Google earnings jump 28% in 2nd quarter

    NEW YORK, July 19 (Xinhua) -- The web search engine giant Google said Thursday its earnings jump more than 28 percent in the second quarter due to strong growth on its Internet advertising business.

    The company reported earnings of 925.1 million dollars, or 2.93dollars per share, compared to earnings of 721.1 million dollars, or 2.33 dollars per share, for the same period last year.

    The company said earnings excluding the cost of stock options came in at 1.12 billion dollars, or 3.56 dollars per share.

    Revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs was 2.72 billion dollars.