Meta ad revenue jumps 27% in Q1 2024
Don't expect Meta search ads, but there could eventually be ads and paid content in Meta AI interactions, says CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Topic: Financial performance
Snap revenue rises 5%, after change in ad strategy
Snap shifted its advertising strategy to focus on direct response ads last year, resulting in lower sales during the first half of 2023.
Meta’s ad revenue jump 24% in Q4, exceeding expectations
Meta's ad revenue surged to $38.7 billion in the last quarter of 2024, contributing to a total revenue of $40.1 billion.
Microsoft Search and News Advertising revenue up 8%
This is the first time Microsoft has reported its quarterly earnings as a $3 trillion company and included revenue from Activision Blizzard.
Microsoft Search and News Advertising revenue up 10% in Q3
The tech giant has reported its strongest quarter in history thanks to its continued investment in generative AI.
Semrush ends 2022 with 95,000 customers, 35% revenue growth
Company says optimizing for new AI-powered chat interfaces in search is similar to optimizing for featured snippets
Microsoft FY23 Q1: LinkedIn up 17%, search and news revenue up 11%
Overall growth beat expectations, but the post-pandemic, uncertain economy results in a relatively bumpy FY23 Q1.
5 takeaways for marketers from Google’s Q4 2019 earnings
YouTube disclosures finally shed some light the video giant's advertising trend.
Google’s Q3 ad revenue growth propelled by mobile search, YouTube
Ad revenues were $33.9 billion in the third quarter of 2019.
Yandex Q2 Revs Up 32 Percent, Queries, Paid Clicks Up Too
Russia’s deteriorating relations with Europe and the U.S. don’t appear (so far) to have impacted its leading search engine Yandex, which announced second quarter results this morning. Yandex reported revenues of RUR 12.2 billion ($361.5 million), up 32 percent over last year. Income was RUR 3.6 billion ($1.08 billion), representing a 13 percent increase over […]
Yelp Reports Q1 2014 Net Revenue At $76.4 Million, A 66% Growth Over Last Year’s Q1 Earnings
According to Yelp’s Q1 2014 earnings report, the company’s net revenue for the quarter totaled $76.4 million, representing a 66 percent growth over first quarter of last year. Yelp claims average monthly unique visitors climbed to 132 million, representing 30 percent year-over-year growth, and local business accounts reached 74,000, a 65 percent year-over-year growth rate. […]
Baidu Beats Expectations, Posts 59 Pct Revenue Growth In Q1 2014
Chinese search engine leader and advertising provider, Baidu, released financials for the first quarter of the year reporting total revenues of $1.53 billion USD at $1.24 earnings per share. That’s a 59.1 percent increase in revenue from the previous year and beats street expectations on both fronts. Analysts had expected the company to report $1.5 […]
Yandex Reports 62% Share Of Russian Search Market With Q1 2014 Revenue Up 36%
Yandex 2014 first-quarter earnings release shows the Russian search engine’s revenue was up 36 percent year-over-year since the first quarter of 2013, totaling RUR 10.9 billion ($305 million). The site’s share of the Russian search market averaged 61.9 percent, with search queries growing 21 percent from the first quarter of last year. Yandex net income […]
Baidu Beats Estimates, Posts Impressive Revenue Growth
This afternoon Baidu released its second quarter financial results. The company made 5.46 billion yuan or $858.8 million, a nearly 60 percent increase from a year ago. Profit was 2.815 billion yuan or $443.1 million a roughly 52 percent increase from last year. The company also said that revenue per customer was roughly $2,440 against a […]
Microsoft Q2 Revs Almost $20 Billion, “Bing Division” Still Losing Money Despite Search Revenue Increase
Microsoft announced second quarter earnings yesterday, which beat Wall Street’s expectations. The company reported a lot of good news about its revenues, profits and products, including Windows (PC) 7, Kinect/Xbox and Office. However Online Services, which houses all Microsoft’s online operations including MSN and Bing, posted a $543 million loss. That’s up from $463 a […]
Google Q3: $7.29 Billion, Display And Mobile Showing “Momentum”
Google said it earned $7.29 billion in Q3 2010, an increase of 23% compared to the same period in 2009. Quarterly growth was 7%. Although these numbers aren’t broken out (update: see below), the Eric Schmidt quote included in the press release highlighted display and mobile as having “significant momentum.” Here’s the quote: “Google had […]
MSFT Quarter: Revenues Down 14 Percent, But Beat Estimates
Microsoft announced quarterly revenues of $12.9 billion, a decline of just over 14 percent from the same period a year ago. Adjusted revenue, which accounts for $1.5 billion in deferred Windows 7 receipts put the quarter at $14.4 billion, just 4 percent down vs. a year ago. Profits were also down. Online services (where Bing […]
Google’s Q3: $5.94 billion, 7 Percent YoY Revenue Growth, 14 Percent Paid Click Growth
Expectations were high for Google’s Q3 given some of the positive reports coming out about clicks and search volumes from third parties such as Efficient Frontier and comScore. Even though Google performed solidly (almost $6 billion in a still-bad economy) there may be some disappointment on Wall Street (apparently not). Google’s Eric Schmidt said “The […]
Microsoft Earnings: The Morning After
Yesterday Microsoft announced earnings. Though the company had $13.65 billion in revenue, it saw its first YoY revenue decline since becoming a public company. The bruising headline is: Microsoft Profit Falls for First Time in 23 Years. Below are two charts of interest, the first showing division revenues and the second focused on online business […]
Yahoo Q3 Revs Flat, 10 Percent Layoffs Confirmed
Yahoo announced (pdf) Q3 revenues this afternoon. Search revenues and performance-based display ads were up. However, “premium display” (CPM) was down. Revenues were $1.786 billion, a (tiny) one percent increase, vs. $1.768 billion in the same period last year. The company stressed that consumer page views and engagement were up. Yet Yahoo confirmed that it […]
Microsoft Has Huge Quarter, Online Not As Good
Because Google has been so successful financially, one tends to think of Microsoft as the underdog these days. It’s not. Microsoft had a huge overall quarter, with revenue of $13.76 billion and profit of $4.29 billion. Vista appears to be selling well, despite mixed to negative reviews. So are Office and Halo 3. The Online […]
Search, Ads And Apps: The Google Q3 2007 Results
Google’s combo of search, ads & apps gave it a very strong Q3. Here’s the top-line from the press release: Google reported revenues of $4.23 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, an increase of 57% compared to the third quarter of 2006 and an increase of 9% compared to the second quarter of […]