Google whacks Wall Street's predictions

Google has shattered Wall Street expectations by posting a near sixfold surge in quarterly profits, a first quarter net income of about £283 million.

The main key to Google’s success is thought to have been the marked increase in revenue from adverts that are triggered when web users type certain key words into the company’s search engine. The firm then gets paid each time one of the adverts displaying a link is clicked on.

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