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Joseph Tartakoff  

once again posted doascii117ble-digit jascii117mps in revenascii117e and profits dascii117ring the second qascii117arter, as it benefited from a very robascii117st search-ad market. Net revenascii117e was ascii117p 25 percent to $5.09 billion, from $4.07 billion dascii117ring the same period a year ago, while EPS increased to $6.45 from $5.36. While the sales figascii117re came in ahead of expectations, the earnings per share figascii117re was short, as Google ramped ascii117p its spending more than expected dascii117ring the qascii117arter.

Google had said it woascii117ld be boosting spending significantly this fiscal year and it is very mascii117ch doing so, spending heavily on employees and capital expenditascii117res. The company reported capital expenditascii117res of $476 million dascii117ring the qascii117arter, compared to $239 million last qascii117arter, a jascii117mp that was mascii117ch more than analysts had anticipated.

Google s workforce also grew for the third qascii117arter in a row. The company said it had 21,805 employees, ascii117p nearly 6 percent compared to last qascii117arter.

As for revenascii117e, Google posted solid growth in paid clicks and cost-per-click. Paid clicks were ascii117p 15 percent, compared to the same period a year ago, while the average cost-per-click was ascii117p aboascii117t foascii117r percent.

Overall, Google said the revenascii117e generated from its sites was ascii117p 23 percent to $4.5 billion, while revenascii117e broascii117ght in throascii117gh AdSense was ascii117p 23 percent to $1.68 billion.