Google reported earnings and their ad revenue is up again year-over-year, with an increase of 8.5%, and overall revenue is also up 12%. I should note, it is down from Q4 because Q4 is always Google’s best performing quarter, which is why you don’t really compare the it to the last quarter, but rather the same quarter from a year ago.
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