Google reported revenues of $1.9 billion in the fourth quarter, up 86 percent over the year-ago period and up 22 percent sequentially. The results bring Google's full-year 2005 revenues to a staggering $6.1 billion.
Despite its record earnings, the company missed analyst expectations and its stock price was down in after hours trading.
Can you imagine being the guy who gets chewed out for missing the earnings forecast?
“Look Jim, I KNOW I KNOW, $6.1 billion sounds like a lot. But you have to put this in perspective. There are currently 6.4 billion people living in the world. That puts our per capita income for Earth at just UNDER $1. Yahoo Jupiter is currently operating at $2.3 billion per capita, and that's only because the lone computer they have set up is experiencing server downtime due to atmospheric gases. I'll be honest with you Jim, you're putting me in a really tough position here. As you know, I have to answer not only to the Sun, but the Milky Way. And frankly, I don't want to lose my job over this.
Now I want you to get out there and SEARCH SEARCH SEARCH DAMNIT!!! FIND OUT WHO'S NOT USING A COMPUTER AND HUNT THEM DOWN!!
…You can use Google Maps for that.”