Search giant Google notched a healthy third quarter net income of $1.35 billion, up 26% from $1.07 billion in the same period last year; third quarter earnings per share were $4.24, up from $3.38 in the year-earlier period. Aggregated paid clicks grew 18% compared with the third quarter of 2007. Although Google’s third-quarter earnings weren’t battered because of the economic slowdown, AdAge.com reports that Google begged off any questions about what the outlook for search advertising could be. Not a shock considering that Google generally plays things very close to the vest, but AdAge said the company’s stance seemed “unusually vague.”
