars, that is, almost a third of the total amount.
The cost of acquiring traffic is a part of the revenue paid to Google partners, mostly related to payment sites with AdSense, which amounted to
916 million dollars.
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Income sources are as follows:
62% (1.98 billion) - revenue from their own sites,
37% (1.20 billion) - revenue from partner sites (through the AdSense program).
As in the third quarter, the company received 44% of all revenues from sources outside the United States.
The total number of paid clicks (on their own sites and partner sites) increased by
61% compared to Q4. 2005 and
22% to III square. 2006
For the whole of 2006, the company's revenues amounted to $
10.6 billion, which is
72% more than in 2005.
The company's net profit for the fourth quarter of 2006 amounted to
1.03 billion, and for the entire 2006 -
3.077 billion dollars.
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