Google released its forth quarter results Tuesday, posting revenues of $1.919 billion for the three month period ending December 31, 2005.

Google reported revenues of $1.9 billion in the fourth quarter, up 86 percent over the year-ago period and up 22 percent sequentially. Net income was $372 million, or $1.22 earnings per share.

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Google Inc., the world's No. 1 Internet search engine, said Thursday that third-quarter profit soared sevenfold as sales nearly doubled. The stock jumped 9.4 per cent to a record high in after-hours trading.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Web search leader Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday posted a surge in quarterly profit as revenue doubled, topping Wall Street expectations, and breaking the stock out of recent doldrums, sending it up 11 percent.

Google reported a record $1.6 billion in revenue for the third quarter, virtually double what it brought in a year ago and up 14 percent sequentially. Net income was up seven-fold over the year-ago period to $381 million, or $1.31 per share.